Melissa Fortino
@melissafortino.bsky.social
I’m a professional organizer & personal assistant/house manager by day & aspiring writer by early morning hours & night. I am working on my memoir about my schizoaffective disorder that focuses on 4 months in 2019 when I had full psychotic breaks.
I got my author headshots back! Thank you Renee Hollister for doing them for me! While it feels a bit silly to post them I figure after the year I have had I’m happy to still be here & in this body of mine, imperfections & all. Next step: sending out query letters to literary agents.
May 21, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I got my author headshots back! Thank you Renee Hollister for doing them for me! While it feels a bit silly to post them I figure after the year I have had I’m happy to still be here & in this body of mine, imperfections & all. Next step: sending out query letters to literary agents.
Today marks 6 years since I started taking Abilify, the antipsychotic that changed my life for the better. For those of you that don’t know I have schizoaffective disorder. Don’t give up on finding the right med! It wasn’t easy but was so worth it. It stopped my delusions & voices I was hearing.
March 30, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Today marks 6 years since I started taking Abilify, the antipsychotic that changed my life for the better. For those of you that don’t know I have schizoaffective disorder. Don’t give up on finding the right med! It wasn’t easy but was so worth it. It stopped my delusions & voices I was hearing.
I have officially finished the first draft of my memoir! I am at 50,933 words total. My goal is 60,000 so I may be adding more flashback chapters & beefing up existing chapters to get there. I wrote the epilogue today getting a total of 1,484 words in. Next is sharing it with my beta readers.
February 16, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I have officially finished the first draft of my memoir! I am at 50,933 words total. My goal is 60,000 so I may be adding more flashback chapters & beefing up existing chapters to get there. I wrote the epilogue today getting a total of 1,484 words in. Next is sharing it with my beta readers.
If RFK Jr. takes away my antipsychotic my life will be ruined. Abilify literally saved my life. I no longer have hallucinations, delusions or think that I need to end my life. I tried fixing my schizoaffective disorder through proper nutrition, vitamins & exercise & it didn’t fucking work.
February 16, 2025 at 12:23 PM
If RFK Jr. takes away my antipsychotic my life will be ruined. Abilify literally saved my life. I no longer have hallucinations, delusions or think that I need to end my life. I tried fixing my schizoaffective disorder through proper nutrition, vitamins & exercise & it didn’t fucking work.
Worked on my memoir for the 2nd time this week. I wrote my third flashback chapter today getting 1,676 words in. I just have the Epilogue left to write & the first draft will be done. I’ve got 18 chapters plus the prologue. I may add in some more flashback chapters during the editing process.
February 15, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Worked on my memoir for the 2nd time this week. I wrote my third flashback chapter today getting 1,676 words in. I just have the Epilogue left to write & the first draft will be done. I’ve got 18 chapters plus the prologue. I may add in some more flashback chapters during the editing process.
I worked on my memoir for the 3rd day in a row. Today I wrote the prologue getting 1,687 words out in an hour. It’s an important flashback to 2012 when I made some wild accusations of my family that lead to me believing wholeheartedly in my delusions. Prologues are unusual in a memoir.
February 5, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I worked on my memoir for the 3rd day in a row. Today I wrote the prologue getting 1,687 words out in an hour. It’s an important flashback to 2012 when I made some wild accusations of my family that lead to me believing wholeheartedly in my delusions. Prologues are unusual in a memoir.
Worked on my memoir about my schizoaffective disorder again today, I wrote chapter 16 Staying Afloat. It’s the last chapter of my book but I still need to go back & add in the flashback chapters to better explain the origins of some of my delusions & one of the voices I was hearing.
February 4, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Worked on my memoir about my schizoaffective disorder again today, I wrote chapter 16 Staying Afloat. It’s the last chapter of my book but I still need to go back & add in the flashback chapters to better explain the origins of some of my delusions & one of the voices I was hearing.
Worked on my memoir about my schizoaffective disorder for the first time today since my cancer diagnosis. I got 1,778 words in, another chapter down titled Forest View. It feels really good to be working on it again. Probably 5 chapters left to write & then draft 1 will be done.
February 2, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Worked on my memoir about my schizoaffective disorder for the first time today since my cancer diagnosis. I got 1,778 words in, another chapter down titled Forest View. It feels really good to be working on it again. Probably 5 chapters left to write & then draft 1 will be done.