@melissamarrwriting
I write books (Wicked Lovely, Bunny Roo, Remedial Magic, The Strange Case of Harleen & Harley, etc) for adults, teens, & kids + photography (Book: Wild Horses). Wife to Amber. Mother to Chaos. Pronouns: she/her
Love your calm down tactics!!! When I'm stressed, my wife will look at me and say "Murder?" which *I* know means "wanna read or watch a murder story?" Weirdly, saying that while in the bleachers ("Murder later?") gets a lot of strange looks though...
Don't be fooled by this bill's name-- this is a book banning bill that will exclude LGBTQ books from all public schools NATIONWIDE.
Call your congresspeople and tell them to VOTE NO on this nakedly bigoted book banning bullshit.
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
Have you SEEN the new historical romance box curated by Julia Quinn??? I just backed/signed up. Out of the 10 authors included if you do the top 3 tiers, I have read & loved 9. (One is new to me.)
I have rarely felt so much like a product was exactly FOR ME.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/jul...
My publisher (@brambleromance) is giving away 25 print copies of Greta Gets the Girl here: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
Recommended read! Now in paperback!
The study found that children enrolled in Parton’s Imagination Library “were 5 times more likely to be interested in reading, 11 times more likely to be interested in books, and 15 times more likely to join in during shared reading, compared to children who aren't enrolled.”
Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
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If you aren't on my newsletter, today is a GOOD day to sign up. Valentine's Giveaway (a new one) starts tomorrow.
Link to sign up is on my bio.
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Also, "underage women" isn't a thing. If they're under age, they're not women. That's what under age literally means.
On a wooden background is a book cover for GRETA GETS THE GIRL (two women, one in a red wrap dress & one in a black suit, texting as the pass in front of a bookstore window with green trim & flower boxes). Book is lower right corner. Review quotes in white text are scattered around. Quotes say: "sure to please any reader who enjoys watching relationships bloom unexpectedly." and "Full of heart and heat" and "clear, honest communication and respected boundaries." and "Greta Gets the Girl is capital-S Sexy but also packs a strong emotional punch." Bottom left notes review source "--Shelf Awareness"
As I listen to the far too loud sound of a concrete saw and assorted contracting sounds (a pipe in my yard fractured, & I have sold my left arm and a few toes to re-pipe everything), I have been catching up on email. A bit of cheer from @shelf-awareness.com brightened my sour mood!
If you've given biometrics to TSA (Pre-Check and Global Entry members) and you plan to attend a protest, you should wear a medical mask.
Unexpected book round up includes GRETA GETS THE GIRL, as well as a bunch of authors whose books I've enjoyed like Meryl Wilsner, Casey McQuiston, Adriana Herrera, Alyssa Cole, Chencia C. Higgins, & Kianna Alexander.
bookriot.com/the-best-que...
I cannot imagine the devastation this family is experiencing today. This statement is powerful and must be read.
Stella Carlson said that before the shooting, the man was helping vehicle traffic get around the area where ICE agents and observers had started to gather. "The gentleman I was standing next to was focused on helping people who were coming into Nicollet Avenue understand that they needed to take it slow and helping them get through. The ICE agents approached us, told us to back up, back up. I'm not even sure why we were helping them, if anything. And I got on the snow bank, and next thing I knew, they shot him," Carlson said.
"The gentleman I was standing next to was focused on helping people who were coming into Nicollet Avenue understand that they needed to take it slow and helping them get through. ...
"Next thing I knew, they shot him." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.
A chilly (free) audio read for you. "Winters Kiss" was a story I wrote 20+ years ago while I was writing Wicked Lovely (my debit novel, released 2007 and re-issued in 2025, both by HarperCollins).
The short story is over here if you want to give a listen.
readmeastoryink.com/stories/wint...
Thank you! (Also, it has been forever & a half. I vanished to deal w life for a while & just lost touch with 99% of the world. How ARE you? Would love to catch up.)
The image is a book cover (Greta Gets the Girl by Melissa Marr) and there are 3 quotes saying positive things about the book (highly recommend, keep you warm on a cold night, amazing) and 4 smilie faces with hearts for eyes.
The RULE is not to read reviews, & it's a good rule. . . but I am like Pandora with a box, so I outsource opening the box just a bit.
These reader reviews for my release (last week!) are LOVELY. I'm so pleased.
GRETA give away over on I Heart SappFic's patreon.
www.patreon.com/posts/3-trut...
“I don’t think the president’s personal militia recruited from white supremacist gangs can be reformed” shouldn’t be a controversial statement, or taken as anything but an obvious statement of fact, and yet here we are.
The lovely folks at @iheartsapphfic.bsky.social asked a few questions of me about my new Bramble/@torbooks.bsky.social book.
iheartsapphfic.com/2026/01/14/a...
If only there was some kind of popular TV show out there right now that could demonstrate LGBTQ+ books can be a license to print money if publishers had the backbone to stand behind them.
This idea of setting politics aside is a hot button for me, in all honesty. We aren't disagreeing over Coke vs Pepsi here. It's equality vs fascism. That's not compromise territory.
I find the notion of this horrifying. Our political differences are not mild at this stage. One side wants to protect the climate, reproductive rights, education, diversity, and other voted for a regime that ended repro rights, the dept of ed, and funds a secret police force. There is no "middle."
My kid joked that they HAD to become scientists bc science is all that kept me here to raise them. So I have tithed my first and second to the gods of science apparently ;)
