melissa boles @melloftheball.bsky.social · 21/04/2026friends and writers, I’m an editor and proofreader who wants to help YOU get your writing ready to be published/submitted/read by the world. I’m looking for up to five writers who have been looking for an editor/proofreader and would be interested in an exchange: my work for your words. 100
melissa boles @melloftheball.bsky.social · 07/04/2026overstimulated? never met her.media.tenor.coma little boy in a blue shirt is talking to a woman in a blue shirtALT: a little boy in a blue shirt is talking to a woman in a blue shirt 000
melissa boles @melloftheball.bsky.social · 03/04/2026last week i told my supervisor that my job (at the crisis line) was the least stressful part of my life right now and tbh i stand by it because the “which bill do i pay” and the “how will i eat” games i’ve been playing are taking me out 000
melissa boles @melloftheball.bsky.social · 20/02/2026there is nothing i wish i had more than a credit card right now. i’m so hungry 000
melissa boles @melloftheball.bsky.social · 15/02/2026blogging again about books and (eventually) tv and film, here’s the first installment!! melissaboles.com/blog/emily-s...melissaboles.comEmily St. John Mandel Does It Again — Melissa BolesFrom its opening line, Exit Party by Emily St. John Mandel is intriguing, setting up a world that looks so different from our own but is also tinged with shades of things we are currently dealing wi... 010
melissa boles @melloftheball.bsky.social · 12/02/2026yes that payment was overdue but I sort of needed that money for GROCERIES fuck 000
melissa boles @melloftheball.bsky.social · 04/02/2026losing my job in november (for having adhd!!) destroyed all the financial gain I’d been making and now i can’t even get a simple personal loan. just $1000 would change everything but noooo 000
melissa boles @melloftheball.bsky.social · 31/01/2026it is very nice to be going to work at a job again and also my new job has a lower hourly rate than my last job so I am already somehow $500 short of my bills and I just got paid. anyone need any editing, proofreading, writing, or citation work done? 000
melissa boles @melloftheball.bsky.social · 22/01/2026i have been BITCHING about #AnimalControl not returning yet and it turns out season four has already aired three episodes?! i’m a big dummy lmao 000
melissa boles @melloftheball.bsky.social · 21/01/2026i would cut off my hand for a warm chocolate chip cookie 000
melissa boles @melloftheball.bsky.social · 13/01/2026it is insanely difficult to find a good hot apple cider in this city. we are in WASHINGTON. there are apples EVERYWHERE 000
melissa boles @melloftheball.bsky.social · 08/01/2026i’m supposed to make a $400 payment in two days and i don’t have it. i am looking for work - if you need social media support, editing, proofreading, audio or video editing, data entry, or anything similar, i am available! 010
melissa boles @melloftheball.bsky.social · 06/01/2026thought I was going to finally get some good sleep and then got a 2 am email that i was denied unemployment benefits for last week because i missed an appointment and it was the final hit. the last six weeks have been excruciating and exhausting and i feel positively broken 000
melissa boles @melloftheball.bsky.social · 03/01/2026my eyes are so tired and I am like half functional but I am writing??? so we are powering through 030
Reposted by melissa bolesElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 03/01/2026We are a rogue state, run by a dictator, and the international community should treat us as such including all appropriate economic and diplomatic sanctions 267114542896
melissa boles @melloftheball.bsky.social · 03/01/2026did i sleep at all last night? i truly have no idea 000
melissa boles @melloftheball.bsky.social · 03/01/2026holding my life together with silly putty and super glue and it is dicey i gotta say 010
melissa boles @melloftheball.bsky.social · 02/01/2026the way i would die for a $1000 personal loan right now 010
Reposted by melissa bolesGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 27/12/2025This message hits hard. 8094515614221
melissa boles @melloftheball.bsky.social · 26/12/2025my sister got me this book [“The Riddles of the Sphinx: Inheriting the Feminist History of the Crossword Puzzle” by Anna Shechtman] and a book of Sunday NYT crossword puzzles for Christmas and I’m STOKED!!!! 010
melissa boles @melloftheball.bsky.social · 25/12/2025merry christmas ya filthy animalsmedia.tenor.coma young boy in a red sweater looks out a window and smilesALT: a young boy in a red sweater looks out a window and smiles 010
melissa boles @melloftheball.bsky.social · 23/12/2025if somebody could just magic $500 into my account that would really save my ass 😩😩 000
melissa boles @melloftheball.bsky.social · 22/12/2025i’m working a part-time gig and receiving unemployment for hours not worked and i make too much for food stamps? this country is a joke country 000
melissa boles @melloftheball.bsky.social · 21/12/2025i have not slept well or eaten well in a month and yesterday i felt the cold so deep in my bones that today by body said “no, sorry, absolutely not” 000
melissa boles @melloftheball.bsky.social · 18/12/2025i do not know what to do when someone hits on me. it’s something that didnt really happen in high school because of my body type and now when it happens i feel like a bumbling idiot.media.tenor.coma man and a woman are looking at each other and the woman is saying " i like the parts of your face "ALT: a man and a woman are looking at each other and the woman is saying " i like the parts of your face " 000
melissa boles @melloftheball.bsky.social · 17/12/2025you guys my sister is fucking incredible. she is amazing at her job. she bakes. she has her life together. she is so much of the reason i have survived this last year and i can’t buy her a Christmas present. i can’t afford food so presents are out of the question and i’m SO MAD.media.tenor.coma little girl in a red and purple dress is brushing her hair with a brush .ALT: a little girl in a red and purple dress is brushing her hair with a brush . 010
