How about two delulus and a trululu? 1) I’ve secretly won the lottery and am as rich as my MC 💰 2) I’m secretly a NYT bestselling author, and this is a pseudonym account 🥸 3) I’m decorating my work for Christmas today. 🎄 Which one sounds more realistic? 🧐 #Novmemeber

Me flirting with

One of my favorite sweet/spicy cozy moments, when Ethan lets Luke into his safe space, the massive library he’s kept secret from most people. #QueerPrompts

I (35m) am worried that my bf (30m) is being abused by an old high school bully, but he won’t tell me what’s going on. He’s avoidant and gets mad whenever I bring it up. I confronted the bully and learned the truth, but now my bf is mad at me for getting involved. AITA?

…. I think I’ll stick to writing 🥲 #Novmember

When your crush threatens to steal your truck, and he tries to disarm you with his wiles. 🙂‍↔️ #WIPSnips

Red, White, & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston (pictured here in the delightful French version which I own solely for the rename for obvious reasons) Their book was very dear to me during the pandemic/2020 election, and unintentionally helped me realize my own sexuality wasn’t as I thought. #Bookvember

If my cat was running for mayor.

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Kinda just there, kinda just going with the flow, not at all enthused with life, head down and unimpressed. #Novmemeber

Not at all. 😅 There’s only one point where it would come into play and it’s at the end anyway so it would just change how the ending goes in terms of “rescue” but it wouldn’t come up before.

🥵A tad steamy, this “movement”. Swapped the word with motion. #WIPSnips

I’ll post this one again because I made this thing to go with it hahah Anna Graves “Hollow Bones” It feels like it was made for my babies and their trauma and search for love to heal their wounds. 🥹💕💜 #Novmemeber

I think it’s an ok approach for some things but can wind up stifling the creativity if forced. I tend to go with the approach of ‘butt in the chair’ at least once a day, but I can’t beat myself up for failing to produce anything. I just follow the ebbs and flows. #pretendpanel

146 pages left, and down 6552 words. 10k might be a stretch but we’ll see how later chapters go 😅

There’s not a clear message, but maybe that queerness isn’t a one size fits all? Stereotypes aren’t always accurate. Since it can be hard for some people to know their sexuality based on those ideas and whether or not they feel they fit those boxes, it’s a good reminder that everyone is different!

I’m so horrible, I wouldn’t even know if my favorite author walked into a cafe because I don’t know their faces. 😅 But if I did somehow know it was them, I would probably creep awkwardly from behind my coffee because I’m shy. 🙈

Ethan just wants LUKE TO TALK TO HIM OKY?!

It’s incredibly hard to give Frank an ounce of humanity because he’s such an awful bigot, but by the end he goes to therapy, so I guess growth being possible would be his green flag for now 😅 #Novmemeber

A trip down memory lane for sure. I was into horseback riding as a kid and my grandma bought me this book one year and I was obsessed with it. Barely read it 😅 but was obsessed nonetheless. #Bookvember

There’s a sexy inside joke that comes back up as a call back again and again throughout the story! When a kiss makes your brain fizzle like pop rocks ✨ #Novmemeber

The one thing I’ll say about daylight saving time ending is that it makes waking up at 5AM infinitely easier for the first couple of days while adjusting to the new schedule. I get more writing time before I have to leave for work! It feels like I should be leaving now, but I still have a good hour!

Tamora Pierce Song of the Lioness series! I was introduced to them when I was in college but friends of mine grew up reading them. It was nice to see what kinds of books shaped them in their childhoods. It was my first dip into a fantasy series with a female protagonist and I loved it! #Bookvember

Sometimes it really do be like that though… #Novmember

My story is very much set in the real world. My characters also deal with small towns bigotry and homophobia in story, so it’s unfortunately necessary to the plot. Although there’s very much a HEA. #QueerPrompts

BOTH OF THEM UGH. Ethan and Luke have had a hard time up until this point. Luckily, they found each other and they’re going to love each other so hard. #Lovember #WritingPrompt

God, there’s so many good ones to choose from, but I think I’ll go with the first line of the prologue. So intriguing! This is from my current WIP, Bottoms Up! 💜💕✨ #MelsNoWriMo #WritingCommunity

#QueerWriters Going stealth with their relationship is hard, and Ethan eventually comes to the decision to be a little more open around his friends who don’t know he’s bi and dating Luke. It’s a small act of bravery, and choosing his love for Luke over his fear of being perceived.

