Melissa Whitney Author (She/Her)

Contemporary Romance Writer, pug mom, and fan of all things steamy, especially a cup of tea. Smashing expectations of individuals with disabilities!

[Melissa Whitney Author (She/Her) @SteamingPlot81]

Hey! I’m not super into Twitter so if you want to follow me, go to Instagram @melissa_whitneyauthor is my IG handle

[Melissa Whitney Author (She/Her) @SteamingPlot81]

I cannot over state how fantastic writing conferences are. It’s so important to connect with other writers. #WritingCommmunity #RomanceWriters

[Melissa Whitney Author (She/Her) @SteamingPlot81]

@EveKoguce Me too. I bet the plot would be bananas. LOL! Yeah, I went there.

[Melissa Whitney Author (She/Her) @SteamingPlot81]

89% of people say they have a book in them. 3% of people actually write that book. 1% of them gets published. With three completed manuscripts since August I am happy to be part of that 3% and I’m working on becoming the 1%. #WritingCommmunity #RomanceWriters.

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@Author_JimGould I don’t think being good enough is the question. Traditionally, published authors aren’t better authors and self published. Vice versa is true as well. I’ve read amazing books from self published, and amazing books from traditionally published.

[Melissa Whitney Author (She/Her) @SteamingPlot81]

I got a good 30 minutes in on the elliptical but the line from Starbucks is just too much for me.#Thursday. #Starbucks.

[Melissa Whitney Author (She/Her) @SteamingPlot81]

Phenomenal first day of the conference. Made a lot of new writer friends. #RomanceWritersOfAmerica #WritingCommmunity #RWA2023 #RomanceWritersOfTwitter

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@CarolynKWrites Check out the spindle and bone series

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@nicwillwrites Not writing related but when I’ve done it for my day job, I have usually checked it in a separate suitcase or shipped it ahead of time

[Melissa Whitney Author (She/Her) @SteamingPlot81]

Oh, I love when I go to the gym at the hotel and then come back and my room is clean. If only I could get my husband to do that at the house.

[Melissa Whitney Author (She/Her) @SteamingPlot81]

Good morning! Getting a good workout in before day one of RWA!

[Melissa Whitney Author (She/Her) @SteamingPlot81]

@C_H_Armstrong @FatedMates @GailChasan @HarlequinBooks That’s awesome. I love that pod.

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@C_H_Armstrong @tinecoglobal Great. I’ll check it out. No carpets in our house. When we bought the new house we’d not wanna have to deal with that. Because we have dogs.

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@C_H_Armstrong @tinecoglobal When I get back from RWA, I’ll have to talk to my husband about it. We have a rainbow which is the best vacuum cleaner we have ever bought, but it doesn’t clean the floors. Like it gets all the vacuum stuff done but I still have to have the floors mopped.

[Melissa Whitney Author (She/Her) @SteamingPlot81]

@lucas_kinkaid Just use the money you got off the book to buy yourself a glass of wine and ignore her lol

[Melissa Whitney Author (She/Her) @SteamingPlot81]

@KellyCainAuthor Happy release day!

[Melissa Whitney Author (She/Her) @SteamingPlot81]

@kctorawrites I have no problem with it if it fits the character or the mood that I’m going for. I think I’m less concerned about the swearing in my books than the sex scenes. Not because of my mother but because of my uncle lol I can see his horrified face already.

[Melissa Whitney Author (She/Her) @SteamingPlot81]

@ericareberhart I am so sorry to hear this.

[Melissa Whitney Author (She/Her) @SteamingPlot81]

@C_H_Armstrong @tinecoglobal My hubby and I have been talking about getting one of those. How easy is it to use? We’ve just been paying someone to clean our floors every two weeks lol and then just using the rainbow and swiffer in between