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Melissa Marr @melissamarrwriting.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Received a covid booster, my experimental heart drug, & sat for blood labs. I am feeling rather pin-cushion-y. . . but my wife bought me a lovely bouquet of flowers. I bought myself some nice coffee beans. My publisher picked A Treason of Magic for a Kindle monthly deal so 3 good w 3 owie, I guess!

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I was just pointing out a couple of days on here that this is the LOWEST HANGING FRUIT of low hanging fruit for Democrats to promise if they take control of Congress. RAISE THE FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE from $7.25. It has not risen since 2009. It's criminal.

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Melissa Marr @melissamarrwriting.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

DC Folks: I am looking for restaurants to take the newly teen son that are good, but also NOT seafood (I am allergic to so many things). Trips for him are "oh & then we ate . . . and the next day we ate . . ." Hit me with ideas?

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Melissa Marr @melissamarrwriting.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

All jobs include work. However, *writing rarely feels like work. (Writing=draft, revise, research, CE.) The work part of being an author is "all the stuff one must do that is not writing." It occurs to me today that the fundamental AI objection many of us have is bc we LIKE the writing part.

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Melissa Marr @melissamarrwriting.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Friend: I just want murder shows, esp documentaries. Me: My time has come! *sends a list* My "happy place" when I am sick is murder TV. I have pondered this at much length, & I think it's just the combination of "puzzles are good" and "villains pay" that appeals to me when I feel ill.

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Melissa Marr @melissamarrwriting.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

"THE ARRIVALS straddles a line between world-building sci-fi and interpersonal, intimate drama... You’ll want to definitely saddle up for this one.” - USA Today THE ARRIVALS is on ebook sale for $0.99. IDK for how long, but it's there as I type this . . .

Desert palate background with NPR quote saying "If anyone can put the goth in Southern Gothic, it's Melissa Marr." Next to it is a picture of the trade paperback of THE ARRIVALS by MM.

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Melissa Marr @melissamarrwriting.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I'll be in Washington state this week, signing & talking in Forks . . . which I am told is free to the public to attend, so come & say hello to me & @jfrostauthor.bsky.social 10am-4pm signing at the Kit’la Center on Friday & 11:15am-12:30pm Author Book Signing at Forks High School Commons.

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Melissa Marr @melissamarrwriting.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Sometimes the best part of Autumn is that I'll be able to go back out to the river in AZ to watch the wild horses...

A group of wild horses entering the Lower Salt River in AZ. 3 white horses & one brown are at the front. 2 of the white are chest deep. Behind those are 2 more (6 horses total)

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Melissa Marr @melissamarrwriting.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Log: Year 13 of trying to convince my kid to like books We read; he laughed aloud. Paused. "It's a shame your books aren't funny . . . or about sports. I like sport biographies." I literally signed on with a ghostwriting company in an attempt to one day get to work on a sports book bc of him.

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Melissa Marr @melissamarrwriting.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Working on class delivery package revision and my nerdy heart is gleeful. Once upon a time 28 years ago, I received a grant to "digitize" classes for NC State's English Dept, which I was already doing for my classes. I used to update annually, but until this last month I forgot how much I loved it.

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Melissa Marr @melissamarrwriting.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I'm sorry, but I am not accepting the news about Dolly Parton. I cannot. I will not. She's alive in a beautiful Dolly Field somewhere still bringing light & joy to our world. I grew up believing I could do anything BECAUSE OF HER. When she bought my Wild Horses book, I sobbed on & off for days.

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Melissa Marr @melissamarrwriting.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Away writing. Local coffee shop has a "Bad Bunny Blood Latte" & I have to admit that I am in love. I need to order supplies to make it at home... Sometimes when I travel I try new coffees to add to my at home menu. This is amazing.

Hand holding an iced latte with red (strawberry) syrup dripping through it on the sides like blood. You can see the thumb with chipped pink nail polish, the interior of a car dashboard, and part of a leg wearing striped fabric

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Melissa Marr @melissamarrwriting.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I'm hoping that some of the 100s of thousands of you who either bought this book OR received it via the Imagination Library (founded & run by my childhood--and adulthood--hero Dolly Parton) are speaking up for the wild horses right now. THAT was the point of the book

A group of wild horses running through the river in Arizona. It is the cover of a book and has the Dolly Parton Imagination Library sticker on it, which is a train with the words Dolly Parton Imagination Library.

