Mel Burke | writer
@melburkewrites.bsky.social
Freelance arts and culture writer, full-time healthcare comms professional w/focus on mental health. I write smut as Kel Bruem.
Only the most serious garage clean outs for these burb-things
January 20, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Only the most serious garage clean outs for these burb-things
“I’ve decided it’s time to be brave. And I’m nearly naked under this coat.” GET IT CHUMMY
November 21, 2024 at 5:59 PM
“I’ve decided it’s time to be brave. And I’m nearly naked under this coat.” GET IT CHUMMY
Crazy late to this one but if you’d told me Call the Midwife had shoplifting nuns and half-naked midwives seducing their boyfriends I probably would’ve started it sooner 😂😂😂
November 21, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Crazy late to this one but if you’d told me Call the Midwife had shoplifting nuns and half-naked midwives seducing their boyfriends I probably would’ve started it sooner 😂😂😂
No thoughts, just baby.
November 21, 2024 at 5:50 PM
No thoughts, just baby.
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Cold pitching is terrifying—do it anyway. The best thing that happens is you have a new outlet to write for. The worst is silence 🤷♀️
if u see this, quote-post with your tips for writers that no one gives anymore because they seem obvious (even though they're not)
November 18, 2024 at 10:32 PM
Cold pitching is terrifying—do it anyway. The best thing that happens is you have a new outlet to write for. The worst is silence 🤷♀️
Meg is a cornucopia of knowledge & one of the most gracious, generous writers I know. She says “ask,” you damn well better.
Basically AMA, including if you're a new writer and you need someone who's been in the business to answer a question. I'm holding the gate open and I answer good-faith questions with courtesy. And I ALWAYS want to hear if you read something I wrote and liked it, or felt it deeply in some other way.
November 18, 2024 at 2:37 PM
Meg is a cornucopia of knowledge & one of the most gracious, generous writers I know. She says “ask,” you damn well better.
Anyway, I also only returned after seeing the Insta meme of “drop your blue sky” & I was like “wait! I have one!” So hi. Glad I don’t have pneumonia currently like I did when I last posted 💁♀️
November 18, 2024 at 2:33 PM
Anyway, I also only returned after seeing the Insta meme of “drop your blue sky” & I was like “wait! I have one!” So hi. Glad I don’t have pneumonia currently like I did when I last posted 💁♀️
As the exodus from the unnamed former Twitter begins I’m curious if this app or Threads will win out. BookThreads is ACTIVE. Is there a Book Blue Sky? skybook? Booksky?
November 18, 2024 at 2:31 PM
As the exodus from the unnamed former Twitter begins I’m curious if this app or Threads will win out. BookThreads is ACTIVE. Is there a Book Blue Sky? skybook? Booksky?
Other travel in 2023! Vancouver, Portland, LA, and a quick trip home:
December 28, 2023 at 8:43 PM
Other travel in 2023! Vancouver, Portland, LA, and a quick trip home:
Also I took my mom on her lifelong dream trip to Ireland and it was a blessing and a joy and it aged me a decade (She did NOT like the Cliffs of Moher)
December 28, 2023 at 8:29 PM
Also I took my mom on her lifelong dream trip to Ireland and it was a blessing and a joy and it aged me a decade (She did NOT like the Cliffs of Moher)
Laid up with pneumonia and instead of crying over my lost holiday quiet-time projects (any more than I already have) I’m looking back at what got done in 2023:
-2 romance novels under Kel Bruem
-1 novella currently querying
-12 Quiltfolk features
-1 Quiltfolk Journal
- 2 pieces in Polygon
-2 romance novels under Kel Bruem
-1 novella currently querying
-12 Quiltfolk features
-1 Quiltfolk Journal
- 2 pieces in Polygon
December 28, 2023 at 8:25 PM
Laid up with pneumonia and instead of crying over my lost holiday quiet-time projects (any more than I already have) I’m looking back at what got done in 2023:
-2 romance novels under Kel Bruem
-1 novella currently querying
-12 Quiltfolk features
-1 Quiltfolk Journal
- 2 pieces in Polygon
-2 romance novels under Kel Bruem
-1 novella currently querying
-12 Quiltfolk features
-1 Quiltfolk Journal
- 2 pieces in Polygon