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Carmeline Melchior

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Indian American author, recovering journalist, hyperpolyglot, overlander, feminist and servant to my baby dog Lit rep Ann Rose @ Tobias Lit Film rep: Carolina Beltran & Nicole Weinroth @wme 🇮🇳🇦🇪🇺🇸

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Carmeline Melchior @carmelinem.bsky.social · 15d

Absolutely stoked to be joining the @roundtablementor.bsky.social this year! So many, many people have kindly offered me feedback, mentorship and support over the years and I am excited to give back to the writing community and help writers grow ✨

#writingcommunity #roundtablementorship

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Carmeline Melchior @carmelinem.bsky.social · 3d

My @roundtablementor.bsky.social MSWL is LIVE! I can’t wait to get started 🙌🏼

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#writerssupportingwriters #mentorship

Carmeline Melchior — Round Table Mentor

www.roundtablementor.com

Carmeline Melchior @carmelinem.bsky.social · 11d

Congratulations 🍾

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Carmeline Melchior @carmelinem.bsky.social · 15d

I…don’t think you got the joke

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Carmeline Melchior @carmelinem.bsky.social · 15d

I’m so excited to be part of the RTM team as a mentor this year!

Round Table Mentor @roundtablementor.bsky.social · 16d

We are SO excited to announce our 2025-2026 Round Table Mentors! The talent, dedication, and energy of this team is simply incredible.

Full bios and wishlists will be up on our website soon!

📢🗓️For interested parties—mentee applications open Nov. 6, so mark your calendars!

Mentors Part 1:
Molly McDonough
Deena Helm
Julie Lew
Megan Bontrager
Seren Kilig
Natalie Kikić
Deandra Davis
Christie Curry
Eunice Kim
Carmeline Melchior
Corvin A. Doupagne
Rachel Kitch
Samantha Chong
Fatiha Rais
Shepard DiStasio
Thea Liu
Damara Allen
Karis Rogerson

Mentors Part 2:
Julie Hafsa Derbal
Tali Shammas
Lilly Lu
Cassy Klisch
Camille Chong
Bayley Mae
Amanda Helander
Libby Kennedy
Taylor Pitts
Shaina Cordas
J.D. Myall
Asia Murphy
Grace Morrow
Meredith Mooring
Ellen Mulholland
Chantel Pearson
Stephanie Kim Johnson
Caitlyn Averett
Sabina Martin

Carmeline Melchior @carmelinem.bsky.social · 16d

I see editors asking for “plenty of spice” on their #mswl and my head goes straight to biryani

a woman making a funny face in front of a sign that says k.

ALT: a woman making a funny face in front of a sign that says k.

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · Jul 31

Something very dystopian about having to prove to a computer that I'm not a robot

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Carmeline Melchior @carmelinem.bsky.social · May 10

“Repatriate all stolen jewelry, artifacts.”

Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · May 9

“Bustin’ makes me feel good”

Screenshot of People Magazine article with photo of Queen Elizabeth Ii: “Queen Elizabeth’s Final Diary Entry Contained Only Fve Words.”

Carmeline Melchior @carmelinem.bsky.social · Apr 8

Ok, but has he ever written a book? 😆

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · Apr 8

The extraordinary life of a young astronaut elicits mixed feelings. “Thank God my mom is not friends with his mom.”

Navy SEAL. Harvard Doctor. NASA Astronaut. Don’t Tell Mom About This Overachiever.

Jonny Kim’s achievements at age 41 have been a global source of inspiration—and mild dismay; “Every Asian kid’s worst nightmare.”

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Carmeline Melchior @carmelinem.bsky.social · Apr 8

These scientists have never watched Jurassic Park and it shows.

WIRED @wired.com · Apr 7

Startup Colossal Biosciences has edited the DNA of a gray wolf to produce what it says is a de-extincted animal. Does that make it a true dire wolf?

Scientists Claim to Have Brought Back the Dire Wolf

Startup Colossal Biosciences has edited the DNA of a gray wolf to produce what it says is a de-extincted animal. Does that make it a true dire wolf?

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Carmeline Melchior @carmelinem.bsky.social · Mar 25

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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · Feb 24

This is the ideal male body. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.

A photograph of Captain Picard from the Super NES version of Star Trek: The Next Generation running on a CRT.

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Carmeline Melchior @carmelinem.bsky.social · Feb 24

I love this scene!

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Carmeline Melchior @carmelinem.bsky.social · Feb 3

IDK how it’s February already but this is your monthly reminder that I offer 3 free query critiques to #bipoc writers!

More details here: carmelinemelchior.com/editorial-se...

#writingcommunity #writerscommunity

Let’s Get Published!

Free Query Critique As part of her commitment to uplifting diverse voices, Carmeline offers three query letter critiques per month at no charge to BIPOC writers. This is on a first come, first…

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Carmeline Melchior @carmelinem.bsky.social · Jan 22

I have a desi one 😊

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Aysha @ayshaufarah.bsky.social · Jan 21

It’s fucked up that one of the requirements to be a successful writer nowadays is you have to be hot online. Writers used to have Gremlin’s Privilege. We must retvrn

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Tea with Tolkien @teawithtolkien.com · Jan 18

it’s so funny to me how much writing a book is like making soup. throw everything in the pot, stir it around, boil it down. a real hobbit type of activity

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Lord Bashere, Jeskai Windrunner @leekingmemory.bsky.social · Jan 15

Support your local library, go there. Engage in your community and see what activities they have.

Libraries are awesome.

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · Jan 16

What an asshole.

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Carmeline Melchior @carmelinem.bsky.social · Jan 16

Please write it asap

Carmeline Melchior @carmelinem.bsky.social · Jan 16

All day, every day 🖖🏽

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Gareth L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · Jan 15

Writing science fiction involves a lot of Googling your made up alien names in order to check they don't mean something horrendous in a real Earth language

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · Jan 15

2025 in a nutshell…

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Carmeline Melchior @carmelinem.bsky.social · Jan 15

Dah-dun-da-dun-dah-duh 😅

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · Jan 15

Instead of joining Chinese apps as an alternative to TikTok, Gen Z users should simply stop dancing and having fun and become mildly depressed 37 year old Bluesky users talking about Star Trek Deep Space 9

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