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MelonieWithAnO
@meloniewithano.bsky.social
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She/Her MG and YA Fantasy writer deep in revision land. Member of #SCBWI. Wife. Mom to one human and 3 beasts. Average Musician. Newb archer. #WritingCommunity
Same name on IG
#RoundTableMentor mentee 2025
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Mia Miller wants out.
Out of the cultish Olympus society. Out of secret identities and quests.
But now that her biggest secret's been spilled by a mysterious author, she may not have the choice.
Could she really give up her music powers, anyway?
#QuestPit #Q #YA #F
Format like a song thumbnail. Photo of a girl looking into the camera. Text: The Apparently Famous Mia Miller. Saturn-Sleeping at Last meets The Truman Show. A lower-YA Fantasy
November 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Peep my #agentsguide folks.
All of this AND
🎶music magic
👯‍♀️complex friendships
🐶puppy love and betrayal
⛪️soft cult vibes
🤦‍♀️coming-of-age
💕good mother-daughter relationship
📸unwanted fame
🫥anxiety/depersonalization
🎧a killer playlist
#QuestPit #Q #YA #F
Purple background with wisteria, stage lights, and a tuning fork. Text: An Agent's guide to The Apparently Famous Mia Miller. A lower YA Fantasy. Same background. Pitch. Being the gods' lackey isn't new to 15 year old Mia Miller, an anxious girl with musical powers. But when a quest with her BFF is derailed by a book where she's the MC, Mia must fight to take back her secret before Olympus finds out. Same background. Comps. Image of Percy Jackson The Lost Hero. Aged up Riordan. Quest with BFF. Image of Fire with Fire by Destiny Soria. Southern Fantasy. Anxiety Rep. Image of The Truman Show. Crumbling worldview. Is my life real? Same background. Snippet. My eyes rove upward to those stage lights, like maybe the gods are above the crowd down below, watching the band play while dust particles dance, sparkling like glitter in the blaze of their glory. I let my magic out, let it brush up against the music before wrenching it back with a quick glance at the ceiling. Always watching. Always judging. I shut my eyes. Those assholes.
November 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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PJO XTrumanShow
Being the gods' pawn isn’t new to 15y/o Mia Miller, an anxious girl w/ music magic. But when a quest to Nashville is derailed by a book where she’s the MC, Mia & BFF must find the author & salvage her quest, before Olympus finds out.
#QuestPit #Q #YA #F
Moodboard with alternating images between black and white and vivid color. A greek statue, a raven, a girl crying, a girl with hand lifted, an oracle, a light magic, a face statue, Nashville neon lights at night. Text: Music will be the death of me.
November 5, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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Mia Miller wants out.
Out of the cultish Olympus society.
Out of secret identities and quests.
But now that her biggest secret's been spilled by a mysterious author, she may not have the choice.
Could she really give up her music powers, anyway?
#RoundTableMentor #YA #F #un
(Formatted like a song thumbnail. Photo of girl staring into the camer) "The Apparently Famous Mia Miller. Saturn by Sleeping at Last meets The Truman Show. A Lower YA Fantasy."
October 27, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Peep my #agentsguide folks.
All of this AND
🎶music magic
👯complex friendships
🐶puppy love and betrayal
⛪️soft cult vibes
🤦‍♀️coming-of-age
💕good mother-daughter relationship
📸unwanted fame
🫥anxiety/depersonalization
🎧a killer playlist

#roundtablementor #YA #F
Purple background with a tuning fork and wisteria. "An agent's guide to The Apparently Famous Mia Miller. A lower YA Fantasy" (same background) "Pitch: Being the gods' lackey isn't new to 15 year old Mia Miller, an anxious girl with musical powers. But when a quest with her BFF is derailed by a book where she's the MC, Mia must fight to take back her secret before Olympus finds out." (same background) "Comps" (Image of The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan) "Aged-up Riordan. Quest with BFF" (Image of Fire with Fire by Destiny Soria) "Southern Fantasy. Anxiety Rep" (Image of The Truman Show) "Crumbling Worldview. Is my life real?" (same background) "Snippet. My eyes rove upward to those stage lights, like maybe the gods are above the crowd down below, watching the band play while dust particles dance, sparkling like glitter in the blaze of their glory. I let my magic out, let it brush up against the music before wrenching it back with a quick glance at the ceiling. Always watching. Always judging. I shut my eyes. Those assholes."
October 27, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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PJO XTrumanShow
Being the gods' pawn isn’t new to 15y/o Mia Miller, an anxious girl w/ music magic. But when a quest to Nashville is derailed by a book where she’s the MC, Mia & BFF must find the author & salvage her quest, before Olympus finds out.
