About

Meet L’Michelle

L’Michelle‘s love for books began in her childhood home. Her parents’ vicarious readers often found her under a dogwood tree in the yard, reading or writing in her journal. She began writing book reviews for a community newspaper, hoping to encourage people to read emerging authors. While completing an MBA, she began sketching an idea for a novel and started working on her first contemporary fiction book. Currently, she is working with an editor revising the manuscript for her upcoming novel.

A close friend regularly encourages her to write short stories when L’Michelle needs a break from work on her novel. In this medium, L’Michelle balances her concern for the voiceless and love for nature to spotlight the human condition.

She holds degrees in Education, a Leadership Certificate, and an MBA in Strategic Organizational Management. A former Wall Street and Media Communications professional, corporate trainer and educator, L’Michelle has taken her professional expertise to create a platform of advocacy for domestic violence, and brings attention to the indigenous woman’s plight with her writing. L’Michelle works with young people tutoring and encouraging them to improve their reading and writing skills.

When she is not reading, writing or creating story trailers, L’ Michelle loves to cook and try new recipes, wines, and watch movies. She loves nature and takes daily uninterrupted long walks to reconnect and meditate. Her deep abiding relationship with God and faith keep her inspired to do more.

Showers of Blessings

Inspired / Committed /Encouraged/ Passionate

Author

L’Michelle Bleu L’Eau

L’Michelle Bleu L’Eau, who has a professional corporate background and is a published author, creator, and mentor, composes flash fiction and short stories. A human or social problem affects the protagonists in her stories. By connecting her characters to the beauty of nature, her writing evokes emotions that help them reach their ultimate goal. She writes blogs that pertain to techniques for self-healing and organization. Recent projects have focused on a novel that examines the search for acceptance of one’s culture, ethnicity, and voice after experiencing domestic violence. Some of her short stories have appeared in the Transcendent Authors Spring the Unexpected 2021 and Winter, An End and a Promise 2021 anthologies. L’Michelle has had other works featured in the Short Fiction Break Literary Magazine, The Blooming Box Autumn 2021 and Short Fiction Break Literary Magazine, Spring 2022, The Porcelain Doll. L’Michelle’s short story entitled “Unlikely Friends” appear sin the Transcendent Authors last season anthology, Summer, When Doors Open being released May 2023. In the autumn, her short story “The Rambler,” will be presented in the anthology Deceit publication.

Ms. Bleu L’Eau has undertaken translating a handwritten manuscript of her late mother’s, found after her death. Because of physical challenges, L’Michelle has shared many of her stories through trailers. She uses her free time to teach writers creating their own trailers and offers mentorship to students in reading and writing. Short Stories: Spring—The Unexpected “The Red Leaf” (Short Story) Magical Realism “The Legacy” (Short Story) Magical Realism

Winter—An End and a Promise “The Yellow Pajamas” (Short Story) Domestic Fiction “The Gardener” (Short Story) Literary Fiction Summer—When Doors Open “Unlikely Friends” Contemporary, Literary, Women’s Fiction Deceit “The Rambler” (Short Story)

Story Trailers

Photo by Andrea Y. Frank

When searching for a way to bring her storytelling to life, L’Michelle discovered book trailers. After releasing two trailers for the Transcendent Authors’ Spring—The Unexpected anthology and desiring to enhance the detail of her story trailers, L’Michelle partnered with a web designer and fellow author of the Transcendent Authors, Lyn Blair. Lyn shared web software to add to the depth L’Michelle wanted for her visual stories. This spring, working with Lyn, L’Michelle, consulted during the development of the Transcendent Authors’ website and consulted on their Spring anthology book cover. Impressed with their work, the two partnered, creating L&L. In partnership, their joint body of work for the Transcendent Authors is the Winter anthology book cover and trailer recently released. In addition, the group contracted them to create ten individual teasers for weekly email promotion as part of marketing the anthology’s release in October 2022. L’Michelle has taught several authors her process of creating trailers for their stories. At the conclusion of the session, students receive a copy of her Trailer Tip sheet as a guide. L&L’s brief introductory workshop highlights the process of how to design a story trailer. They are available for individual consultations.We adapt our sessions for the needs of different audiences and for length requirements. Check out our Behind the Scenes trailer. L&L—L’Michelle Bleu L’Eau & L.K. Blair