Melanie Pendleton
@melpend.bsky.social
Middle school English teacher, MG writer, SCBWI member, Pitch Wars alum, dog lover.
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I taught a student 5 years ago. We're still in contact. He's my biggest cheerleader. He emailed me today and said, "I have my fingers crossed that you will get at least one of your books published. You are a great writer and I loved reading all of your books." ❤️ #amwriting #amteaching
June 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I taught a student 5 years ago. We're still in contact. He's my biggest cheerleader. He emailed me today and said, "I have my fingers crossed that you will get at least one of your books published. You are a great writer and I loved reading all of your books." ❤️ #amwriting #amteaching
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The Eaton fires destroyed a youth care facility my friend worked at. They had no time to pack, and everything is lost.
Please help support them if you can. These children and teen were ALREADY vulnerable before the fires.
www.gofundme.com/f/provide-ai...
Please help support them if you can. These children and teen were ALREADY vulnerable before the fires.
www.gofundme.com/f/provide-ai...
Donate to Provide Aid to support youth Displaced by Fire, organized by Hwesu Cobb-Phillips
As a member of Bourne Family Services, our organization and members… Hwesu Cobb-Phillips needs your support for Provide Aid to support youth Displaced by Fire
www.gofundme.com
January 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The Eaton fires destroyed a youth care facility my friend worked at. They had no time to pack, and everything is lost.
Please help support them if you can. These children and teen were ALREADY vulnerable before the fires.
www.gofundme.com/f/provide-ai...
Please help support them if you can. These children and teen were ALREADY vulnerable before the fires.
www.gofundme.com/f/provide-ai...
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Exciting news, #BluePit is opening up to the wider storytelling community! Creators in the #gamedev, #ttrpg, and #comic communities are now welcome to pitch their projects during our first pitch event. With this announcement comes two new cohosts @jadeblack21.bsky.social and @feyearth.bsky.social🧵
November 15, 2024 at 7:57 PM
Exciting news, #BluePit is opening up to the wider storytelling community! Creators in the #gamedev, #ttrpg, and #comic communities are now welcome to pitch their projects during our first pitch event. With this announcement comes two new cohosts @jadeblack21.bsky.social and @feyearth.bsky.social🧵
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Thread of pitch events with a brief explanation and direct links to accounts and rules for these upcoming pitch events! 🧵
We've compiled a list of all upcoming pitch events on BlueSky!
We've also created a Starter Pack for the accounts running these events: go.bsky.app/UzNMwUV
Please let us know if there's any we missed!
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky
#AmQuerying #Writers #AmWriting
#LiteraryAgents #LitAgents
We've also created a Starter Pack for the accounts running these events: go.bsky.app/UzNMwUV
Please let us know if there's any we missed!
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky
#AmQuerying #Writers #AmWriting
#LiteraryAgents #LitAgents
December 4, 2024 at 5:19 PM
Thread of pitch events with a brief explanation and direct links to accounts and rules for these upcoming pitch events! 🧵
Just got home from seeing Wicked. Wow! It was amazing!
December 1, 2024 at 6:00 AM
Just got home from seeing Wicked. Wow! It was amazing!
I literally almost hit a chicken crossing the road this morning. He darted out in front of my car. I feel like there's a joke in there somewhere.
November 25, 2024 at 12:19 PM
I literally almost hit a chicken crossing the road this morning. He darted out in front of my car. I feel like there's a joke in there somewhere.
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I asked over on IG if there would be interest in an expanded version of my Friday MG Book Recs with book pairings and teacher resources. It got a big positive response so here’s the newsletter sign up!
eepurl.com/i4OpR2
First one will go out at the end of December.
#kidlit #middlegrade
eepurl.com/i4OpR2
First one will go out at the end of December.
#kidlit #middlegrade
November 24, 2024 at 1:51 PM
I asked over on IG if there would be interest in an expanded version of my Friday MG Book Recs with book pairings and teacher resources. It got a big positive response so here’s the newsletter sign up!
eepurl.com/i4OpR2
First one will go out at the end of December.
#kidlit #middlegrade
eepurl.com/i4OpR2
First one will go out at the end of December.
#kidlit #middlegrade
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Travis has been my critique partner for half a decade. And he's a great teacher. His school was devastated by #HurricaneHelene.
If you're looking for a place to give this holiday season, please consider his classroom! He's currently working out of a school kitchen so storage for art supplies needed
If you're looking for a place to give this holiday season, please consider his classroom! He's currently working out of a school kitchen so storage for art supplies needed
My dear friend Travis had the elementary school where he #teaches #art devastated by #HurricaneHelene.
He lost everything in his classroom except for the two class pets. He's currently staging classes from a kitchen on another campus for the 430+ displaced elementary students.
This is his wishlist
He lost everything in his classroom except for the two class pets. He's currently staging classes from a kitchen on another campus for the 430+ displaced elementary students.
