Melissa Muhlenkamp

✨ ART REVEAL ✨ The Magician and Bianca from my upcoming Gothic YA fantasy THE CASTLE OF WISHES 🎩🃏🥀 I can’t get over how beautiful it turned out 😱 Coming to Kickstarter fall 2026. Illustration by Sen_verse (Instagram)

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@realjulietdelta There are times when words aren’t enough and a gif comes dutifully to the rescue

@mcmuhlenkamp I know, right!?! As I was typing Mwahahahaaaa I was thinking hmm 'completed master plan set up' so....

The domain names are bought. The trademark registration is in. The book is ready to publish. And it will be mine, ALLLL MIIIINE! MWAHAHAHAHAAAAAA! 🙃 #Ownership #creation #art

@BlessingUdom_ Deranged. May I never recover 😆

Is there a name for someone who is addicted to collecting/buying books even though they may not read all of them?

@chrryblussm Yes! 🙌🏻. What kind of tropes do you like? I’ll give you some recs.

should i start reading classics

Forcing myself to start sharing my book’s Kickstarter follow page with people. My introvert side is NOT liking it.

@authorkduarte When is the answer to a free book no?

would the romantasy girlies like to read a book online & completely for free? what if art was included? asking for a friend. #writingcommunity #booktwt

@NJSimmondsbooks I thought this was a well documented, data-backed fact. We’re going backwards…😒

"I use AI in my writing to brainstorm, flesh out ideas, and get inspiration." Dude, that's what showers are for.

When someone threatens a writer

@RWoodsFiction Isn’t this the truth 😆

Me: Wow! I love this character! I hope nothing bad happens to them! Author: DEATH!! Bah ha ha ha. (Shrugs) Okay, it's true. 😈 #writerslife #writingcommunity #readingcommunity

@JeneeDutary Yoga 🧘🏻‍♀️

Any advice on how to relieve lower back stiffness? #writingcommunity

@bexreadings As you should 😆

i’m buying more books today

@bookslattes All the Light We Cannot See 🫶🏻

What’s a book you wish you could read again for the first time?

Anyone else?

@ClaireLLLW81 Yes, it’s why I can zero in with such focus and almost obsessive drive for long periods of time. Don’t ask me to replicate it with other things though. That ain’t happening 😆

Are you neurodiverse and does it help your writing?

@mlduncan7 What I have is a sardonic nuisance that doesn’t know when to quit…even though he’s still my favorite.

If you've written multiple books (published and/or unpublished), do you have a favorite character above all the rest? Kinda like a favorite child when you aren't supposed to have a favorite. 😂

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness…it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.” -Charles Dickens Anyone else feeling this lately?

@BHolshouserUS Well…I supposed since you left your brain splattered all over the manuscript, it will take you some time to recover.

@mcmuhlenkamp Lol am I???

😳 I did it! 74k words edited in 12 days! 😮‍💨

Me and social media today because my book needs me to get it together

@SheisLenna I’m pretty sure I’m in that second camp 🤣

some people write to be seen. some write because they'll go insane if they don't.