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Melissa Wright
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Author. Artist. Audiobook lover. Actually writes sometimes.

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Home Depot ad for exam table with stirrups.
November 21, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Absolutely delighted by the character art for my Cinderella Necromancer story by @hannahelatham.bsky.social

A Necromancer’s Guide to Grave Mistakes releases April 7, 2026.
Magic swirls and bright streaks of light and surround a heroine with light brown windblown hair in a white shirt and brown vest of a Cinderella-maid style as she’s carried by a dark-haired prince. The heroine’s blue-green skirt is blown back to reveal white stockings with a garter bow. The prince wears a windblown cape and looks at the heroine adoringly, clearly about to do something—anything—to win a kiss.
October 31, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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The final Kickstarter campaign for the Between Ink and Shadows series deluxe limited edition hardcovers is live!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/mel...
Mock-up of Kickstarter rewards for the Beneath Stone and Sacrifice special edition hardcover. The hardcover features an illustration of a fantasy couple, the heroine in a red bare-shoulder gown with a crown, her hands folded at her waist, and the hero standing close behind her with his hand over hers. He’s wearing dark kingly clothing and a crown. The hardcover dust jacket has raised gold foil title treatment. Bonus items that come with the hardcover are scattered around the image, including a foil bookmark with a night sky and moon design and the heroine in a deep blue Victorian style dress, a signed bookplate, a vellum page overlay with romantic and gothic vibes in which the heroine wears a green dress standing in front of a wrought iron fence with her hair blowing dramatically, and an art print of the heroine and hero in blue jacket and dress on a balcony overlooking a night sky while they hold hands and gaze romantically at each other.
August 26, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Cheese grater.
Manual rotary grater with easy to turn handle and grating and slicing attachments. This model is by Greedel and has made food prep so much less taxing for the poster.
July 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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The Rivenwilde series is now complete. (Shown: standard edition hardcovers, standard edition paperbacks, and the limited edition hardcover with color interior illustrations and foil dust jacket. Art and design by Ireen Chau.)
3 hardcover books standing in a row, each with a fantasy and regency inspired couple framed by light leafy designs. Upon the Riven Throne is teal, Beyond the Filigree Wall is bright pink, and Within the Hollow Heart is light purple. Upon the Riven Throne paperback edition open to the title page and showing the interior cover printed with a blue ballroom scene featuring a couple in regency inspired dress dancing at night as magic sparkles around them. A collage of the Rivenwilde series books featuring duplex covers on the paperback editions, black and white page spread illustrations on the hardcovers, and color interior and foil dust jacket on the limited edition hardcovers. The vibes are regency and fairytale fantasy with sweet romance.
June 29, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Art for Upon the Riven Throne by @peachiemochi.bsky.social
Two figures in regency era dress stand before a portrait hung on a wall of a prince in royal attire. Sunlight cuts across the space, and we only see the backs of the two figures as the lady looks at the portrait and the gentleman looks at her. Two characters in regency dress stroll past an open balcony in a palace with autumn colors and bright sun. The hero is looking at the heroine fondly and she’s playfully looking away.
June 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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I keep forgetting to post here but I have Kickstarter ending in 3 days.

Cover art and ballroom art print by Ireen Chau. Portrait gallery art print by Teresa Vu. Also includes a page overlay and character stickers not shown.
Mock-up of Kickstarter campaign swag including two art prints, signed bookplate, foil bookmark, and a limited edition hardcover. Interior illustrations are of a regency era fae prince and human princess dancing in a midnight ballroom in shades of blue with sparkling lights and a yellow toned illustration of the back of the prince and princess standing before a painted portrait of the fae prince and he’s looking down at her. Mock-up of a limited edition hardcover book from the Upon the Riven Throne Kickstarter campaign that lists gold foil dust jacket, color interior illustrations, and premium paper. The cover features a fae prince in a regency era suit wearing a bone crown. He has dark hair and light skin and he’s staring down at the princess whose hand rests on his chest. She’s wearing a teal dress with gold accents and has darker skin and curly brown hair. The background is teal with a leaf frame.
May 1, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Art reveal for the updated Between Ink and Shadows covers. Illustrations by the amazing @bellabergolts.bsky.social
Fantasy illustration featuring a woman standing, facing the viewer and holding a large sword, blade down. She’s wearing a red and dark grey gown with gold embroidery and a high collar, and her long brown hair is flowing. She stands in front of an arched gothic window with candelabra on either side. Mock-up of the Between Ink and Shadows book series featuring new cover illustrations with gaslamp fantasy vibes and a heroine with long brown hair. On book one she’s wearing a flowing silver gown and stands in front of an iron gate, on book two she wears a poof-sleeved shirt and vest and holds a dagger, and on book 3 she wears a royal gown and holds a large sword in front of a gothic window.
March 15, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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This is Maya.
Long-haired dachshund, black with tan markings, has a sweet face and is very into cheese.
March 5, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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is this right
Venn diagram with three circles. Circle in the middle says toddler, overlapping with vampires (overlap marked cats) and werewolves (overlap marked dogs).
February 4, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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It’s like we learned nothing from the apple visualization chart.

When I’m reading print it’s read by the voice in my head. When I’m *writing* a book it’s written through the voice in my head.

We aren’t not writers if we use dictation instead of pen and paper. There’s no “doesn’t count.”
Apple visualization test chart that illustrates how different people “see” when asked to imagine an apple. Five apples are like a detailed color photograph, like a less detailed color sketch, like a black and white sketch, an outline only, and no apple at all.
January 21, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Art reveal for the Between Ink and Shadows book 2 special edition—launching next month. Illustration by @hannahelatham.bsky.social
Illustration of couple standing in front of a stone wall carved with filigree and arch design. The woman is facing the man with her hand on his chest as she looks at the viewer. She has a light green dress with an open back and flowing ribbons and her hair is loosely pinned up. He’s wearing a black suit and is staring down at her with his hand splayed on her waist. Layout of the jacket design for the book, which features the cover couple illustration framed by an arch that will be printed in gold foil. The back cover and jacket flaps are dusty teal with vague castles in a sunray and fabric ribbons floating overtop. The left jacket flap includes the quote “You can’t give me a secret passageway and expect me not to use it.” Photo of the final printed hardcover of the first book in the series that includes the same couple on the cover but standing back to back. She wears a red dress and he has a hand on his sword. The book features raised gold foil framing the couple and snakes wrap around columns in the green background of the cover illustration.
January 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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😊
November 4, 2024 at 1:18 AM
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I’m not there but saw it on Instagram. It looks amazing.
October 17, 2024 at 10:04 PM
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Our bodies, having sent a series of increasingly less subtle signs before system collapse. 😂
October 17, 2024 at 9:11 PM
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This happened in Scrivener last night and I thought it was a nice metaphor.
Spell check suggestion to change the word bergamot to chamberpot in a sentence describing the way a prince smelled.
April 20, 2024 at 12:42 AM
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I did something like this when I was (unknowingly) dealing with a CSF leak. (pre-edit version including typos 🙃)
February 20, 2024 at 3:21 AM
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I'm here! And also here: www.melissa-wright.com
Mockup of the Rivenwilde book series illustrated hardcovers including Beyond the Filigree Wall, Within the Hollow Heart, and Upon the Riven Throne. The books each feature a couple in Regency dress and the colors are pink, purple, and teal.
November 6, 2023 at 8:25 PM