Melissa J. Roche

Author and scientist, not on Twitter very often except to connect with the writing community. Find me on Insta or my website:

[Melissa J. Roche @writerchickphd]

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

[Jamie L. Molaro @spacejammie]

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

[Melissa J. Roche @writerchickphd]

Getting better 😁 40lb recurve

[Melissa J. Roche @writerchickphd]

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

[Melissa J. Roche @writerchickphd]

@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! 😊

[Melissa J. Roche @writerchickphd]

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

[Melissa J. Roche @writerchickphd]

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).

[Melissa J. Roche @writerchickphd]

@RobinHigham1 @GaryHoover1 Thanks @RobinHigham1!

[Melissa J. Roche @writerchickphd]

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

[Melissa J. Roche @writerchickphd]

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

[Melissa J. Roche @writerchickphd]

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

[Melissa J. Roche @writerchickphd]

From a friend in the publishing world -- great advice! If you read something, say something. https://t.co/6MGhyWg7sz

[Melissa J. Roche @writerchickphd]

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

[Melissa J. Roche @writerchickphd]

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

[Melissa J. Roche @writerchickphd]

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

[Melissa J. Roche @writerchickphd]

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

[Melissa J. Roche @writerchickphd]

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

[Melissa J. Roche @writerchickphd]

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

[Melissa J. Roche @writerchickphd]

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

[Melissa J. Roche @writerchickphd]

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