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Melissa Marr @melissamarrwriting.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Still way at the writers colony. Last trip someone donated a new electric kettle. Btw then & now, someone donated a nice coffee maker with bells & whistles. We arrived thus time with an espresso machine to donate (& use). Nothing else changes but the options for Writer Fuels.

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

SUPPORT THESE DATA CENTERS (from magic city books : magiccitybooks.com )

Support These Data Centers: Schools, Libraries, Bookstores, Museums, Public Media, Concerts, Elders, Farmers Markets, Record Stores, Theaters.

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Melissa Marr @melissamarrwriting.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I do most of this. . . but I don't get the phone one. Why would it have to be in another room? Are people answering calls or texts or something? I'm confused. But 100% agree on reading multiple books, reading NF & F, & quitting if a book isn't for you. I'd add read multiple genres too.

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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

The Texas Lt. Governor Threatens Public School Librarians and Educators: “We’re Coming for the Books." He claims the state has a list of 2,200 books every public school needs to remove or face consequences. That list is one by conservative "activist" Bonnie Wallace. bookriot.com/dan-patrick-...

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Texas Lt. Governor Threatens Public School Librarians and Educators: "We're Coming for the Books"

Texas's Lieutenant Governor threatens public school librarians and educators over books in their schools.

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Melissa Marr @melissamarrwriting.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I do not need to add to my TBR. I do not. But also . . . look at this!

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Melissa Marr @melissamarrwriting.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Bizarre to realize that I wrote this series 20 years ago & it's reaching new readers under a new cover & in KU today. . .

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Ravven @ravven.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Also, in the spirit of birthdays, I'm going to do some self-promo by pointing out that I have a ton of cheap predesigned book covers available. I enjoy doing them, but I cannot sell predesigned covers for the life of me. :/ ravven.com/predesigned-...

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 31/07/2026

I've written a longer piece on the book that's been pulled due to "AI" use allegations, what that means particularly for newer authors, and what, if anything writers can do in the "AI" era to prove their work is their own: whatever.scalzi.com/2026/07/31/a...

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Another Reason Not to Use “AI” For Your Writing

Back in February I did a long post about “AI” and why I wouldn’t use it for my own writing, and one of the reasons I gave was “the fact that ‘AI’-generated text …

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Melissa Marr @melissamarrwriting.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I bought my house 10 years ago. In the 1st 2 yrs? A mess of things to fix. 10yr in? A new flurry: garage door broke (trapping the car inside it), pipe fracture (repiping the house-to-street), water softener needed replaced, & now the pool pump died. Hoping this means 10yr to next flurry.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 17/07/2026

For no reason whatsoever, I checked my voter registration today, and if you are a US citizen I encourage you to do the same/update that voter registration if necessary/register to vote if you have not already done so: www.vote.org

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Everything You Need to Vote - Vote.org

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Melissa Marr @melissamarrwriting.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

My cat is napping w a cricket in the tub. Again. I keep relocating crickets back outside, yet here we are. I'm starting to hope it's the same cricket & they are communicating in some cricket-cat way my puny human brain doesn't understand. It's a cat/cricket version of How to Tame Your Dragon...

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Melissa Marr @melissamarrwriting.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Two of my books are in this fabulous giveaway. In total, there are 🏳️‍🌈 60 book giveaways (ebooks, paperbacks, hardbacks & audiobooks) 🏳️‍🌈 25 free ebooks 🏳️‍🌈 30 book gift cards & other bookish prizes Enter here: jae-fiction.com/give-somethi...

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Give Something Away Day 2026

If you love sapphic books, join us for Give Something Away Day. Download free sapphic books and win books & book gift cards in a giveaway!

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Melissa Marr @melissamarrwriting.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

My Wild Horses joins several other books I've read (yes, I still read picturebooks as an adult) on this list of 8 Hoof-tastic books. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/the-read-dow...

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Hoof-tastic Picture Books About Horses | Penguin Random House

If your child is horse crazy, then they’ll want to read ALL the horse books on this list of hoof-tastic picture books!

