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Melissa Llanes Brownlee

@lumchanmfa.bsky.social

Native Hawaiian writer living in Japan https://www.melissallanesbrownlee.com/ Preorder Bitter over Sweet https://tinyurl.com/5hd7u63r Hard Skin http://tinyurl.com/yc53 Kahi&Lua http://tinyurl.com/3ryfzvwh

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MY AUTHOR COPIES, Bitter over Sweet in The Writer's Chronicle with a Prompt, and Lit Nam Open Mic β€” Melissa Llanes Brownlee You guys! I got my author copies!! I am so grateful for the amazing person who brought them to Japan for me. They are so shiny!!

weekly talk story about my author copies😍, Bitter over Sweet sneak peek in @awpwriter.bsky.social's The Writer's Chronicle, and @lit-namjooning.bsky.social open mic...

www.melissallanesbrownlee.com/talk-story/2...

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@taracampbell.bsky.social ❀️❀️❀️πŸ₯°πŸ₯°πŸ₯°

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Thank you @taracampbell.bsky.social for this incredible praise for BITTER OVER SWEET by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social!

BITTER OVER SWEET will be available in 19 DAYS! Make sure to preorder a copy if you haven't already done so. buff.ly/EORZUq0
@susanschulman.bsky.social

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😍😍😍

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Check it out!!

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Prompted Melissa Llanes Brownlee, Katie Darby Mullins, and Corrie Lynn White share favorite writing prompts in fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry.

writerschronicle.awpwriter.org/TWC/2025-oct...

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Bitter Over Sweet Santa Fe Writers Project

If you subscribe to @awpwriter.bsky.social The Writer's Chronicle, there's a sneak peek of Bitter over Sweet and a prompt from me!

writerschronicle.awpwriter.org/TWC/2025-oct...

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😍😍😍πŸ₯°πŸ₯°πŸ₯°β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ

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This is going to be πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯

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Right?!?

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❀️❀️❀️

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This just in: There are only 3 WEEKS until the release of BITTER OVER SWEET by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social!

What are you waiting for? Make sure to preorder a copy right here! buff.ly/l1yCQXL
@susanschulman.bsky.social

14.10.2025 14:40 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ₯°

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Me too ❀️❀️❀️

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weekly ukulele video πŸ₯°β€οΈ (October 13, 2025)
YouTube video by Melissa Llanes Brownlee weekly ukulele video πŸ₯°β€οΈ (October 13, 2025)

weekly ukulele video πŸ₯°β€οΈ

youtu.be/K61vuyniu_4?...

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πŸ₯°πŸ₯°πŸ₯°

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❀️❀️❀️

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😍😍😍

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Excited for Melissa's book!

@sfwp.bsky.social @lumchanmfa.bsky.social

11.10.2025 23:56 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Right?!?

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This is amazing, Melissa! ❀️❀️

11.10.2025 18:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you Kelle πŸ₯°πŸ₯°πŸ₯°

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Thank you 😍😍😍

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Big love for this trailer! Congrats @lumchanmfa.bsky.social πŸŽ‰πŸ’™πŸŽ‰

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Yay!! 😍😍😍

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😍😍😍

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❀️❀️❀️

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Check out this book promo; it's by an author I know and she's great!

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❀️❀️❀️

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Whoosh! - Exposition Review by Frances Gapper Honorable Mention – Flash 405, June 2025: β€œIllumination” Fiction Β  Arthur says: β€˜You use too many exclamation marks.’ He has a scholar’s melancholy and often groans aloud. Putting my...

Find out why Flash 405: β€œIllumination” guest judge @lumchanmfa.bsky.social is going all exclamation mark over @francesgapper.bsky.social’s flash fiction retelling of Arthur, Guinevere, and Lancelot, WOOSH! Read it here: tinyurl.com/Woosh405.

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