Melissa J. Roche

@carliebeth This is the exact question I've been asking at conferences recently, and your reply says it so well - thank you!

Sad news today of the unexpected passing of planetary scientist Adam Showman, a faculty member from my grad dept. It isn't really #OnTheBrightside, but I thought it'd be nice to share the painting of Jupiter he displayed at one of our early art shows. #IsolationArt #SciArt

Getting better 😁 40lb recurve

New look! My best friend and fellow writer ER Sandfire helped me color and highlight my hair today.

@RobinHigham1 @LombardEmma Thanks for connecting with me about beta reading! I appreciated your comments, especially where you let me in on your thought processes while reading. Thanks for the quick turnaround, too. Good luck with your writing! 😊

@LombardEmma Hi! 😊 (Brushes up elevator pitch) Im writing a mail order bride fantasy novel set in a world w 1890s level technology. Gold mining, trains, and magic take center stage, with a dash of sweet romance on the side. I will be looking to connect with a few beta readers in May/June.

Actual image of me biking my kids to school for kindergarten graduation today. Happy late May in Colorado!

I've always loved the French horn and longed to learn to play, so today I picked one up for rent from a music store and started a month of lip buzzing. I used to play the trumpet, so I've got a head start, and I can already play songs with my Grandpa (86yrs).

@RobinHigham1 @GaryHoover1 Thanks @RobinHigham1!

@jaeduran_author @GaryHoover1 Ohh, I like this concept!!

17yo space colonist Meia is blind, but top in her military class thanks to her implant. Then an enemy disables her implant & threatens the colony. Kick-ass blind girl’s not waiting around for prosthetic tech to help her keep kicking ass. Fight blind or fall behind.#pitmad #YA #SF

FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST in space 17yo space colonist Meia is blind, but top in her class of military recruits thanks to her implant. Then a new enemy disables her implant and threatens the colony. Fight blind or fall behind. And maybe lose everything either way. #pitmad #YA #SF

Querying means researching agents for that last project and finding one who's eager to represent *exactly* the project you'd been noodling for next in line... Bring it on! #amquerying #amwriting

From a friend in the publishing world -- great advice! If you read something, say something. twitter.com/eschaefer/stat…

Just submitted my YA sci-fi Fighting Blind for @OpAwesome6 review contest, #PassOrPages!

Be my 1000th follower, because... well, because. Because you need some cool in your day.

@SJKincaidBooks So frustrating, sorry! I use a combination of Google docs and (open source) LibreOffice on Linux, works great.

@eschaefer Is it true? You have, like, our high school selves' dream job... Imma go tell everyone hey I know her...

You never realize just how much useless email you get every day... until you're waiting for query replies. #amquerying

NYC would never forgive me if it knew that I submit query letters from my 65-degree sunshiny Colorado backyard... #amquerying

@SJKincaidBooks Just read The Diabolic, and I'm a big fan!

#amquerying #YA A new threat neutralizes the planetary colony's tech advantages, including 18-yr-old Meia’s “advantage” of assisted vision.