M.J. Bond writes offbeat young adult and new adult paranormal romance. She’s been writing romance since she was a teen and Soulmate by L.J. Smith ignited her imagination. M.J. attended Rutgers University where she received high honors in English and annoyed everyone by never putting her hand down. When not at work, she can be found scribbling in notebooks or tapping at the keys.
M.J. is a member of Romance Writers of America; its Young Adult chapter; its Futuristic, Fantasy, and Paranormal chapter; and its New Jersey chapter. She also serves as Decorations Chair on the New Jersey chapter’s conference committee.
M.J.’s atmospheric new adult paranormal romance, THE RAVINE, is her newest work and a multi-contest finalist. It recently took first place in the light paranormal category of Virginia Romance Writers’ Fool for Love Contest and the new adult category of YARWA’s Rosemary Contest.
THE TWENTY-EIGHTH KISS, M.J.’s geeky, offbeat NA paranormal romance, is a multi-contest finalist and has taken first place in the paranormal categories of San Francisco Area Romance Writers’ Heart-to-Heart Contest, First Coast Romance Writers’ Beacon Contest, and Windy City RWA’s Four Seasons Contest.
Her YA paranormal romance, BENEATH US, is also a multi-contest finalist and has taken first place in the YA/NA category of Virginia Romance Writers’ Fool for Love Contest.
She is represented by Eva Scalzo at Speilburg Literary.
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RWA (Romance Writers of America)
NJRW (New Jersey Chapter of RWA)
YARWA (Young Adult Chapter of RWA)
FF&P (Fantasy, Futuristic, and Paranormal Chapter of RWA)
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thanks michelle, for reading and following and i look forward to reading more from you, you sound like a very interesting writer – best, beth
Thank you. Sorry for the belated reply on this, but I’m glad you stopped by my wacky little neck of the woods. 🙂
HI, Michelle, thanks for following me at Romancing The Thriller, and best wishes for a wonderful writing career!
Thank you! Good luck to you as well with your debut novel, Shattered Blue. 🙂
Hi! I nominated you for the Shine On and Reader Appreciation Awards. Please get the badges at http://wp.me/s32YrK-reliance and get more info. Have a wonderful day. 🙂
Thank you for nominating me. 🙂 I see you read and liked a lot of the content on my blog. I also enjoy your earthy (love the tree metaphor), humorous style of writing.
You are welcome. And thank you for the support.:)
I like lively writings like yours. It;s like everyday conversation. Keep them coming. 🙂
Hi there Michelle! Thanks for visiting and liking my posts 🙂 Just wanted to let you know, I’m enjoying your blog so far!
Thanks! I enjoy your blog, Love Life, as well–you’re such a positive person. 🙂
Thanks for liking my silly drawings Michelle.
I think your art is awesome! I especially like Rebound Rabbit (obsessed with rabbits), but overall, your style is really fun. 🙂
Thanks for checking out my blog. I like your style a lot- blogging and stories too. X
Thank you, Ed. Likewise, I look forward to more posts of your dreamlike artwork. You bring back a lot of great childhood memories. 🙂
Great Blog…!and Name too..
in current days of technology who sleep with books..!
A girl who writes until she can’t keep her head up. 🙂
she should sleep on Lap top not on Books dear..?
I actually spend more time on the laptop revising than I do with the notebooks, but My Dell is a brick and an awkward bedfellow. 🙂
Hmmmm..so that you are using glasses… 🙂
How you imagine this name “sleeps with notebooks”
Have you published anything yet? Also, do you actually like revising. I can’t stand it. Writing is great, but revising. Ugh. I’m currently in the middle of editing my first novel (and writing two others). It’s the most boring thing in history.
Nothing published yet. I’m working very hard to write something I feel is worthy of that. I’m starting to believe that, “Everyone’s got four terrible books they have to get out of them before they write one worth reading,” thing. I sort of settled into revision over time so now it’s actually the most relaxing part of my day. The big payoff is reading my manuscript the next time and moving smoothly through this or that section text I really worked to death. What’s your first book about? 🙂
It’s sort of a Christian fiction/ Adventure thing. Two teens who hate each other get kidnapped and trapped in the desert. The whole book is about them trying to get home.
They’re at odds with both each other AND their surroundings. Sounds tense! 🙂
It is in certain sections. There’s a lot of hopeless walking and frantic running.
Brain wave sync!
Love your blog….. 😀
Thanks–I’m digging yours, too! You have a frank, humorous style to your writing that I really enjoy. 🙂
How can i follow you? no follow link!
There should be–I still see one at the top of the page. Thank you for wanting to follow me. I hope the technology works! 🙂
Try Author Central at Amazon when you’ve go something ready to publish. I love paranormal romances!
Sure! 🙂
Love the description. Especially being surgically attached to a heavy laptop 🙂
Thanks–lately, I’ve been surfing with an ipad, but when it comes to writing, I can’t let go of the old keys. 🙂
Nice. I’ve just entered the tablet realm ;). But I hear you, I gravitate towards my desktop too.
Great Blog and I love the name. Somehow I find myself sleeping with books very often. lol I fall asleep reading, then wake up and go right back to reading. Oh and I love paranormal romances so keep writing so I can read one of yours.
Thank you–I would love to have you read one! 🙂
I love the stick figure drawings!
Ha–thank you! I was wondering if they were clever or terrible. My husband voted for the latter. 🙂
I think they’re clever!! Ha, really adds to what you are writing about!
“Enjoy, my fellow insomniacs!” LOL. You sure have a way with words;) And I vote for the former btw, the stick figures are clever and very cute!
On an unrelated note, your header image is driving my mind crazy. I love notebooks and I love looking at different covers and I love collecting them, and writing on fresh pages… I’m seriously crazy about them.
