Destiny on and off the page
Pivotal moments affect the lives of authors and characters, as Melissa Wray discovered. A father saying ‘yes’ to his daughter proved a pivotal moment in the life of author Melissa Wray, and the protagonist, Jessica, in Melissa’s debut young adult novel 'Destiny Road'. Two years after the book’s launch, the Geelong-based author looks back on her path to writing the novel, which she describes as “a story of choices, consequences, heartbreak and acceptance”. Melissa has written