This is his wishlist
Check out my list on Amazon
www.amazon.com
November 22, 2024 at 6:16 PM
Travis has been my critique partner for half a decade. And he's a great teacher. His school was devastated by #HurricaneHelene.
If you're looking for a place to give this holiday season, please consider his classroom! He's currently working out of a school kitchen so storage for art supplies needed
If you're looking for a place to give this holiday season, please consider his classroom! He's currently working out of a school kitchen so storage for art supplies needed
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To celebrate the writing community here, I'm offering a free critique to unagented children's writers. I was helped by kind @amysparkes.bsky.social who mentored me. Like, share & follow with a gif that represents your ms. I'll crit a PB or chapter one of CB or MG. #kidsbooks
kate-walker.co.uk/about/
kate-walker.co.uk/about/
a penguin is reading a comics magazine on a chimney
ALT: a penguin is reading a comics magazine on a chimney
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November 17, 2024 at 9:43 PM
To celebrate the writing community here, I'm offering a free critique to unagented children's writers. I was helped by kind @amysparkes.bsky.social who mentored me. Like, share & follow with a gif that represents your ms. I'll crit a PB or chapter one of CB or MG. #kidsbooks
kate-walker.co.uk/about/
kate-walker.co.uk/about/
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For our (FREE) December writing classes, I kinda felt like we'd need some self care themed ones for December... Find them all at www.ocls.org/writerscorner and remember that the library card field can be left blank. @pageturnerlit.bsky.social @ginnymyerssain.bsky.social @deanalisenby.bsky.social
November 18, 2024 at 8:49 PM
For our (FREE) December writing classes, I kinda felt like we'd need some self care themed ones for December... Find them all at www.ocls.org/writerscorner and remember that the library card field can be left blank. @pageturnerlit.bsky.social @ginnymyerssain.bsky.social @deanalisenby.bsky.social
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During my hiatus from BlueSky, I had a cover reveal… so I just want to share it here too!
TA-DA! *jazz hands*
Gorgeous art from @devinellekurtz.bsky.social, who perfectly captured the vibe of The Incorruptibles with this vibrant, electrifying, badass cover!!
Releasing June 10, 2025
Ages 10-14 🌱🌈⚔️
TA-DA! *jazz hands*
Gorgeous art from @devinellekurtz.bsky.social, who perfectly captured the vibe of The Incorruptibles with this vibrant, electrifying, badass cover!!
Releasing June 10, 2025
Ages 10-14 🌱🌈⚔️
November 15, 2024 at 8:57 PM
During my hiatus from BlueSky, I had a cover reveal… so I just want to share it here too!
TA-DA! *jazz hands*
Gorgeous art from @devinellekurtz.bsky.social, who perfectly captured the vibe of The Incorruptibles with this vibrant, electrifying, badass cover!!
Releasing June 10, 2025
Ages 10-14 🌱🌈⚔️
TA-DA! *jazz hands*
Gorgeous art from @devinellekurtz.bsky.social, who perfectly captured the vibe of The Incorruptibles with this vibrant, electrifying, badass cover!!
Releasing June 10, 2025
Ages 10-14 🌱🌈⚔️
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I co-host this podcast and would love for the @bsky.app #WritingCommunity to join us! It's FREE. We discuss all things publishing, and have had some amazing guests and topics this year!
I know we haven't posted much on Blue Sky, but we will be from now on!
I know we haven't posted much on Blue Sky, but we will be from now on!
November 21, 2024 at 12:03 AM
I co-host this podcast and would love for the @bsky.app #WritingCommunity to join us! It's FREE. We discuss all things publishing, and have had some amazing guests and topics this year!
I know we haven't posted much on Blue Sky, but we will be from now on!
I know we haven't posted much on Blue Sky, but we will be from now on!
A great read!
Surviving the Slow Burn of Middle Grade, a guest post by Shannon Messenger
The trick is to not give up while the slow burn runs its course.
teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2024/11/20/s... @tltkaren.bsky.social
The trick is to not give up while the slow burn runs its course.
teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2024/11/20/s... @tltkaren.bsky.social
Surviving the Slow Burn of Middle Grade, a guest post by Shannon Messenger
The trick is to not give up while the slow burn runs its course.
teenlibrariantoolbox.com
November 20, 2024 at 10:40 PM
A great read!
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It’s a @laurenmagaziner.bsky.social book mail kind of day over here! One with an extra special surprise for me 😭😭😭
November 20, 2024 at 6:21 PM
It’s a @laurenmagaziner.bsky.social book mail kind of day over here! One with an extra special surprise for me 😭😭😭
Today I overheard one of my students talking to a friend about relationships. She said she hopes she'll find someone who respects her and is her equal. My student is 12. I see good things in her future. #teachinglife
November 20, 2024 at 12:37 AM
Today I overheard one of my students talking to a friend about relationships. She said she hopes she'll find someone who respects her and is her equal. My student is 12. I see good things in her future. #teachinglife
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Book mail: ISLE OF EVER by Jen Calonita. Thanks, Sourcebooks Kids!
