Melissa Whitney author
@melissawhitney.bsky.social
Legally blind, diva and romance author who writes mental health and disability rep! At First Smile, an own voice hockey romance with blindness rep, out now.
As an author, especially a small one, having any social media suspend your account is a hard blow. That’s why it’s so important to have your newsletter up and running.#Authors #BooksSkye #RomanceAuthor
March 4, 2025 at 12:53 PM
As an author, especially a small one, having any social media suspend your account is a hard blow. That’s why it’s so important to have your newsletter up and running.#Authors #BooksSkye #RomanceAuthor
hope it’s just a coincidence but a few hours after I posted about an experience as a blind person at an airport my Instagram and Threads were suspended for violating community guidelines. I hope it’s just a technical error. Reinforces why you need to have your newsletter. #BookSky #Instagram #Meta.
March 4, 2025 at 12:40 PM
hope it’s just a coincidence but a few hours after I posted about an experience as a blind person at an airport my Instagram and Threads were suspended for violating community guidelines. I hope it’s just a technical error. Reinforces why you need to have your newsletter. #BookSky #Instagram #Meta.
If you are not reading diversely, why do you hate joy? A snippet from the diversity in sports romance panel I was on this weekend. #BooksSkye #RomanceBooks #DiverseReading.
March 4, 2025 at 5:35 AM
If you are not reading diversely, why do you hate joy? A snippet from the diversity in sports romance panel I was on this weekend. #BooksSkye #RomanceBooks #DiverseReading.
Sometimes you need to disconnect to connect. Trouble getting into your latest book? PUT THE PHONE IN THE OTHER ROOM! It's my sure-proof secret to pushing through writer's block. #booksky #romanceauthors
February 26, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Sometimes you need to disconnect to connect. Trouble getting into your latest book? PUT THE PHONE IN THE OTHER ROOM! It's my sure-proof secret to pushing through writer's block. #booksky #romanceauthors
WHAT! This week I'll be at Sports Romance Con and there are readers that WANT to meet ME??? Okay, who paid them off??? #booksky #romancebooks #sportsromance #romanceauthors
February 25, 2025 at 4:54 AM
WHAT! This week I'll be at Sports Romance Con and there are readers that WANT to meet ME??? Okay, who paid them off??? #booksky #romancebooks #sportsromance #romanceauthors
This happened today. These are Americans. Many are veterans. All signed up to serve this country.
#FederalEmployeeEmployees #DOGE
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#FederalEmployeeEmployees #DOGE
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Trump posts SpongeBob meme to poke fun at outrage over Elon Musk’s email asking federal workers what they did last week
The fake list included “cried about Trump” and “cried about Elon,” as well as “Made it to the office for once.”
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February 24, 2025 at 6:00 AM
This happened today. These are Americans. Many are veterans. All signed up to serve this country.
#FederalEmployeeEmployees #DOGE
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#FederalEmployeeEmployees #DOGE
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Woke just means he give a damn about people. So let’s get out there and give a damn about people!
#JaneFonda #Fight #SpeakUp
#JaneFonda #Fight #SpeakUp
February 24, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Woke just means he give a damn about people. So let’s get out there and give a damn about people!
#JaneFonda #Fight #SpeakUp
#JaneFonda #Fight #SpeakUp
I’m at the point where billionaire needs to be in the trigger warnings of books for me. Sorry, my billionaire romance peeps, I promise I’ll come back someday.#BookSkye #Billionaires #RomanceBooks.
February 23, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I’m at the point where billionaire needs to be in the trigger warnings of books for me. Sorry, my billionaire romance peeps, I promise I’ll come back someday.#BookSkye #Billionaires #RomanceBooks.
Bullied by a billionaire... Nope, that's not a dark romance novel I am wriitng, but my actual life. #booksky #romancebooks #romanceauthor
February 23, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Bullied by a billionaire... Nope, that's not a dark romance novel I am wriitng, but my actual life. #booksky #romancebooks #romanceauthor
February 22, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Just a romance author, standing in front of readers, wondering if they’d like to read emotional romcoms about sassy FMC‘s and the MMC‘s that are down bad for them with disability/mental health rep. #BookSkye #RomanceBooks.
February 22, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Just a romance author, standing in front of readers, wondering if they’d like to read emotional romcoms about sassy FMC‘s and the MMC‘s that are down bad for them with disability/mental health rep. #BookSkye #RomanceBooks.
