Marisa 🩵 Romance writer

UGHHH I dont think i finished saving all my TikTok’s!!! 😭😭

Panic downloading all my TikToks. But what about my 7K favorited videos 😭

Plain background with bold text reading “The Pitch” Image of One Last Stop by Casey McQuistion with the tags “A love letter to the city it’s set in and diverse, supportive found family” Image of Funny Story by Emily Henry with tags “Love interest brings MC out of their shell and Lucky escape from a bad relationship” Image of Making It by Laura Kay with tags “Sexually naive protagonist and sexy lesbian artist love interest” Text underneath reads After a failed Leap Day proposal leaves Lucy heartbroken, she finds herself exploring a side of Manchester she's never known; the thriving queer community. Here, she meets the dazzling artist and commitment-phobe, Aaliyah, who inspires Lucy's creative dreams and opens her mind to life outside the straight and narrow.

Sneak peak Aaliyah rests her hand gently on mine and makes it even harder to concentrate. 'I love listening to you speak, darling, but where is this story going?' I take a deep breath and let it out slowly through my mouth, like I'm listening to a meditation podcast. Calm. Focus. Confidence. I can't look her in the eyes, so I stare at the yonic flowers she painted. 'I've realised I'm bisexual. I like women.' I like you. I add silently. When I manage to look at her, she's sitting back on her chair with a cheshire cat grin on her face. 'Well that's a relief.' 'A relief?' 'It would be rather awkward if I asked you on a date and you weren't at least a little bit gay.'

First pitch event - eek!! This is the novel I’m currently editing, a sapphic bisexual awakening rom com set in Manchester, UK 🥰 #BluePit📖 #bluepit #W #A #R #LGBT #Dis #OV

Omg !!! I can’t wait to read

Just kidding I yet again have no idea why something you show me doesn’t work LOL

did you know you can use your substack domain on bsky?

No but I’m copying it now 🙂‍↕️

Just curious how is anyone balancing working full time, commuting, hobbies, family, friends AND writing

Broooo

I feel like I can do anything but edit AGHHH

I promise you, once you free yourself from the notion that other writers are your competition and start viewing them as your fellow weirdos who share similar special interests as you, your life in publishing will become so much easier.

This is a thing people do?? 😩😩

In Scrivener, I use the “Character Sketch” template for every single character, no matter how minor! You’ll have to zoom in to see everything

I would need to:
-finish FULLY self editing my book
-find beta readers
-hire editor?? maybe??
-get cover designed
-format
-arcs?
-figure out Amazon?
-settle on a pen name
-RELEASE!! (Ideally before the summer ends bc it’s such a summer book…but not sure how I could finish everything)

What are your writing / publishing / author goals for 2025? I really want to self publish my first novel but I’m not sure how realistic that is 🥲

💚Former dog person but now proud cat mom to a brother and sister
🩵Repeat watcher of Tangled, WALL-E, and The Incredibles
💙Love makeup and beauty
💜On a mental health journey, probably neurodivergent but getting diagnosed is hard

Quick intro to all my new followers! 🫶 TY @marjoriemuller.bsky.social for creating the group!
🤍I’m editing my first novel
🩷MADE YOU BLUSH is a sapphic, workplace, popstar x makeup artist romance
❤️Taylor Swift+Fall Out Boy are my top artists
🧡Enjoy baking and beaches
💛Live in Florida

I need to come up with a realistic goal for my self published book release date but I’m not sure what is realistic for me 😅 Ideally my book needs to come out in the summer but I’m no where near done with my edits 😭

I know a major part of writing is making an unwieldy, shitty first draft, but god, there’s nothing I hate more than being in the middle of an unwieldy, shitty first draft

if you made art this year, you did well. a sketch, even if it was scrapped ; a poem, even if it was deleted — mattered. you put thought to paper, you engaged with the creative alchemy of turning feeling to something tangible. doesn't matter if you weren't productive "enough." or good "enough."