Hi thanks so much for liking my about page and for stopping by my blog at: http://lovelyseasonscomeandgo.wordpress.com. Your blog is amazing too. Have a great day. Betty
If you ever publish that paranormal romance book, would love to read it! I have a soft spot for the paranormal. Your blog is fantastic! Have a good day!
Hey Michelle! I wanted to let you know that I’ve nominated you for the Sunshine Award.
http://susannahailenemartin.wordpress.com/2013/11/21/ive-been-awarded/
That’s really cool. Thank you!
Hi,Michelle.Thanks for visiting my blog and liking my post!!!!
Likewise–thanks for hazarding the eccentric ramblings featured here. 🙂
Thank you for your remarks to my work!! Please keep reading!! The distance approaches…
Sure–I really enjoy your poetry! 🙂
You have a fun about you I like it.
Thank you. I can’t help the cartoons. 🙂
makes life fun
Hi MJB,
I adore your cartoons!
And thanks for liking the Lore,
John K
Thank you for swimming in my pool for a bit, too! Best of luck to you and your book series, Lore of the Underlings! 🙂
Here’s to a Happy New Year full of notebooks! Cheers, MJB from John K.
Hi! I nominated you for the Versatile Blogger Award. Please get the badge at http://wp.me/s32YrK-evoke and get more info. Have an exciting New Year, Blessings, belsbror
Thank you for nominating me. 🙂 I hope you have a happy New Year as well!
love, love, LOVE your doodles! Happy new year! 😀
Thank you, thank you, thank you. 🙂 Happy New Year to you as well!!
Hello! A special award- the Versatile Blogger award for you 🙂 http://loveriennelife.wordpress.com/2014/01/02/overdue-yes-i-am-late-on-a-very-important-day/ Happy new year!
Wow–thanks for the nomination! I hope you have a beautiful New Year! 🙂
Brilliant 😀
🙂
You have a really cute blog here! Love what you’re doing!
Thank you! Your blog is so incredibly informative–I can’t wait to read more! 🙂
Hi! Just wanted to let you know that I’ve nominated you for the Liebster Award! For more information, check out my blog: http://jackiesmith114.wordpress.com/2014/01/14/the-liebster-award/
Super cool–thanks! 🙂
You’re welcome! 🙂
Thank you for following, Michelle. 🙂
Nominated you for The Sunshine Award – check it out http://tjwiltshire.wordpress.com/2014/01/23/the-sunshine-award/ Congrats 😀
Wicked awesome! 🙂
It seems we share the same obsession with black clothing….As my husband always tells me – “You’ll wear black until they make something darker!”
Ha–my husband always says he should’ve been the girl because he’d dress a lot cuter. I usually follow this with, “Go ahead. Nothing’s stopping you.” 🙂
I love cynical humour!
Glad to hear it! 🙂
Dear Michelle, I’ve nominated you for the Versatile Blogger Award, no strings attached.. http://marcgate.wordpress.com/2014/02/08/spreading-the-love/
🙂
Oh my gosh, thank you so much! 🙂
I love the title of your blog. Looking forward to reading more on your blog.
Thank you! It’s true–those crazy notebooks often don’t make it to the nightstand. 🙂
Yep lol and it’s good to know someone else besides myself uses notebooks.
Since you are one of the most recent blogs to grace my reader with your presence, I nominated you for the Sunshine Blogger Award! See this post for more details: http://sincerelykaterz.wordpress.com/2014/03/24/the-salad-bowl/
Thank you! 🙂
Do you review books? I have written a paranormal mystery. I have it in hard copy and on Kindle and Nook. It’s been edited by the self-publisher, proof read, and then self-edited a few times. I would like to have someone’s opinion who I admire. I know that you are busy with your book. I thought I would ask on the small chance that you might be interested. I just wanted to know whether to scrap it or keep on promoting it.
Thanks,
Susanne
I’m honored you would think of me, but I’ve got a couple of projects going right now plus teacher homework. Maybe you could find a critique group in your area? There’s a writing group that meets at my library for example. Often you can form critique partnerships with other writers you meet at events like those. Best of luck!
Hey there, Michelle. Would you be interested in doing a guest post on my blog? You were the only one who commented on a post where I offered such a possibility. So, congrats! Email me at susannahamwordpress0@gmail.com and let me know what you’ll be writing about if you’re interested. If you need any suggestions, I’d be happy to help.
Forgive me–I’m only reading this just now! I would love to do a guest post if you don’t totally hate me by now. 🙂 I’ll email you.
Great!
Hi there. Glad I found this blog. You have built a very impressive site! I blog on everything from politics to film review. Would be lovely if you can follow back. Thank you!
Absolutely! 🙂
Thanks for stopping by my blog and commenting. I like your blog a lot. STARCHILD sounds like an interesting read!
Thank you! Hopefully one day it will be published and I’ll knock off ridiculous amounts of socks. 🙂
Thanks for following ZimmerBitch. I really like the way you right (but that shouldn’t be a surprise) and I love the humorous way you give advice. I find myself thinking I should have another go at writing fiction … after all I’ve got a guide now. In the meantime, I’m just going to keep enjoying what you’re doing.
Thank you–you should definitely have a go. When I get ramped up to write something new, I find a good craft book to give me a little extra boost and/or focus. Have fun writing!
Hey there Michelle! I’m doing a project where I’m following ten exciting, fresh, and interesting bloggers each day for the month of March 2015, and you’re today’s #5! Feel free to come visit me when you can at http://www.thatssojacob.wordpress.com, and follow if you like what you read. Have a good one!
Big fan of stick figures. I tried to be one for years, but apparently you have to hate food. So I shall live vicariously through yours and feast on the romance.
Cheers
Lol–I love this! Thank you for stopping by. 🙂