February 22, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Honestly, every week I make it feels like I survived another minute in the purge. #225.
February 21, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Honestly, every week I make it feels like I survived another minute in the purge. #225.
✨ ROMCOM BINGO✨ Just a few of the things you’ll find in my books! Happy reading, and may the odds be in your favor.
#BooksSkye #RomanceBooks
#BooksSkye #RomanceBooks
February 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
✨ ROMCOM BINGO✨ Just a few of the things you’ll find in my books! Happy reading, and may the odds be in your favor.
#BooksSkye #RomanceBooks
#BooksSkye #RomanceBooks
Y’all they SOLD OUT of my books! A bookstore just shared with me that they were sold out of my books. That’s it. Carry-on. Freaking out.
#BookSky #RomanceBooks #RomanceReading #RomanceAuthor #SpicyBooks
#BookSky #RomanceBooks #RomanceReading #RomanceAuthor #SpicyBooks
February 14, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Y’all they SOLD OUT of my books! A bookstore just shared with me that they were sold out of my books. That’s it. Carry-on. Freaking out.
#BookSky #RomanceBooks #RomanceReading #RomanceAuthor #SpicyBooks
#BookSky #RomanceBooks #RomanceReading #RomanceAuthor #SpicyBooks
Did you know typewriters were invented b/c of a blind woman? Pellegrino Turri invented it for Countess Carolina Fantoni, a blind woman, so she could regain her ability to write to friends. Just an example of how accessibility often serves EVERYONE.
#booksky #disability #accessibility
#booksky #disability #accessibility
February 12, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Did you know typewriters were invented b/c of a blind woman? Pellegrino Turri invented it for Countess Carolina Fantoni, a blind woman, so she could regain her ability to write to friends. Just an example of how accessibility often serves EVERYONE.
#booksky #disability #accessibility
#booksky #disability #accessibility
Can we talk about the literary chops of some of our romance authors? I don’t think they get the flowers. They deserve. #BookSky #RomanceBooks #RomanceWriting.
February 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Can we talk about the literary chops of some of our romance authors? I don’t think they get the flowers. They deserve. #BookSky #RomanceBooks #RomanceWriting.
Forget “touch her and die” vibes from fictional MMC‘s, give me real life men with “touch her rights and see what happens” vibes that fight alongside  women to secure our bodily autonomy,
#BookSky #RomanceBooks #Women’sRights #RomanceAuthor  autonomy!!
#BookSky #RomanceBooks #Women’sRights #RomanceAuthor  autonomy!!
January 29, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Forget “touch her and die” vibes from fictional MMC‘s, give me real life men with “touch her rights and see what happens” vibes that fight alongside  women to secure our bodily autonomy,
#BookSky #RomanceBooks #Women’sRights #RomanceAuthor  autonomy!!
#BookSky #RomanceBooks #Women’sRights #RomanceAuthor  autonomy!!
Did you know January is braille literacy month? This year Brown will be celebrating 200 years of its existence. #BlindnessAwareness #Braille #DisabledVoices #Disability.
January 27, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Did you know January is braille literacy month? This year Brown will be celebrating 200 years of its existence. #BlindnessAwareness #Braille #DisabledVoices #Disability.
US house resolution 722 will establish fetal personhood. This will have devastating impact on women’s lives. Contact your representative.
#Women’sRights #Women’sBodies.
#Women’sRights #Women’sBodies.
January 27, 2025 at 11:37 PM
US house resolution 722 will establish fetal personhood. This will have devastating impact on women’s lives. Contact your representative.
#Women’sRights #Women’sBodies.
#Women’sRights #Women’sBodies.
Silence is driven by safety. If a If I a quiet, I sm safe. As a blind woman I’ve never had the privilege of safety therefore I don’t have the luxury to remain sielnt, nobody is will speak up for my community except for us. History shows this.
#BookThreads #Disability 
#BookThreads #Disability 
January 27, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Silence is driven by safety. If a If I a quiet, I sm safe. As a blind woman I’ve never had the privilege of safety therefore I don’t have the luxury to remain sielnt, nobody is will speak up for my community except for us. History shows this.
#BookThreads #Disability 
#BookThreads #Disability 
Reading is political. It’s why oppressive regimes not just ban the access of certain material, but even the ability to read itself. #BookThreads #Reading #RomanceBook.
January 27, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Reading is political. It’s why oppressive regimes not just ban the access of certain material, but even the ability to read itself. #BookThreads #Reading #RomanceBook.