melissa boles @melloftheball.bsky.social · 14/12/2025i’m working a seasonal gig at a Christmas market and my biggest fear was running into one of my coworkers from the job i’m on unpaid leave from. it just happened and it was 100% fine. as usual, my brain overthought the hell out of it. 010
melissa boles @melloftheball.bsky.social · 14/12/2025truly an amazing experience to apply for a job, get a response, and then immediately discover it is a scam. incredible. 020
melissa boles @melloftheball.bsky.social · 10/12/2025still looking for seasonal and temporary gigs or even something longer! 000
melissa boles @melloftheball.bsky.social · 02/12/2025i was SO CLOSE to feeling like i could breathe again financially and now i’m out of food and out of money and i just wannamedia.tenor.coma little girl is sitting at a table making a faceALT: a little girl is sitting at a table making a face 000
melissa boles @melloftheball.bsky.social · 29/11/2025i am $180 short for my rent thanks to this mess going on with my job, so if anyone needs a writer or editor, data entry support, audio or video editing, transcription, or even someone to place phone calls for you between now and December 4, i am available for work! 020
Reposted by melissa bolesmelissa boles @melloftheball.bsky.social · 23/11/2025asked for an accommodation for my ADHD and was put on unpaid leave until the accommodation gets “figured out.” if anyone needs a writer, editor, or social media consultant, or needs help with any kind of project (data entry, returning calls, etc.), i am suddenly avail. 022
melissa boles @melloftheball.bsky.social · 25/11/2025does anyone know how to hug yourself as tight as humanly possible because things are not great right now and it’s the only thing i can think of that will make me feel better but i cannot order it on the internet 000
melissa boles @melloftheball.bsky.social · 24/11/2025i was supposed to finally be able to buy Christmas gifts and celebrate the holidays and not feel like i’m in financial hell this year but instead i am on the brink of financial hell again and I’m SO MAD 000
melissa boles @melloftheball.bsky.social · 23/11/2025asked for an accommodation for my ADHD and was put on unpaid leave until the accommodation gets “figured out.” if anyone needs a writer, editor, or social media consultant, or needs help with any kind of project (data entry, returning calls, etc.), i am suddenly avail. 022
melissa boles @melloftheball.bsky.social · 16/11/2025a guy asked for my number at a bus stop last week and i said yes and we’re still talking and he seems very nice? and he asks questions about me? am i hallucinating?? 010
melissa boles @melloftheball.bsky.social · 15/11/2025“you need to sound more confident on some calls. even if you’re not confident, just fake it.” i am currently in a training program that suffocated my confidence three weeks ago but sure thing, will do. (also, i thought i waaaaaas 😩) 000
melissa boles @melloftheball.bsky.social · 14/11/2025this ⬇️!! Katie Wilson’s run did not have anywhere near the press coverage Mamdani’s did but they are truly companion wins. the left has bookended the country and that’s *important* 011
melissa boles @melloftheball.bsky.social · 14/11/2025so i’m eavesdropping on the two women behind me as they talk about books and movies and yes i DID interrupt to tell them that the editor of The Perfect Neighbor just won a Critics Choice Documentary Award hahaha 000
melissa boles @melloftheball.bsky.social · 14/11/2025at @townhallseattle.bsky.social for the @elysemyers.bsky.social event tonight!! very excited to dive into her book later, too. 062
melissa boles @melloftheball.bsky.social · 14/11/2025thrilled for this city!! i cannot wait to see what katie accomplishes. 021
melissa boles @melloftheball.bsky.social · 01/11/2025thackery binx, my belovedmedia.tenor.coma man in a white shirt is standing in a cemetery with stairs .ALT: a man in a white shirt is standing in a cemetery with stairs . 020
melissa boles @melloftheball.bsky.social · 10/09/2025it is annoyingly difficult to surprise people when you are rapidly running out of money for your trip homemedia.tenor.coma little girl is covering her eyes with her hands while crying .ALT: a little girl is covering her eyes with her hands while crying . 020
melissa boles @melloftheball.bsky.social · 20/07/2025when a caller refuses to give their location and says “just send the police!” it takes ALL of my strength not say “send them where, to the moon?” 010
melissa boles @melloftheball.bsky.social · 18/07/2025!!!! Yes, @wgawest.bsky.social, we love you. 030
melissa boles @melloftheball.bsky.social · 04/07/2025tbh, huge props to the guy who called to report a shrub on fire and then said “i don’t know” when the fire department asked how it caught on fire as if he was not partially being drowned out by fireworks lmao 020
melissa boles @melloftheball.bsky.social · 23/06/2025sorry haha this app has inadvertently become my wallowing place because no one in my family is on here but i promise i am not always such a sad sack 000
melissa boles @melloftheball.bsky.social · 23/06/2025would love to not feel like my father’s afterthought, hahahahamedia.tenor.coma man is laying his head on a desk with his hands on the desk .ALT: a man is laying his head on a desk with his hands on the desk . 010
melissa boles @melloftheball.bsky.social · 17/06/2025hey if you have any level of spending problem do not download whatnot you will spend too much money too quickly. just have heard that, do not have direct experience with it, *obviously*media.tenor.coma baby is making a funny face while sitting on a bed .ALT: a baby is making a funny face while sitting on a bed . 010