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| The People Who Show Up |I’ll be honest — this past week tested me.My book release party is this Sunday, Nov 2nd at Ben...
10/29/2025

| The People Who Show Up |

I’ll be honest — this past week tested me.

My book release party is this Sunday, Nov 2nd at Ben’s Tune-Up in downtown Asheville (5–7:30PM). It’s a dream come true — a free venue in the heart of the city that represents creativity, community, and everything I stand for.

But a few days ago, I had a quiet, heavy moment.

I realized that, aside from myself, only two other people had confirmed they were coming.
And my heart sank.

I felt embarrassed. I felt small. I felt like maybe I wasn’t as important as I hoped this moment would make me feel.

For a second, I thought about canceling the whole thing.
But I’m learning something about God and growth:
Sometimes the real test isn’t how many people clap for you — it’s whether you can still clap for yourself when no one else does.

So I prayed. I reflected. I shifted.

The purpose of this celebration isn’t about numbers.
It’s not about how full the room is — it’s about how full my heart is.

My book, From A Nobody To The SOMEBODY, was born out of pain, perseverance, and purpose.
I wrote it while living in my car, with nothing to my name but faith and a notebook.

Now, to stand here as a published author, with a book that’s already touched lives before its official launch — that’s worth celebrating.

You don’t need a crowd to validate your progress.
You just need the right people — the ones who show up because they believe in you.

Whether it’s two people, twenty, or two hundred, I’ll be surrounded by those who genuinely want to see me win. And that’s enough.

So no, I’m not canceling. I’m celebrating.

Here’s to showing up — for ourselves, for our purpose, and for the people who show up for us.

See you Sunday 🫶🏾

📍 Ben’s Tune-Up, Downtown Asheville
🗓 Sunday, Nov 2 | 5–7:30PM
🙌🏾 From A Nobody To The SOMEBODY Book Release Party

Y'all ever watch a really good romantic movie or show and then it pi**es you off because the beautiful ending got you si...
10/24/2025

Y'all ever watch a really good romantic movie or show and then it pi**es you off because the beautiful ending got you sitting there like "..yeaaa right people don't love like that anymore 🙄."

Oh it's just me? Okay 😆

Cheers to all the hopeless romantics out there 🥂

They say a picture speaks a thousand words.. This ain't no picture. This presence speaks of a thousand generations... ...
10/19/2025

They say a picture speaks a thousand words..
This ain't no picture.

This presence speaks of a thousand generations...
Come find out what it's saying 😏😉🖤

Pardon m...Ohh, Excu..I Apolo...Naahhh, You good?!Watch how you step when you step around me.Ohh, IIGHT then.
10/18/2025

Pardon m...
Ohh, Excu..
I Apolo...

Naahhh, You good?!
Watch how you step when you step around me.
Ohh, IIGHT then.

Shhh...Be careful what you say 😏- But they're wrongShhh...Be careful what you say 😏- Do they even know?!Shhh...Be carefu...
10/15/2025

Shhh...

Be careful what you say 😏

- But they're wrong

Shhh...

Be careful what you say 😏

- Do they even know?!

Shhh...

Be careful what you say 😏

- But they underestim-
Shhh...

Be careful what you say 😏

- Be careful what I say? 🫢

Be careful what you say 😏

- Be careful what I say 😉

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📖 "From A Nobody To The SOMEBODY"
- hardcover and eBook available now, audiobook and Paperback out Sunday November 2nd.

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I FOUGHT FOR LIFE to reach 31!I literally fought for my life — and I feel more joy, confidence, and openness to love tha...
10/15/2025

I FOUGHT FOR LIFE to reach 31!

I literally fought for my life — and I feel more joy, confidence, and openness to love than ever.

For several months this year, I was homeless. Like real homeless. (And yes, this was recent.)

A few days before it happened, God told me to start writing a book. I didn’t know why or what about — but I started.

Two days later, the woman I was engaged to marry ended our 4½-year relationship.

It was disappointing, but it gave me the strength and wisdom to face what came next.

I moved out the next day with nowhere to go. In the front seat of my car, I didn’t sleep — I just wrote. I drove up and down North Carolina pitching ideas, networking, praying, and writing.

I finished my book in 7 days. Not because it was easy, but because it was urgent.

Then came an extreme low. I was tired. So tired.

I pulled into a church parking lot in my hometown of Hartland, NC, set up my phone, and filmed what I called my “farewell” video. With tears streaming down my face, I said, “If you’re watching this video…”

That was just three months ago. I thought I’d lost the battle.

But somehow, by the grace of God, I’M STILL HERE.

I kept serving. I kept working. I kept fighting for the vision even when I thought I had no fight left.

Somehow, I still had enough love and drive to walk among all of you and not look like what I was going through — but like where I’m headed.

Now, I am the happiest and most confident I’ve ever been. I’m building the biggest visions I’ve ever received.

Today, I’m a published author.

Something I never planned or even wanted for myself. But when your heart aligns with God’s, your plan doesn’t matter — His does.

My aim is New York Times Bestseller. If y’all share and blow this up like y’all did that video 👀 I know it’s possible.

That would be the greatest birthday gift of all.

Here’s to MORE LIFE 🙌🏾🙏🏾🫶🏾✨

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📘 EBook NOW AVAILABLE on Amazon

🎧 Audiobook & Physical Copies out November 2nd

🖊️ 7 signed author copies available before release — marking a new, unapologetic, purpose-filled era of Melvin AC Howell.

Let’s get this!

| Two Pre-Orders and a Promise |This morning, on my way to work, I opened my email and saw a notification from IngramSpa...
10/13/2025

| Two Pre-Orders and a Promise |

This morning, on my way to work, I opened my email and saw a notification from IngramSpark — “Track Your Pre-Orders.”

Curious, I clicked the link.

And there it was.

Two eBook pre-orders for From a Nobody to The SOMEBODY.

Just two.

But I swear to you, it felt like a thousand.

Because for someone who’s spent months sleeping in their car, chasing light in the middle of chaos, and holding onto faith when there was nothing else left to hold, two pre-orders aren’t just numbers. They’re proof.

Proof that somebody out there is waiting for my words. Proof that this story — written in survival mode, fueled by prayer and raw honesty — has already reached hearts I haven’t even met yet.

I didn’t start this journey thinking I’d be an author. Writing a book wasn’t on my checklist.
It wasn’t even a dream.

It became one out of necessity — out of pain.
Out of the need to make meaning from nights when meaning felt too far away.

And now, seeing those first two pre-orders — it hit me how far I’ve come.

I remember the nights I didn’t think I’d make it to the next morning.
The mornings I’d wake up in the driver’s seat, still exhausted but thankful to see the sun.
The afternoons I’d pray, “God, if you just get me through this, I’ll make it count.”

And I meant that.

Every word of this book was my promise to keep going.
Every page was a prayer turned into purpose.

So yeah… two pre-orders may not sound like much to some people.
But to me, it’s everything.

It’s confirmation that all the pain, all the struggle, all the discipline wasn’t for nothing.
It’s proof that the story I almost didn’t live to tell is finally being told.

And this is only the beginning.

The eBook pre-orders just went live two days ago — and already, the momentum is building. The paperback, hardcover, and audiobook will all release November 2nd, and that’s the week we’ll make a real run at something big: turning this miracle of a story into a #1 New York Times Bestseller.

Because this isn’t just about me. It’s about us.
It’s about everyone who’s ever been overlooked, underestimated, or pushed to their breaking point — and still chose to believe. 🙏🏾🤎🙌🏾

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