@melaniegreene.bsky.social
Contemporary romance author, reader of all the things, she/her melaniegreene.com
Such a GREAT chat with a great person - it was such a treat to meet you 💚💚💚
27.09.2025 13:32 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0An amazing early brunch today with @melaniegreene.bsky.social - good food but even better conversation about romance novels, reading is political and how billionaires and late stage capitalism are (hopefully) doomed! Thank you, Melanie 💜 for answering my many questions so graciously
27.09.2025 13:25 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0In case you missed it in the comments:
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Morgan sits at a table with a banner reading "Authors Against Book Bans."
A "book jail" full of small paper books.
Come visit #authorsagainstbookbans at #worldcon! Free a book from book jail, get schwag, learn how to help oppose book bans.
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Today's Supreme Court decision, though couched in the language of freedom and inclusivity, is a tragic failure for both the right to read and the rights of LGBTQIA+ people. Authors Against Book Bans stands firmly and fiercely against the decision and its rationale. To allow parents to "object" to the presence of positive books about the lives and rights of LGBTQIA+ people is to allow them to "object" to the existence of LGBTQIA+ students, parents, educators, and others in the wider community. You cannot “opt out” of reality, no matter what today’s majority opinion states. These books belong on shelves and these stories belong in classrooms and curricula.
Our statement in response to the Supreme Court ruling in Mahmoud v Taylor. Image thread with alt text. 1/4
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Howdy, y'all, it's #stuffyourereader day & my series starter COMMON GROUND is in there (check under steamy contemporary) - grab it and over 1000 other FREE ROMANCES today only at www.romancebookworms.com
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Promo image of a person chilling while reading Still Waters by Melanie Greene, a scintillating and delightful romance novel
My 16th book is out today!
Still Waters (or as I call it: the artist, the plumber, and the sex deal) is a standalone short contemporary romance novel, with floods both actual and deliciously metaphorical.
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#romancelandia #newrelease #2025books #smalltownromance
Support Freedom to Read Efforts Across the US Freedom Read-In 20 Acclaimed Authors - 5 Hours Free, Live, Online Event May 9 2025 10-3 ET Authors Against Book Bans
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A photo of a bunch of Nike shoes.
How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia?
Before you open this thread, take a guess. Settle on a number and then compare it to what you'll learn in this thread. 🧵
Lots of academic books on this Naval Academy ban list.
If you’re on it, consider joining @authorsabb.bsky.social
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Yo, #romancelandia I have a contemporary box set free at the moment, it's 3 siblings who own a coffee shop (along w other side gigs) trying to make their small-town beach community better for all, while (reluctantly) falling in love, you'll enjoy it!
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The cover of contemporary romance novel Common Ground by Melanie Greene (me!) as featured almost an hour and a half into the latest episode of the Fated Mates podcast about heroes who are not billionaires
Flattered & delighted to hear Common Ground on today's @fatedmates.net pod.
I love to create hero/king characters who are "regular" guys, discovering how to move past their flaws to grow into great partners.
And I love hearing that I'm a fantastic writer!
#romancelandia
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They literally never mean an actual free market where everyone is free of coercion.
They love coercion.
Houstonians, hope you're up to braving our cold temps to come see me talking all about the romance genre on Thursday night! I'll warm the room with our laughter and hope for the world. 💚📚💚
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A besotted Valentine's Day message to Harris County Public Library, which has been the best of my many beloved libraries for almost 50 years now.
I wouldn't be the reader, or writer, I am today, without a space as welcoming and world-expanding as @harriscountypl.bsky.social in my life.
All the hearts to the librarians and staff at all the libraries, today and always.
@authorsabb.bsky.social @uabookbans.bsky.social
A valentine on pink and cream paper with a line drawing of author Maia Kobabe making a heart with eir arms next to a stack of books. The text reads: A Love Letter to Libraries. Dear Libraries, I love you more than I can say! Thank you for helping me read more books than I could possibly ever afford to buy. Thank you for everything you provide to your communities! You are such a powerful resource and a gift ♥
Dear Libraries, I love you more than I can say! Thank you for helping me read more books than I could possibly ever afford to buy ♥ Thank you for everything you provide to your communities! You are such a powerful resource and a gift ♥@authorsabb.bsky.social @uabookbans.bsky.social
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one of my current gripes: book banning. it's so ... so irritatingly and perversely unnecessary. just another symptom of the everything wrong
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It’s really frustrating how even as so many people are working so hard for the rights of immigrants and trans people and everyone else this administration is endangering, Democratic politicians are like: “If they don’t knock it off, we will be forced to ask permission to tell them to knock it off!”