November 19, 2024 at 10:58 PM
Book mail: ISLE OF EVER by Jen Calonita. Thanks, Sourcebooks Kids!
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“Remember not to put all your writing eggs in one basket. An author isn't made up of just one story or one novel. Authors are made up of many stories and many novels.” - Wrtr #amwriting ..Be Writing. #author #writing #writer ~ Write till you find your stories.
November 19, 2024 at 4:48 AM
“Remember not to put all your writing eggs in one basket. An author isn't made up of just one story or one novel. Authors are made up of many stories and many novels.” - Wrtr #amwriting ..Be Writing. #author #writing #writer ~ Write till you find your stories.
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"What Happened Then tells the story of cousins Jax and Avery, whose large, estranged family is summoned to their family’s long-forgotten island for an unexpected gathering that dredges up a decades-old mystery." — @erindowning.bsky.social mrschureads.blogspot.com/2024/11/what...
November 18, 2024 at 12:23 PM
"What Happened Then tells the story of cousins Jax and Avery, whose large, estranged family is summoned to their family’s long-forgotten island for an unexpected gathering that dredges up a decades-old mystery." — @erindowning.bsky.social mrschureads.blogspot.com/2024/11/what...
@jamesponti.bsky.social is here!
I had the pleasure of meeting James Ponti recently. He's an amazing author and speaker. I love The Framed! and The City Spies series. Looking forward to reading The Sherlock Society next! #MiddleGrade #kidlit
November 19, 2024 at 12:45 AM
@jamesponti.bsky.social is here!
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Ok here is a starter pack of many of the authors and participants of #MGBookChat. I know I am missing many and some have not transitioned here YET. Let me know who needs to be added or wants to be added.
go.bsky.app/4aiDvMC
go.bsky.app/4aiDvMC
November 14, 2024 at 2:17 AM
Ok here is a starter pack of many of the authors and participants of #MGBookChat. I know I am missing many and some have not transitioned here YET. Let me know who needs to be added or wants to be added.
go.bsky.app/4aiDvMC
go.bsky.app/4aiDvMC
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Y’all. E-Train and I will be sharing our favorite books of 2024 on 12/9 and I CAN’T WAIT! (The list is sooooo loooooong!) Big thanks to @bookelicious.bsky.social for hosting this FREE event - which will be recorded. I hope to see you there! 💙📚
www.bookelicious.com/events/
www.bookelicious.com/events/
November 18, 2024 at 2:53 PM
Y’all. E-Train and I will be sharing our favorite books of 2024 on 12/9 and I CAN’T WAIT! (The list is sooooo loooooong!) Big thanks to @bookelicious.bsky.social for hosting this FREE event - which will be recorded. I hope to see you there! 💙📚
www.bookelicious.com/events/
www.bookelicious.com/events/
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PART TWO of the For the Love of Middle Grade starter pack. For the Love of Middle Grade is a FB group that's about connecting educators, librarians, authors/illustrators, and MG enthusiasts. go.bsky.app/2kymhkp
November 18, 2024 at 11:36 PM
PART TWO of the For the Love of Middle Grade starter pack. For the Love of Middle Grade is a FB group that's about connecting educators, librarians, authors/illustrators, and MG enthusiasts. go.bsky.app/2kymhkp
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I’m working on getting a viable #kidlit pitch party going here. We had a trial run here last month w/ hundreds participating. All of the functions are in place to hold the events, we need to get more agents & editors on board. Follow @skypitch.bsky.social & the #skypitch hashtag to find out more.
November 13, 2024 at 3:45 AM
I’m working on getting a viable #kidlit pitch party going here. We had a trial run here last month w/ hundreds participating. All of the functions are in place to hold the events, we need to get more agents & editors on board. Follow @skypitch.bsky.social & the #skypitch hashtag to find out more.
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Find other middle grade hub members and support the vibrant middle grade writing community.
To be added to the MGhub list dm Christiana at @doucette515.bsky.social
To be added to the MGhub list dm Christiana at @doucette515.bsky.social
November 17, 2024 at 11:55 PM
Find other middle grade hub members and support the vibrant middle grade writing community.
To be added to the MGhub list dm Christiana at @doucette515.bsky.social
To be added to the MGhub list dm Christiana at @doucette515.bsky.social
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Welcome #UnhingedPit to BlueSky! Great to see pitch events migrating here!
#UnhingedPit is coming to blue sky!
The pitch event open to EVERYONE in the #writingcommunity, designed for creatives to let loose and express their work in a way that makes their heart flutter.
Questions? Now's the ⏱️ to ask them 🤪
The pitch event open to EVERYONE in the #writingcommunity, designed for creatives to let loose and express their work in a way that makes their heart flutter.
Questions? Now's the ⏱️ to ask them 🤪
November 11, 2024 at 11:30 PM
Welcome #UnhingedPit to BlueSky! Great to see pitch events migrating here!