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Author J. Scott Coatsworth @jscottcoatsworth.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

QSFer Melissa Marr has a new FF historical fantasy book out: A Treason of Magic. In a world where magic, desire, and duty collide, it is beauty who is fated to kill the beast in a lush historical fantasy ... www.queerscifi.com/new-release-... fantasy, Historical @melissamarrwriting.bsky.social

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New Release: A Treason of Magic – Melissa Marr

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Becky Spratford @raforall.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

You all-- I never thought I'd see the day, but library peeps, strap in for a fight. The Author's Guild is going after us as the reason why authors are making less money. I don't think they understand who they are dealing with: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

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Authors Guild Looks at Why Author Incomes Are in Decline

A survey commissioned by the Guild found that only 25% of print books and e-books read in the past month were bought new or through a paid subscription, with readers increasingly turning to low- or no...

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Melissa Marr @melissamarrwriting.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

What lovely words about my new book! A TREASON OF MAGIC "feels like stepping into a lush, thorn-wrapped fairytale where desire hums beneath every choice....[It's] a sweeping, slow-burn queer romance that balances aching vulnerability with feral, defiant hope." manhattanbookreview.com/queer-summer...

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Queer Summer Romance Books - Manhattan Book Review

Sun-warmed pages, stolen glances, and love stories that shimmer just a little brighter under a rainbow sky—this list of queer summer romances delivers all the

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Melissa Marr @melissamarrwriting.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Completed intake of pharma trial. Consequently NOT having heart surgery this summer. Think "not placebo" thoughts for me. I REALLY want the real medicine even if all it does is fix my heart drama. (Note to Powers That Be: I will also accept supervillain powers. Thank you & please.)

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Melissa Marr @melissamarrwriting.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Happiness is seeing Yungblud and The Warning. The concert was sheer perfection. Wife & eldest child & I **all** loved it. HIGHLY recommend.

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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

GIVEAWAY! Dead Weight is coming out next week and to celebrate I'm giving away two copies that have been personally bitten by Uggi and will be personally signed by me and shipped to the winners wherever they live! To enter just like and share this post and I'll select the winners on May 26th!

Uggi the dog next to my hand, holding a copy of Dead Weight

Two copies of Dead Weight with teethmarks

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Tales & Feathers Magazine @talesfeathers.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

We're less than $30 away from $7k!! 😲 Just under two weeks left to fund year 6 of Tales & Feathers, and add our inaugural PRINT EDITION to your shelves! Back and share to help us get there! 💚

CA $6,973 pledged of CA $6,500. 110 backers, 13 days to go

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Melissa Marr @melissamarrwriting.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

I absolutely love seeing a school think this way! I paid my college w loans (that I paid off w book advances) & scholarships. Then went to a grad school that offered an assistantship bc I couldn't afford PhD program I desperately wanted. And STILL supplemented my TA cash by running a biker bar.

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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

It’s hard to be this wrong about EVERYTHING in one quote. The syringes are tiny. Autism has never been linked to vaccines. And clearly he never went to a well child check for his kids 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

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Melissa Marr @melissamarrwriting.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Read this whole thread. Anne Ursu makes essential points about why this kind of rhetoric is dangerous at this time, especially. IMNSHO, she is 100% right.

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Melissa Marr @melissamarrwriting.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

In my ongoing attempts to contain email, here is the form for REVIEWERS (request review copies), STORES (bookplates or bookmarks or review copies), EVENTS or something else. forms.gle/qMXDp8MmHNKV...

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Melissa Marr’s Request Form (Reviews, Bookstores, Events, or Influencers)

This form is for current and future releases. If you would like to help boost and share it would be greatly appreciated!

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Melissa Marr @melissamarrwriting.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

I get jury duty summons like clockwork. 7 in 12 yrs. (My record is 22 months without jury duty.) My daughter? 1 ever. Adult son? 1. Today my wife got her 2nd one in 10 years. Maybe I won't get one this year! (I don't usually write thrillers, but I have pondered this as an entry to one.)

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Melissa Marr @melissamarrwriting.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Good advice on yet another scam. (Fake) book clubs, (fake) publicists for people, (fake) invitations... so many scams, & they use real names, real events, so ALWAYS check the email address.

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 08/04/2026

Once upon a time @totallydonna.kitrocha.com & I wrote a trilogy about book nerds in a dystopian future who just wanted to build a library but the tech bros wouldn't stop being evil so they did community organizing & crimes. They are ON SALE this month for $2.99! www.kitrocha.com/series/merce...

The ebook covers for Deal with the Devil, The Devil you Know, and Dance with the Devil. All three are on sale for $2.99 each in april

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