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Melonie with an O

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YA and MG Fantasy writer. RoundTable Mentee ‘25. Member of #SCBWI. Wife. Mom to one human and 3 beasts. Average Musician. Newb archer. #WritingCommunity

 Chattanooga, TN
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Joined April 2020
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When Mia's sent on a quest to Nashville, she's just happy to bring her bff and warm up her restricted music powers. But when a breakout novel exposes her secret life & magical community, Mia must chose between following Olympus' orders, or salvaging her secrets. #QuestPit #YA #F
The Apparently Famous Mia Miller. Purple background with faded stage lights, tuning fork, magical wisps, and wisteria.

ALT The Apparently Famous Mia Miller. Purple background with faded stage lights, tuning fork, magical wisps, and wisteria.

Cast of Characters. Smiling blonde girl: The bff. Amused looking brunette: the hero. Dark haired boy: the boy. Dark haired woman: the mom. Befuddled looking woman: the author.

ALT Cast of Characters. Smiling blonde girl: The bff. Amused looking brunette: the hero. Dark haired boy: the boy. Dark haired woman: the mom. Befuddled looking woman: the author.

Snippet. "Why? That's always the question, isn't it? This one act of rebellion fells like pulling at a thread and watching everything unravel. Like maybe the world wouldn't come to an end if I didn't follow every single rule laid out in front of me. Like maybe these rules don't really make any sense."

ALT Snippet. "Why? That's always the question, isn't it? This one act of rebellion fells like pulling at a thread and watching everything unravel. Like maybe the world wouldn't come to an end if I didn't follow every single rule laid out in front of me. Like maybe these rules don't really make any sense."

Comps. The Lost Hero- Aged up Riordan. Quest with BFF. Fire with Fire by Destiny Soria- Southern Fantasy. Anxiety Rep. The Truman Show- Crumbling worldview. Is my life real?

ALT Comps. The Lost Hero- Aged up Riordan. Quest with BFF. Fire with Fire by Destiny Soria- Southern Fantasy. Anxiety Rep. The Truman Show- Crumbling worldview. Is my life real?

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Oooh a free first page contest for #ya writers? tinyurl.com/wdwcon10 @writingdaywksp
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Fineeee I'll do #questpit Who wants to swap support?
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The next big thing in querying has gotta be a button to select that holds query rejection emails until you’re in a good headspace. #amquerying
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Quick poll: Do you recognize the term ex-vangelical? I'm wondering if it's impacting my #query.
44%Yes
33%No
22%I could figure it out
9 votes • Final results
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Tell ya what, learning high school math again in your 30s after never using it once is brutal.
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Just got a query rejection from a year and a half ago. Had me checking what year it is.
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I've been hanging out in maybe piles for a month so sent out three more queries today. #amquerying
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My Christmas list 1. An agent 2. a pub deal 3. a banjo
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Sending any queries this time of year feels like such a gamble. #amquerying #YA #fantasy
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me too😂
Rebecca Leigh is querying AD INFERNUM (@rebleighauthor) profile pictureRebecca Leigh is querying AD INFERNUM@rebleighauthor5 Dec 2025
oooooh literary agents you wanna give me a full ms request / offer of rep so bad
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Look at that GROWTH! My first moodboard for my first project vs now. Also, querying was so much easier back then. I was getting tons of interest when my writing was...lacking. To all of us in it for the long haul 🍻
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WriterPit is happening over on Instagram! If you’re on there, hop over to the “tagged” section of their account to support some awesome pitches.
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👀👀👀
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If we’re not supposed to write a sequel while we query a manuscript then why does it feel so good? #writingcommunity
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Fighting the urge to send more queries while I wait for replies on the first batch. #WritingCommunity #amquerying
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Snow flurries?? Already?
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5th query gone out today! #amquerying
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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
Image formatted like a song thumbnail. Picture with girl staring into the camera. "The Apparently Famous Mia Miller. Saturn- Sleeping at Last meets The Truman Show. A lower YA Fantasy."

ALT Image formatted like a song thumbnail. Picture with girl staring into the camera. "The Apparently Famous Mia Miller. Saturn- Sleeping at Last meets The Truman Show. A lower YA Fantasy."

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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 and a tuning fork. "An agent's guide to The Apparently Famous Mia Miller. A lower-ya fantasy"

ALT Purple background with wisteria and a tuning fork. "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."

ALT 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 backgorund. "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?"

ALT Same backgorund. "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."

ALT 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."

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