#Novmember Definitely Ethan’s brain 24/7 after meeting Luke.

#WIPSnips It’s always cobwebs of confusion and never cobwebs full of spiders. Ethan bb is embarrassed after their first kiss went haywire because Luke believed he was straight. Turns out he wasn’t. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

#Bookvember Day 2 When I was a kid, my parents had this book we’d read through occasionally. It was nothing but silly cartoons and sillier poems that always made me giggle. I think how absurd they could be at times really captured my imagination!! The favorite poem I reread so many times is below:

Hi! I’m Melissa and I write about the history of our relationship in our marriage and how it has changed over the years. LMFAO. Well, not quite. I write a lot of things but am currently working on a small town queer romance novel that packs a lot of punch! #Novmember

Happy #Bookvember day 1!!! Hi!! I’m Melissa! ✨💜 I enjoyed reading as a kid, but I got stuck on the reading requirements in school feeling like a chore, so I never considered myself a big reader until I was 13 when I picked up my first book from a used bookstore on a trip up north with a friend. 🧵

#WIPSnips Marcus isn’t a monster because his son was terrified to come out to him, but oof does it hurt feeling like he’s perceived as one. 🥹 HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

#PlotTober #WritingPrompt When this song was being teased on TikTok before it’s release, I could only see my boys and my story in the words. So I made a thing. 🫣 I think I’m the only one who is obsessed with it.

#WIPSnips #WritingPrompts This boy seems to put Ethan under a spell every two seconds 🤭 This is still pre-bisexual-awakening so Ethan doesn’t understand why he’s hypnotized by Luke’s eyes. It’s normal, right??

Ethan would definitely be known as the house that has an unlimited supply of King Size candy bars. He wouldn’t advertise it, but the kids would spread it like wildfire. He’d have to watch out for repeat customers (but he’d give them double anyway because he remembers being that kid)

I listened to an Apple Music play of swoony country ballads to get me into the swoony vibes for the big sex scene because they listen to it in story. After hearing a lot of them on repeat for weeks I kinda liked some of them for my normal playlists 🤠

one of my favourite parts about writing books is: this problem and personal struggle I have and been dealing with? Well, now it's partially your problem too, but ✨metaphorically✨

I cuss like a sailor, and since this is set in my backyard, I think It’s more realistic to have him swear like I do for authenticity. Definitely authenticity. No other reason. 🤭 (Yes it’s romance, but I can’t imagine Ethan without his emotional support “fuck”)

I've been MIA for a while, mostly because I'm hyper-focused on these edits. I'm realllllllly trying to get this done so I can work on getting it out for the world by end of year/early next year. 6293 words shaved off! 200+ pages left to go, let's see if I can make it 10k!🤪

Down 5429!! Another two pages bite the dust. (ง •̀_•́)ง

I don’t have enough people in my life to appreciate my jokes so here’s hoping some of you will 😂

I am down 4742 words so far on this behemoth. Nearly halfway through it, and shaved off 17 word doc pages. TAKE THAT!! (It’s still gonna be quite large but at least it will be shinier.) ✨

Ethan!!! He looks like he he could kill you, mostly because he’s big and tall, but he’s the literal softest person on the planet!

\o/ I’m back!! Now that wedding craziness is done, I am able to be an internet gremlin again! #WIPSnips

My writing career summed up in one image:

Post wedding CHOP 💇🏽‍♀️

OFFICIALLY MARRIAGED! 😍