Category: Alissa’s Novel

• May 17, 2025

  One Week Until Seagull Street!

  One week from today, my debut novel Welcome to Seagull Street will officially be released into the world, on May 24, 2025. I’ve been working on this story in bits and pieces for two years. I confess that I didn’t set out to write a literary epic. What is it? It’s a slice-of-life story grounded…
• May 2, 2025

  From First Draft to Final Proof: The Long Road to Seagull Street

  If you’re going to do something, do it right. That’s been my personal motto for as long as I can remember. Maybe that’s why it took me nearly two years to write and publish my debut novel, “Welcome to Seagull Street: That Summer in Ocean City, Maryland.”
• April 12, 2025

  Welcome to Seagull Street Releases May 24, 2025

  I’m thrilled to officially announce that my debut novel, Welcome to Seagull Street: That Summer in Ocean City, Maryland, will be released on May 24, 2025!
• July 18, 2024

  Where’s My Novel, You Ask?

  I started writing my first novel in spring 2023, more than a year ago. I finished the first draft in October and got a few beta readers to check it out. As a first-time novelist, I felt like it was pretty rough. I hadn’t done a very good job of weaving the chapters together because…