So I have been an absent blogger. Bad Mel. But I have a decent excuse because not long after my last post I developed a case of vertigo that has been limiting my screen time so that I’ve had to spend it on day job and writing mostly. Also limiting reading time (yay for audiobooks) and has meant no knitting (quelle horreur). Boo to vertigo. As someone who hates feeling motion sick and gets that way easily anyway, having the sensation for many hours a day is really not fun. Major boo!
But it’s mostly gone now so I shall attempt to remember I have a blog and do some updating. I have just handed in Fire Kin, the last book in the Half-Light City series, which was tough to write and sad to finish. I will miss my characters but who knows, maybe they’ll pop up again at some point. Now I’m getting stuck into my second contemporary and wrestling with the world of baseball and hot orthopaedic surgeons (tough job, I know) and thinking about the next fantasy book…a whole new world to play in!
Apart from that there’s been lots of TV time (for some reason vertigo brain can cope with a TV screen but not a computer, which says something about the focus demanded by writing versus couch surfing lol). So far my favourite new show is probably Sleepy Hollow (because Ichabod is adorable and hilarious, seriously, he had me at his donut tax rant). Am keeping an eye on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D which is still settling into its stride, I think. I’ve also watched Season 1 of Teen Wolf (conclusion, also amusing and lacking a shirt budget for the boys…but who’s complaining?) and been re-watching Grey’s Anatomy, the Newsroom, Smash and finally steeled myself to watch the last series of Fringe (didn’t want that to be over either) which was pretty good though somewhat heart-wrenching. Ditto the last season of Dance Academy (teen ballet angst for the win!). Hopefully all of that has fed the muse enough to keep her productive through the next six months in which I must write many words. Many many many words. Including on the blog!
