Melissa Flores Anderson

Yes @hollypelesky.bsky.social did a writer karaoke in LA where we read other people's stuff. It was great!

I got a copy at AWP!

I have two of the three and can vouch for their quality writing!

Two great writers in conversation!

Broken Hearts Gallery Literary Submissions We’ve all been there. Somewhere along your path in life someone or something has broken your heart, and maybe like me, you’ve held onto the detritus left in its wake. If so, this is the literary pr…

I'm missing everyone from AWP who lives far away so I'm relaunching the Broken Hearts Gallery Literary. Working on a new site to move this from instagram only to a website. Share a picture of your heartbreak and 50 words or less. Subs open now: brokenheartsliterary.com/submissions/

This is like 1000x better than my room at the Marriott...

On my flight from Denver to Baltimore guy across rhe aisle from me was reading War and Peace while I was reading US weekly...

Same same

Book Bending in the Breeze, The Bending Genres Anthology, with a cover that looks like a bent tree against land and sky.

The author's name and title with some words. Melissa Flores Anderson, Salad Orders.

Thanks to @amymarques.bsky.social and @rgvaughan.bsky.social for including "Salad Orders" in the latest Bending Genres anthology, a lil meta piece about Lilly and Charles.

When I saw you, you didn't try to sell me a copy so who is really at fault here?

My kid last night put a kleenex in his book after he resd to me at bedtime 😂

I am still so bummed I missed the death to Jake reading...

My son was only interested in what swag I brought home for him and telling me how much he missed me while poking and jabbing annoyingly at me. But cant wait for the pre-teen sarcasm that awaits me in a couple years.

I waited until Sunday to send a few...maybe that was too soon? I didn't get one this year, but also I have two things out on submission 😆

Photo of a book cover: In the Desert a novel by Barbara Byar. With a desert and two people in a phone booth.

Because I didn't get enough of books at #AWP26, the new @barbarabyar.bsky.social novel from @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social arrived at my house today.

It did seem to be a particularly good year!

I knew this was what it was going to be as soon as you made that other post!

This is so true...so many people to see and so many offsites...

Omg I hope you made it home!

It was great to see you and say hi in person! I was lucky to have some "conference buddies" who I saw a bunch, but I definitely feel you on the welcoming community at AWP.

Congrats! Happy for you both 😊

Next year is in Chicago...maybe close enough to you?

Purple flowers.

Peach tree flower buds

Red nasturtiums.

Chamomile flowers.

Spring showed up in California while I was in Baltimore.

You can still do them and pretend it's your birthday.

I'm the one in a child's beanie 🤣

Author with listeners in the background.

Listeners watch an author read from a book.

Listeners watch an author read.

Listeners watch an author read.

Loved reading with Lilith at AWP, @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social, @malarkeybooks.bsky.social and friends, and with @hootreview.bsky.social and Scrawl Place. The organizers found great spaces and put together amazing line ups!

Books and stickers

A journal with kitty art.

Stickers on a bench.

Public art that says "happy"

Picked up two new anthologies out now that I'm published in, a few other books, some swag and left a @rfpress.bsky.social mark on a bench at a lil arepa shop.

Everything gets discounted on Saturday 😆

Back in Cali were its 80 degrees and sunny!

Oh I'm so sad I missed you! I'm already on my way home.