Look and Listen

Biography

Marti works as an RN with her background in Emergency and Trauma care. She is currently seeking a degree in Writing at Brigham Young University. Marti took up her laptop the day she wanted to write a story for her grandkids. A combination of her love for the Caribbean and her talent in a fast-paced ER gave her the skills to write of a "ship's healer" aboard the infamous ship "Revenge". Marti is the mother of five children and grandmother of four. She lives in Salt Lake City, Utah and frequents her "other home" on the Pacific coast. Several of her characters are based off of actual people both alive and long dead. Marti is currently writing the sequel to "Midnight Omen Deja vu". You can find more about Marti Melville on her website www.martimelville.com

Inspiration

My tremendous love for history propelled my launch into writing this book. Initially, it was intended to be a simple story about a great-great-great (a few more greats) grandmother from Wales or England. I wanted my grandchildren to read about my lineage and I wanted to make it fun! Because there is a little controversy over the last name of one of my ancestors who lived along the coast and worked on the docks, I decided to look up sailors by the last name of Phillips (a version of the controversial last name). I found Captain John Phillips, a pirate captain of the great merchantman Revenge. Reading the account of this blood-thirsty pirate's life made me think, "you just can't make this kind of stuff up". I had found my story! Out came my laptop and the next 8 - 9 months were spent walking in the early evenings with my dogs, staring at the rising moon and creating the ideas that developed into the plot. Captain John Phillips - we know he actually lived and plundered the Spanish Main between 1721 - 1724. Whether he was tall, had dark wavy hair and clear green eyes the color of Spanish emeralds is something unknown. His personna and likeness...well, that is someone I keep locked deep inside my heart. Midnight Omen Deja vu is a rather mystical look at this pirate's life and what might have happened aboard the Revenge. Happy reading!