Melissa Tomlinson Romo

FOCUS Magazine Mar-Apr 2015
Ahh, spring! It's the moment every year that makes me truly crave one hedonous activity: biting the ear off a bunny.

Brain, Child: the magazine for thinking mothers (US national publication)

I think we're kidding ourselves to think of reading their text messages as an innocent way of 'checking in.' There's a fine line between 'checking in' and 'spying.'

FOCUS Magazine July/August 2015
Dr. Watson "naturally gravitated to London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained." Can there be anything but murder ahead?

Pulse Literary Journal

In math class, we learned that the Property of the Opposites stated that a + -a = 0. That was the only part of the quiz I did well on. I felt like I understood how things could add up to equal nothing.

To Jack, Room is the whole world. And Ma lets him believe that, which is both gorgeous and heartbreaking.

FOCUS Magazine May/Jun 2015
Just the sound of the word 'Cotswolds' conjures up images of quintessential England, pastoral perfection, green hills, grazing sheep and cobblestone-paved villages.

Finding out I'm not as native an English speaker as I thought -- here is a rundown on some of the noticeable differences.

FOCUS Magazine Nov/Dec 2014

Wherever you're sending your gift, if it's a true expression of your appreciation for the person receiving it, it will be warmly received. When in doubt, just ask; sincere humility is treasured the world over.

Brain, Child: the magazine for thinking mothers (US national publication)

I was in a downward spiral of bribe overload, egg timer in hand, setting goals for number of pages read, minutes with a book open, number of stories finished. Blech. My son read, but every page was a drag.