Ashley Marchand
@ashleymarchand.bsky.social
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!
Reposted by Ashley Marchand
🐉🌈📚 LGBTQ+ books released on June 11, 2025.
🔗 Find them here: bit.ly/m/QBR
Happy reading, y'all! 🖤✌🏼
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Happy reading, y'all! 🖤✌🏼
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June 11, 2025 at 2:48 AM
🐉🌈📚 LGBTQ+ books released on June 11, 2025.
🔗 Find them here: bit.ly/m/QBR
Happy reading, y'all! 🖤✌🏼
#queerbookreviews #sapphicromance #queerromance #mmromance #mmromancebooks #lgbtbooks #mmbooksky #sapphicbooksky #queerbooksky #readqueerallyear #booksky #romancelandia
🔗 Find them here: bit.ly/m/QBR
Happy reading, y'all! 🖤✌🏼
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Reposted by Ashley Marchand
🐉🌈📚 LGBTQ+ audiobooks released on June 10, 2025.
🔗 Find them here: bit.ly/m/QBR
Happy listening, y'all! 🖤🎧✌🏼
#queerbookreviews #sapphicromance #queerromance #mmromance #mmromancebooks #lgbtbooks #mmbooksky #sapphicbooksky #queerbooksky #readqueerallyear #booksky #romancelandia
🔗 Find them here: bit.ly/m/QBR
Happy listening, y'all! 🖤🎧✌🏼
#queerbookreviews #sapphicromance #queerromance #mmromance #mmromancebooks #lgbtbooks #mmbooksky #sapphicbooksky #queerbooksky #readqueerallyear #booksky #romancelandia
June 10, 2025 at 5:47 AM
🐉🌈📚 LGBTQ+ audiobooks released on June 10, 2025.
🔗 Find them here: bit.ly/m/QBR
Happy listening, y'all! 🖤🎧✌🏼
#queerbookreviews #sapphicromance #queerromance #mmromance #mmromancebooks #lgbtbooks #mmbooksky #sapphicbooksky #queerbooksky #readqueerallyear #booksky #romancelandia
🔗 Find them here: bit.ly/m/QBR
Happy listening, y'all! 🖤🎧✌🏼
#queerbookreviews #sapphicromance #queerromance #mmromance #mmromancebooks #lgbtbooks #mmbooksky #sapphicbooksky #queerbooksky #readqueerallyear #booksky #romancelandia
Reposted by Ashley Marchand
🐉🌈📚 LGBTQ+ books released on June 10, 2025.
🔗 Find them here: bit.ly/m/QBR
Happy reading, y'all! 🖤✌🏼
#queerbookreviews #sapphicromance #queerromance #mmromance #mmromancebooks #lgbtbooks #mmbooksky #sapphicbooksky #queerbooksky #readqueerallyear #booksky #romancelandia
🔗 Find them here: bit.ly/m/QBR
Happy reading, y'all! 🖤✌🏼
#queerbookreviews #sapphicromance #queerromance #mmromance #mmromancebooks #lgbtbooks #mmbooksky #sapphicbooksky #queerbooksky #readqueerallyear #booksky #romancelandia
June 10, 2025 at 5:49 AM
🐉🌈📚 LGBTQ+ books released on June 10, 2025.
🔗 Find them here: bit.ly/m/QBR
Happy reading, y'all! 🖤✌🏼
#queerbookreviews #sapphicromance #queerromance #mmromance #mmromancebooks #lgbtbooks #mmbooksky #sapphicbooksky #queerbooksky #readqueerallyear #booksky #romancelandia
🔗 Find them here: bit.ly/m/QBR
Happy reading, y'all! 🖤✌🏼
#queerbookreviews #sapphicromance #queerromance #mmromance #mmromancebooks #lgbtbooks #mmbooksky #sapphicbooksky #queerbooksky #readqueerallyear #booksky #romancelandia
Me, 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 #indieauthors
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 #indieauthors
June 6, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Me, 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 #indieauthors
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 #indieauthors
My 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."
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"The first draft is just you telling yourself the story."
#authorsandwriters #writingcommunity #amwriting #writinginspiration #queerwriters #indieauthors
June 4, 2025 at 1:12 AM
My 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 #indieauthors
"The first draft is just you telling yourself the story."
#authorsandwriters #writingcommunity #amwriting #writinginspiration #queerwriters #indieauthors
I 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 #amwriting
Junior High/cotillion, High School/debutante, College/sorority, Adulting/society balls
*shhh don't tell it it's an outline*
#authorsandwriters #writingcommunity #indieauthors #amwriting
June 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I 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 #amwriting
Junior High/cotillion, High School/debutante, College/sorority, Adulting/society balls
*shhh don't tell it it's an outline*
#authorsandwriters #writingcommunity #indieauthors #amwriting
When 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 #queerromance
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 #queerromance
June 2, 2025 at 2:33 AM
When 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 #queerromance
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 #queerromance
Does 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 #writingcommunity
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 #writingcommunity
May 31, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Does 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 #writingcommunity
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 #writingcommunity
And 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 #indieauthors
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 #indieauthors
May 30, 2025 at 5:39 PM
And 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 #indieauthors
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 #indieauthors
I'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
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
theme.as
May 29, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I'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
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
Me, 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 #writers
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 #writers
May 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Me, 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 #writers
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 #writers
I 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 #writing
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 #writing
May 29, 2025 at 3:12 AM
I 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 #writing
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 #writing
Whole 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 #indieauthors
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 #indieauthors
May 28, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Whole 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 #indieauthors
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 #indieauthors
I'll tag myself as the ghost in the Lengthy Prologue line.
