Melissa Long

Reminder. It’s only the 16th of January. 😭😭😭

So many people I know have had this same experience of building confidence and community through social media. It’s amazing to find your people, and I’m grateful for places that celebrate writers, artists, and solopreneurs.

You know why I love reading? These days it’s one of the few respites from being constantly advertised to.

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I just shared an update about my writing life in LA. Check it out. Plottwistpending.substack.com

Maybe the coolest and most beautiful thing I’ve seen on this app so far. Wish I could heart it a thousand times.

We’re halfway through Dec, and I haven’t posted my Nov reading wrap up yet, so here it is. My reading has really slumped this fall, but I will still hit my 52 book goal. The 1 thing I don’t ❤️ about StoryGraph is not counting my fanfic reads, which I personally count as 📚. #booktok #romantasy

The Writing Business Yikes

This post really stuck with me because so many times as a writer you end up getting ghosted and projects youve dedicated months or years of your life to suddenly vanish into thin air. This business is not for the weak. open.substack.com/pub/thereals...

Not me being an OSU fan that isn’t shocked at today’s loss. Ryan Day cannot win big games. I’ve been saying this for years and ppl keep making excuses. He is the problem and instead of getting rid of him they toss him more money.

Reminder that your favorite local indie bookstores make a lot of their yearly income during the holiday season.

Go shop local today. ❤️

This group has been so welcoming and has proved such a wonderful space. It features some of my favorite people. I hope you love them as much as I do!

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What in the???? I swear. I couldn’t even write this in a show bc no one would believe it. And yet here we are.

I’m building out my To Be Watched list. What are some of your favorite current shows right now? Bonus points if it’s a new series!

I can’t be the only one who thinks playing around in Notion is a good time. Like what did you do this weekend? Built a dashboard to track my sims save file. 😆

Me: (types) How long to unthaw a turkey?
Google: if you’re reading this it’s already too late.
Me: ummmm soooo
Google: Yesterday bitch. You should have done this yesterday.

That’s awesome. Global dominance. ✨

Ohh. I got that on reserve at the library!

Kendrick dropped a whole ass album today and I still have not recovered. Whatever I was supposed to do today, did not in fact get done.

That’s encouraging to hear. And worthy of celebrating.

It was a Canadian show too! I think it either got picked up by a cable network like USA or Syfy or an early streamer like Netflix.

No one does!

It's important to remember that although there are times we feel ok, we are not actually ok.

We can't judge ourselves for not being ok.

I use tools like writing, reading, movies, meditation, walking, yoga and dance to try to be more ok. But it will take time.

I feel like I’m the only one who watched this one and it was really good.

The cast of the sci-fi series Continuum.

Playing Disney Dreamlight on bed with candles burning ant YouTube screensaver playing with pumpkins and books.

My take on happy hour. Audiobooks and switch games. Also retail therapy.

Ohhh I’ve been waiting for this one!

Trying!

Hello to all my friends that finally left the bad place! Welcome.

I feel so drained today. Why is my energy and mood so low?

Happy Monday! What are we writing today?