#roundtablementor #YA #F #UN
Image grid: Greek statue, a raven, girl crying, girl holding arm up with magic, an oracle, magic lights, a face statue, Nashville at night. Text: "Music will be the death of me."
October 27, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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Got out of revisions for the day for a little fresh air.
April 13, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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The first revisions call with my mentor went great and I left with a page full of notes!
#amediting #amrevising #yafantasy #booksky
March 23, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Super honest post 🧵
Celebrating accomplishments is very hard given my ✨flavor✨ of OCD. My SCBWI area coordinator asked me to send in my good news for the newsletter and the whole time I'm sweating thinking: "What if I hallucinated that acceptance email?" (I checked it again at least 5 times)
Newsletter: "Congratulations Melonie! Chattanooga-area member Melonie Kirchoff was selected as a mentee for Round Table Mentor. She will be working on a YA contemporary fantasy with mentor Karis Rogerson.
March 3, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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I think this is the final product until I get physical copies of some new faves. #booksky
February 28, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Does anybody have advice for displaying books?
We just finished building our bookshelf and I piled these on.
Some may be moved upstairs to make it more ✨pretty✨
#booksky
February 26, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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An oldie but a goodie #writersky #writingcommunity
February 24, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Snow day 😍😍😍
February 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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My little writing companion 🫶
January 25, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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PJOXSTRANGER THAN FICTION
Be better, but not obvious.
Being a semi-goddess means hiding who you are. So how could someone expose her secret?
Olympus will have her head for this
🎧Lower #YA
⛪️Born in a cult
👯‍♀️Complex friendships
🫶Crushes&betrayal
🧵Unravelling 🌎view
🎶Music magic
#YouDeservepIT #Q
Book as background. Palm trees, crows, two girls reading together, a tuning fork, a train, a girl with brown hair looking into the camera. Quote: "This one act of rebellion felt like pulling at a thread and watching everything unravel."
January 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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#YouDeservepIT
When Mia's quest gets derailed by a tell-all book about her semi-goddess life, Mia must choose between finding the author to recover her secrets, or salvaging her failed quest for the gods.
Neither option is looking good.
#Q #YA #F #AgentsGuide
Purple background with wisteria, a tuning fork, and gold, magic waves. Text reads: An agent's guide to The Apparently Famous Mia Miller. A lower YA Fantasy. Purple background with wisteria, a tuning fork, and gold, magic waves. Text reads: Pitch. Being the gods' lackey isn't new for 15-year-old Mia Miller, an anxious girl with musical powers. But when a quest with her BFF leads to a book where she's the MC, Mia must fight to take back her secret before Olympus finds out. Same background. Comps. Three photos of books/movies. 1. The Lost Hero. Text reads: Aged-up Riordan, quest with BFF. 2. Fire with Fire. Text reads: Southern Fantasy, anxiety rep. 3. The Truman show. Text reads" Crumbling worldview, is my life real? Same background. Snippet. "My eyes roved upward to those stage lights, like maybe the gods were above the crowd down below, watching the band play while dust particles danced, sparkling like glitter int he blaze of their glory. I let my magic out, let it brush up against the music before wrenching it back with a quick glance at the ceiling. Always watching. Always judging. I shut my eyes. Those assholes."
January 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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The closest I had was "grass" but this is one of my fave "MC's Mom" scenes and wanted to share it.
#WritingCommunity #WIPSnips
Text in front of a photo of a girl in a car, listening to music.
January 21, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Who's with me?
January 1, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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Sharing my cute little Holiday graphic for my #amquerying #YA #Fantasy
Christmas lights, A Christmas tree, two girls, a cat on a sofa, a record player, and a plant. Mia's Holiday Faves. Peppermint hot chocolate. Classic holiday music on Mom's record player (just not too much or her powers might...explode.) Begrudgingly celebrating the birth of Dionysus. Booing Emily's singing.
December 9, 2024 at 7:03 PM
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No surprises there 😅
None of my oldies made it to the top but I’m glad my wrapped somehow wasn’t taken over by my toddler’s music.
Looking at you, Blippi 😒
December 4, 2024 at 6:30 PM
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November 17, 2024 at 8:00 PM
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Here’s one of my 3. Also a writer, also new here. Welcome!
November 11, 2024 at 2:14 PM
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And here’s my #agentsguide for my lower #YA #Fantasy I #amquerying with anxiety rep, cult vibes, friendship, a good mother-daughter relationship, tons of music magic, and a small dash of romance. #WritingCommunity
November 7, 2024 at 10:29 PM
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#WritingCommunity
November 7, 2024 at 10:24 PM
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Mia's plans are set in stone; leave the Olympian community as soon as possible.
She didn't plan on falling in love with her restricted musical powers...or catching feelings for a boy who's urging her to piss off the gods more than she already has.
November 7, 2024 at 10:16 PM