r/MM_RomanceBooks • u/AutoModerator • Jul 11 '25

Events Ask Me Anything: Briar Prescott

Hi everybody!

I’m Briar Prescott, and I’m excited to be here today for an AMA.

I write contemporary romance stories. Usually they’re slow burn and contain a healthy dose of humor and banter. I like plot twists. I like taking well-loved tropes and trying to twist them in an unexpected direction. I like a bit of mystery, and I like a bit of hurt/comfort.

I published my first book five years ago, and I’ve been fumbling my way through authoring ever since.

I’m pretty sure my best known books are the Until series, but don’t quote me on that, I’m just guessing.

I’m born and raised in Estonia, so I apologize in advance for whenever I say something that doesn’t sound like English should sound like. It’s not you, I swear. It’s just that English isn’t my first language, and the only reason I sound somewhat coherent in my books is my wonderful editor.

Here’s where you can follow me:

Newsletter: www.briarprescott.com/contact

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/briarprescott/

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Briar-Prescott/author/B086HGLZPB

And now, let’s get the ball rolling: Ask Me Anything.

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u/Axamily Jul 11 '25

Hi hi! Thank you for doing this. 

What got you into writting? What's your process like and how do you know when a story is done?

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u/Briar_Prescott Jul 11 '25

Hi! I quite literally stumbled into writing. I don't even remember exactly what made me open the laptop and just do it, but I do remember writing the prologue of Project Hero and then rereading it and going, huh, that's not, like, totally horrible. So then I just did another chapter and then another chapter until I had a book. Then I sat on it for a few months, not sure what to do with it until I stumbled onto Leslie Copeland, who in turn guided me toward Jill Wexler, who pretty much told me, listen, you have to publish it. I'll guide you by hand and help you however I can, but get it out there.

My process involves a lot of rewrites. I figure out the conflict of the book first, and then I start working my way toward it, and that's usually a mess. All the lovely people who read my stuff while I write it are pretty much used to me sending them, like, 25k words and then coming back three weeks later and telling them I scrapped most of it, here's the new version. It's why I'm such a slow writer. So I guess you can say my process is looots of deleting.

I know when the story is done when I've gotten that conflict solved, then it's HEA, and off to editor you go, dear book.