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you know lothaire would say, "I thought of this first!"
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Today the DOE announced plans to dismiss 11 outstanding complaints against book bans, and to eliminate the position of Book Ban Coordinator at the Office of Civil Rights (OCR). This distortion of the intended work of the OCR--the protection of civil rights and students' freedoms in our nation's schools--is negligent, grossly un-American, and in direct conflict with freedom of speech, a bedrock right enshrined in the Constitution. Authors Against Book Bans unequivocally stands against all such attempts at censorship and discrimination. We stand with families, students and educators across the country who exercise free speech every time they open a book, and with the 71% of Americans who are opposed to book bans. Book bans do not protect children; history teaches us that they are a terrifying step toward tyranny.
President Trump's DOE has made themselves clear: they will support book banners in their efforts to strip our institutions of learning of the books that define them.
So let us be perfectly clear: we're going to do whatever we can to try and stop them.
cover of a zine titled Do you make books? Yes? I want YOU to join Authors Against Book Bans! By Maia Kobabe
WHAT IS AUTHORS AGAINST BOOK BANS? A coalition of writers, illustrators, editors & other book creators, standing united against the unconstitutional movement to limit the freedom to read. We support the availability of diverse voices in our libraries, in our schools, & in our culture. We pledge to band together against the oppression of literature, to speak when our voices are silenced, to go where our bodies are needed, & to fight to ensure this freedom. Our concern is not only for the books, but for the children, families, educators, librarians, & communities who suffer when the freedom to read is challenged and taken away. WHAT CAN AUTHORS AGAINST BOOK BANS OFFER YOU? - Regional groups working on legislation to protect authors & the freedom to read state-by-state - Online trainings on digital security, public speaking, & how to counter book challenges in your community -Affinity groups for BIPOC authors, queer authors, authors with disabilities, indie, nonfiction, romance writers & more -Support if your book is challenged or your school visit is canceled! -A very active discord community
Author: What if my book hasn’t been challenged? Maia: JOIN! Author: Ok, but what if I’m really busy and can’t do much organizing right now? Maia: JOIN ANYWAY! Even if all you do is sign up, your membership will help lend weight to the letters AABB sends to publishers & legislators. As of January 2025, AABB has 3500+ members. Check out the recent open letter to publishers on AABB’s socials & feel free to share it with your contacts. An Open Letter to Our Publishers- instagram.com/p/DCzYmKcR8uq
Maia: I’ve been facing intense challenges to my book since 2021. Knowing that I am not alone in the fight against censorship is what keeps my spirits up! Watching the folks in AABB share information, co-write legislation, show up to library & school board meetings, & speak up to publishers about the need to protect diverse books & minority authors has been amazing! This is a weird & scary time to be an author, but you are not alone! Join thousands of us fighting for the freedom to read, the freedom to write, the freedom to teach, the freedom to learn, & the freedom to share our stories!
Has your name ever appeared in the credits of a book, or is it likely to in the near future? Then you should join
@authorsabb.bsky.social! Full transcript and jpg of this zine formatted for print available here: www.patreon.com/posts/i-want...
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I was 9 months pregnant so… left the party at 11:45 and watched some fireworks in the distance as we rode home.
01.01.2025 05:38 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Right - not even 23 hours later, I've done it! 🏆🎂💚
All 55 of the top romances I've read this year.
(I also saw / talked to / texted with everyone. And ate ube-mango sticky rice. So it's been a GOOD birthday.)
Already looking forward to what I'll read next. 😆
Last, but never least:
Cat Sebastian's You Should Be So Lucky forces together a bummed-out reporter & a slump-fighting shortstop (another great baseball book?!?)
I am 1000% in for Sebastian's mid-century NY kick of late - the atmosphere is impeccable. Read them all!
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Timothy Janovsky's You Had Me at Happy Hour is, like all Janovsky, banter-filled and w such tender regard for the guys falling for each other. Esp. the one who thinks he's in a work enemies situation, while the other thinks he's just not reciprocating interest. Oops.
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Rachel Vasquez Gilliland's Witch of Wild Things has a slightly cursed family line (more troublesome sisters, my fave!), a second-chance romance when Sage returns home, and just utterly lush writing.
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Opal Wei's Wild Life strands Zoey on Davy's island sanctuary for a week. Nothing but a hot guy, a bunch of wild animals, and ... well, let's focus in again on the hot guy, since he's got what Zoey needs & the cougar outside does not. Roar!
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Myah Ariel's When I Think of You - another debut I discovered thanks to @fatedmates.net - features second chances, star power & all its problems, YEARNING, and one of the hottest illustrated covers ever.
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