May 28, 2025 at 5:01 AM
I'll tag myself as the ghost in the Lengthy Prologue line.
I didn't waste time making this in Canva.
I made it in Imgflip. 😇
#authorsandwriters #writers #writingcommunity #canva #socialmedia
I made it in Imgflip. 😇
#authorsandwriters #writers #writingcommunity #canva #socialmedia
May 28, 2025 at 2:27 AM
I didn't waste time making this in Canva.
I made it in Imgflip. 😇
#authorsandwriters #writers #writingcommunity #canva #socialmedia
I made it in Imgflip. 😇
#authorsandwriters #writers #writingcommunity #canva #socialmedia
When your scene includes the comment, "fill in that good line I thought of in the shower."
#authorsandwriters #writingcommunity #writers #queerwriters
#authorsandwriters #writingcommunity #writers #queerwriters
May 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
When your scene includes the comment, "fill in that good line I thought of in the shower."
#authorsandwriters #writingcommunity #writers #queerwriters
#authorsandwriters #writingcommunity #writers #queerwriters
Reposted by Ashley Marchand
Butch/Femme fiction books currently in pre-order status on Amazon as of 05/27/25.
🌈📚💜💙 | Sapphfic | Lesfic | Sapphic Book | Queer Romance | Butch/Femme Fiction
#romancelandia #booksky #comingsoon #sapphicbooks #butchfemme
🌈📚💜💙 | Sapphfic | Lesfic | Sapphic Book | Queer Romance | Butch/Femme Fiction
#romancelandia #booksky #comingsoon #sapphicbooks #butchfemme
May 27, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Butch/Femme fiction books currently in pre-order status on Amazon as of 05/27/25.
🌈📚💜💙 | Sapphfic | Lesfic | Sapphic Book | Queer Romance | Butch/Femme Fiction
#romancelandia #booksky #comingsoon #sapphicbooks #butchfemme
🌈📚💜💙 | Sapphfic | Lesfic | Sapphic Book | Queer Romance | Butch/Femme Fiction
#romancelandia #booksky #comingsoon #sapphicbooks #butchfemme
#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.
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.
#MayWeDance Day 27
What do you want to see more of in stories about romantic love, whether in the romance genre itself or in other genres?
#WritingCommunity #WriterSky #WritingPrompt #Romancelandia
What do you want to see more of in stories about romantic love, whether in the romance genre itself or in other genres?
#WritingCommunity #WriterSky #WritingPrompt #Romancelandia
May 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM
#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.
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.
Love 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.
#MayWeDance Day 26
Ultimately, we've all made the conscious choice to write romances between our characters, whether in the romance genre itself or in other genres. Why? What does it mean to you to write these stories?
#WritingCommunity #WriterSky #WritingPrompt #Romancelandia
Ultimately, we've all made the conscious choice to write romances between our characters, whether in the romance genre itself or in other genres. Why? What does it mean to you to write these stories?
#WritingCommunity #WriterSky #WritingPrompt #Romancelandia
May 26, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Love 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.
Reposted by Ashley Marchand
🐉 🌈📚 LGBTQ+ books released on May 26, 2025.
🔗 Find them here: bit.ly/m/QBR
Happy reading y'all! 🖤🏳️🌈🤟🏼
#queerbookreviews #sapphicromance #queerromance #mmromance #mmromancebooks #lgbtbooks #mmbooksky #sapphicbooksky #queerbooksky #readqueerallyear #booksky #romancelandia
🔗 Find them here: bit.ly/m/QBR
Happy reading y'all! 🖤🏳️🌈🤟🏼
#queerbookreviews #sapphicromance #queerromance #mmromance #mmromancebooks #lgbtbooks #mmbooksky #sapphicbooksky #queerbooksky #readqueerallyear #booksky #romancelandia
May 26, 2025 at 5:58 AM
🐉 🌈📚 LGBTQ+ books released on May 26, 2025.
🔗 Find them here: bit.ly/m/QBR
Happy reading y'all! 🖤🏳️🌈🤟🏼
#queerbookreviews #sapphicromance #queerromance #mmromance #mmromancebooks #lgbtbooks #mmbooksky #sapphicbooksky #queerbooksky #readqueerallyear #booksky #romancelandia
🔗 Find them here: bit.ly/m/QBR
Happy reading y'all! 🖤🏳️🌈🤟🏼
#queerbookreviews #sapphicromance #queerromance #mmromance #mmromancebooks #lgbtbooks #mmbooksky #sapphicbooksky #queerbooksky #readqueerallyear #booksky #romancelandia