Finished a review of a #sapphic #thriller that I recently read #booksky - check out “All That We Burn” by @marisabillions.bsky.social

I specialize in writing women who make terrible decisions (like I always have) and then I marry someone who makes excellent ones balance is always the key.

I make sapphic thriller content like “chosen or chased” as if i wouldn’t pick the worst possible option every single time like yes i want peace but also… what if she ruins my life a little

writing a sapphic thriller about self-control and then immediately giving her zero self-control because… same I never said I was better than my characters

I write sapphic thrillers full of red flags and my wife—who has none—is still my biggest muse. (And yes—I love em dashes— and no I’m not AI)

being a sapphic thriller writer is just romanticizing red flags and calling it character development

She said “stay.” Not because she loves you. Because she doesn’t let things go. Anyway… on this wip Wednesday, welcome to my sapphic horror era

I was always told women shouldn’t be bold or strong. They should soften and shrink themselves. I didn’t. I refused to. Now I write them that way too.

writing sapphic thrillers means asking questions like “what if she’s the love of your life… and also your worst decision?” and then answering it with chaos

writing sapphic thrillers means asking questions like “what if she’s the love of your life… and also your worst decision?” and then answering it with chaos

ever read a book and think “this woman needs therapy”? there’s a good a chance she’s one of mine.

I write sapphic thrillers where love isn’t soft. It’s sharp. Obsessive. A little dangerous. And somehow… still worth it.

you say red flag, I say main character energy

you don’t want soft sapphic romance. you want obsession and tension. you want her to choose wrong and mean it. or maybe that’s just me.

Featured Butch/Femme Sapphic Fiction Readers group author in this week’s reading challenge for butch/femme fiction: Secret Society. @marisabillions.bsky.social authormarisabillions.com/books/into-t...

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being a sapphic indie author means having no marketing budget, just vibes, trauma, and writing about women making terrible decisions

Rep Moskowitz is the level of petty I aspire to be. #justiceforcricket

For my wip, I had to research if bodies get stored in local funeral homes and how long before a body pending identification sits without being lightly preserved. I swear my search history is gonna get me flagged in some data base. #wippitstickynotequestions #writersky #lesfic #sapphicbooks

Macy falls hard for Parker- Parker doesn’t do relationships - until she meets Calypso. Calypso hates Macy. Macy hates Calypso. Calypso’s history is revealed- Parker leaves Calypso and ends up with Macy. Until Parker learns the truth about Macy It’s all very messy. #sapphicbooks #lesfic #writersky

Currently in my Hozier era and honestly? Not mad about it. His music has become the soundtrack to everything I write lately. Every lyric, every haunting chord just cracks something open creatively. If my next project feels a little more devastating, you know who to thank. #lesfic #sapphicbooks

What no one tells you when you become an indie or small press author: You need to learn marketing, social media management, graphic design, have an aesthetic, and still find time for your day job and to keep writing. #writersky #lesfic #sapphicbooks

A brief post on using AI to create any part of a book: don’t. Thank you for coming to my TEDTalk. #sapphicbooks #lesfic #writersky

Reviews are meaningful and purposeful for many reasons. They help sell books- even the negative ones. Sometimes they can help you improve your writing. They help others decide if a book is for them. What they shouldn’t be and in most cases are not- is personal. #lesfic #sapphicbooks #writersky

My struggle when I finish writing a novel is the characters who caused me nothing but stress, late nights, and emotional damage, are now gone. I miss them like you miss a toxic ex: the emotions were all so real and the attachment, but it was all in my head. #writersky #sapphicbooks #lesfic

I’ve officially gotten the rights back for Like Sapphire Blue! No beef with my publisher. We just didn’t see eye to eye on distribution. This is the first of my books I’ve brought back. It’s available beyond the ‘Zon. Here’s the link: shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params... #lesfic #sapphicbooks

Balancing writing, working, marketing, family time, self care, and having fun is its own unique challenge. But anyway, I wrote almost a thousand words yesterday (only to delete half because I don’t love them). #writersky #lesfic #sapphicbooks

Building readership is posting into the void on various social media sites to build authentic engagement and an aesthetic and a brand… Sleeping is optional. And forget about time to write your damn novel. #writersky #lesfic #sapphicbooks

Back in the PNW for the week, and since my first trip here, it feels like coming home. The mountains, mist, shore all coming together… it’s the soul of my newest novel coming out soon. I am so happy to be back in the place I consider home! #sapphicbooks #writersky #lesfic #PNW

