About Mela Eckenfels

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Hi, I’m Mela, creator of fine writing and many Notion resources. If you like my work, please buy me a coffee or even hire me!

I’m a non-fiction writer by trade and trained as a historian. I also occasionally teach media literacy and research techniques.

My fields in history: Colonialism, History of Technology, (Science and Medicine), History of Disability, Epidemics and Pandemics, The long 19th Century.

My fields in writing: Science journalism, Disinformation, Pseudoscience, Pseudomedicine, Media Journalism, Social Media, Disability (own voice), IT journalism (phasing out)

Teaching: Media literacy, research techniques and strategies, source analysis, knowledge management, writing, research and knowledge management tools (Zotero, Scrivener, Zettlr).

Languages: German (native), English (fluent)

Degrees: BA (Hons) in Humanities with Creative Writing and History (Open), ongoing: MA in European Culture and History of Ideas (expected 2026)

Books: Amazon Author Page, most recent: **Vielfalt,** Duden Verlag (Kapitel: Autismus) — clickable sources: 214—227

Where and How to Find Me

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Mastodon
Bluesky
Threads
Signal: mela.11
Discord: felicea
eMail: Yes, I have eMail. But please, in the multiverse’s name, do not send me eMails if you can prevent it. They, most likely, will never get answered.
**Professional Site** (German)
**Blog** (German)
ADHD & Autism Blog (German)
**Freischreiber** (German)
**Speakabled** (German)
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Free Resources

**KIT-Scrivener-Template** — A Scrivener template for Students at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technologie’s History Department.

My Public Notion Resources

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Recherche-Ressourcensammlungen (Resources for Doing Research — Main List) — Huge collection of research tools and resources. (Descriptions are in German, but it might be useful for non-German speakers, too.)

Ressourcen gegen Desinformation — Resources and information against disinformation. (German language resource)

Nützliche Mastodon-Ressourcen

Nützliche Bluesky-Ressourcen

Twitter brennt! — Tools

Tools & Resources for Writers

Tools & Resources for RPG

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