I write small-town contemporary romance set on a New Jersey island resort. Even when the waters are rough, happy endings are a shore thing!https://bsky.app/profile/ashleymarchand.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ashleymarchand.bsky.social/post/3lqwzmrifck2mMe, 5/28: I have a climax for my book now! I love it. It’s perfect for all the characters. I nailed it. Me, 6/5: Ugh, that climax won’ work. It’s unrealistic and out of character. What was I thinking? WAS I thinking? #authorsandwriters #writers #writingcommunity #amwriting #indieauthors06 Jun 2025 14:17 +0000at://did:plc:7zy4mdb3mfo5fipsosbdplnh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqwzmrifck2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/ashleymarchand.bsky.social/post/3lqqmrzutvc2eMy favorite advice when I'm stuck in the first-draft self-doubt swamp is from my favorite fantasy author, Terry Pratchett. "The first draft is just you telling yourself the story." #authorsandwriters #writingcommunity #amwriting #writinginspiration #queerwriters #indieauthors04 Jun 2025 01:12 +0000at://did:plc:7zy4mdb3mfo5fipsosbdplnh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqqmrzutvc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/ashleymarchand.bsky.social/post/3lqpo5zufls2eI have a suggested itinerary for the sections of my book, which I'm superstitiously not calling an outline. Junior High/cotillion, High School/debutante, College/sorority, Adulting/society balls *shhh don't tell it it's an outline* #authorsandwriters #writingcommunity #indieauthors #amwriting03 Jun 2025 16:04 +0000at://did:plc:7zy4mdb3mfo5fipsosbdplnh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqpo5zufls2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/ashleymarchand.bsky.social/post/3lqlqfknor22tWhen I was young, queer romance novels were unheard-of. It's been profound and moving to watch them appear, by indie and tradpub writers, in bookshops and bestseller lists. I'm humbled and grateful to join them with my own stories of women loving women happily ever after. #queerwriters #queerromance02 Jun 2025 02:33 +0000at://did:plc:7zy4mdb3mfo5fipsosbdplnh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqlqfknor22thttps://bsky.app/profile/ashleymarchand.bsky.social/post/3lqildfony22tDoes gray-day demotivation meet its match in Saturday's Saturday-ness? With no new words in my WIP today, there's a flag on the play and the officials are ruling on a foul call. 💡 My own metaphor inspired a high school football scene in my WIP. Saturday wins! #writers #amwriting #writingcommunity31 May 2025 20:24 +0000at://did:plc:7zy4mdb3mfo5fipsosbdplnh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqildfony22thttps://bsky.app/profile/ashleymarchand.bsky.social/post/3lqfrm6vtrc2tAnd then I woke up and I didn't want to write. And then I wrote. I also drank most of a six-pack of root beer before noon, so I'm not holding myself up as a shining example. #authorsandwriters #amwriting #writingcommunity #writers #indieauthors30 May 2025 17:39 +0000at://did:plc:7zy4mdb3mfo5fipsosbdplnh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqfrm6vtrc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/ashleymarchand.bsky.social/post/3lqdk3ztfwk2nI'm sensing a theme with my MCs. Prologue: The 6-year-old MCs get each other in trouble for tussling at a garden party. Ch. 1: The 13-year-old MCs get each other in trouble for texting in class. Can't wait to see how they get each other in trouble in ch. 2! #amwriting #writingcommunity #writers https://theme.as29 May 2025 20:19 +0000at://did:plc:7zy4mdb3mfo5fipsosbdplnh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqdk3ztfwk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/ashleymarchand.bsky.social/post/3lqd7klfp4c2nMe, 11 pm yesterday: I'll go to bed early and get a good night's sleep so I can focus on writing. Car alarm, 2 to 8 am: No, you won't sleep. Jackhammer, 9 am to present: No, you won't focus. Me, 1 pm: I'll call you out on Bluesky. THEN write! #authorsandwriters #writingcommunity #writers29 May 2025 17:10 +0000at://did:plc:7zy4mdb3mfo5fipsosbdplnh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqd7klfp4c2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/ashleymarchand.bsky.social/post/3lqbqozmmq22kI know I typed "does A. have a sister?" after writing nearly a page of notes on college, family, and sorority pledges. I KNOW it. But now a whole-project find doesn't have any results for "sister," "sorority," or "pledge." Did I delete it? Dream it? 😱 #authorsandwriters #writingcommunity #writing29 May 2025 03:12 +0000at://did:plc:7zy4mdb3mfo5fipsosbdplnh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqbqozmmq22khttps://bsky.app/profile/ashleymarchand.bsky.social/post/3lqauxuqiss2kWhole mood: My “I turn coffee into books” mousepad has coffee stains ☕️😂 I love these slogans and deskspace merch, they put me in a good writing mood mood. Now let's see if the coffee does what the mousepad says! #authorsofthreads #writingcommunity #writers #writingspace #deskspace #indieauthors28 May 2025 18:56 +0000at://did:plc:7zy4mdb3mfo5fipsosbdplnh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqauxuqiss2khttps://bsky.app/profile/ashleymarchand.bsky.social/post/3lq7gdaizmk2sI'll tag myself as the ghost in the Lengthy Prologue line. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 May 2025 05:01 +0000at://did:plc:7zy4mdb3mfo5fipsosbdplnh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq7gdaizmk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/ashleymarchand.bsky.social/post/3lq75qta7as2sI didn't waste time making this in Canva. I made it in Imgflip. 😇 #authorsandwriters #writers #writingcommunity #canva #socialmedia28 May 2025 02:27 +0000at://did:plc:7zy4mdb3mfo5fipsosbdplnh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq75qta7as2shttps://bsky.app/profile/ashleymarchand.bsky.social/post/3lq6eoc6xhk2dWhen your scene includes the comment, "fill in that good line I thought of in the shower." #authorsandwriters #writingcommunity #writers #queerwriters27 May 2025 18:59 +0000at://did:plc:7zy4mdb3mfo5fipsosbdplnh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq6eoc6xhk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/ashleymarchand.bsky.social/post/3lq6dkbojn22d#MayWeDance Day 27 Older characters who aren't embittered by bad relationships and haven't sworn off love. Bisexual and pansexual characters who are clearly choosing a person, not a sex or gender. Queer characters discovering their sexuality as adults whose former straight partners are supportive. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 May 2025 18:38 +0000at://did:plc:7zy4mdb3mfo5fipsosbdplnh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq6dkbojn22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/ashleymarchand.bsky.social/post/3lq47qcfra22aLove in real life can be mysterious and surprising, a sudden hummingbird at a flower or lightning flash in the sky. When I write romance, I can call down the birds and ride the lightning. To shape a love story, to know where it comes from and where it will go, and to share it, is fiction's magic. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 May 2025 22:25 +0000at://did:plc:7zy4mdb3mfo5fipsosbdplnh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq47qcfra22a