Writing is therapy. You slay the demons you couldn’t touch in real life. You name the pain, rewrite the ending, and call it art. That’s healing. #writersky #lesfic #sapphicbooks

“If your characters do diabolical shit, that means you had to think of it.” Yeah. I imagined it. Justified it. Wrote it like I meant it. Doesn’t mean I’d do it— Just means I understood how someone could. #writersky #booksky #sapphicbooks #lesfic

Woke up at 3 a.m. with a brilliant idea for my book… but I was warm, comfy, and perfectly cuddled up with my Boston terrier, so I told myself I’d remember it in the morning. Now I’m staring into my coffee like it owes me answers. #lesfic #sapphicbooks

“What are you doing here?” Disgust and fear filled Sophia. Eli was standing too closely. Too intimately. #wipsnips #sapphicbooks #lesfic

Me: writes a woman who left a cult, moved to a small town not to catch feelings Meets the hot, soft butch mortician. Readers: ‘Omg they’re so cute together!’ Me: ‘bodies are turning up. the mortician has alibis that are sus.’ Readers: ‘Ok but she can’t be the suspect. I want one of her irl’ #lesfic

“So, Eli will have to chill in his cell for a week or two until you wash ashore. But, Zach is giving me the pleasure of taking care of you two myself.” #wipsnips #sapphicbooks #lesfic

Me: “I’ll do laundry, answer emails, pay bills, eat a vegetable—” Also me: opens doc to “just fix one line” Cut to 7 hours later: I’ve uhauled a toxic couple, plotted a murder, and emotionally devastated a fictional human. #sapphicbooks #lesfic

Also me: casually googling ‘how much blood can a person lose’ and ‘what are the extradition laws in Canada’. I’m certain my search history has me on multiple watch lists. #sapphicbooks #lesfic

“As far as I can tell, all that’s missing are my journals, most of which I wrote while I was with him in The Society. Of my jewelry- what was stolen were the wedding rings. The things broken - statues from our trip to India. It’s all very personal. Still think it’s not Eli?” #wipsnips #lesfic

Miki laughed through her tears. “Are you crying, you big softy?” “Fuck no. I have something in my eye.” Frankie smiled. “I just… damn… Soph…” #wipsnips #sapphicbooks #lesfic

Sophia wanted to soak it all in, the way Frankie’s sandy colored hair and ice blue eyes contrasted against the pink streaked sky behind her. #sapphicbooks #lesfic #queerprompts

Me, creating a character with a quick wit and a beautiful soul—knowing full well I’m going to absolutely emotionally and physically obliterate in a matter of chapters. ‘You deserved the world, and I gave you a plot line.’ #sapphicbooks #lesfic

Out of the Blue (my wip) takes place in the PNW- so there is a lot of rain. But the best rain scene is the rainy day when Frankie and Sophia spend some quality time together. 😈 #queerprompts #sapphicbooks #lesfic

My wife asked me“So what inspired your book? You know, the one where the woman kills her wife?” Me: “Just vibes.” She side eyes me. “Don’t you always tell everyone I’m your muse?” I just smiled and winked at her. #sapphicbooks #lesfic

Sophia wanted to start over so she moved from California to a small town in the Olympic Peninsula. Her life is seemingly idyllic until the bodies of women start washing ashore. Who is unaliving women and dumping them in the strait where they wash up in her small town? #sapphicbooks #lesfic

Writing inspiration hits hardest when: — I’m driving — In the shower — 3 seconds before falling asleep — Deep in a meeting My muse has the worst timing and zero respect for boundaries. Never does it show up when I’m sitting quietly at my laptop with time to write. #sapphicbooks #lesfic

Sophia watched with a sense of relief as the center was emptied out and crime scene tape was put up blocking the entrances. #wipsnips #sapphicbooks #lesfic

Sophia barely slept despite Frankie’s efforts to tire her out - not that those efforts were not appreciated. #wipsnips #sapphicbooks #lesfic

Self care Saturday. Quality time with my tattoo artist.

Frankie’s hand grazed over Sophia’s lower back as she moved out of the door, sending a current of electricity through Sophia’s whole being. She hadn’t been touched with any form of love or intimacy since Morgan had left. #wipsnips #lesfic #sapphicbooks

“I remember Miki calling me and telling me she was going to introduce Frankie to, using her words, ‘the most perfect woman for her.’ She went on and on about how sweet and smart you are. And how strong you are. She wanted her sister with a strong woman…” #lesfic #sapphicbooks #wipsnips