by Mel | Oct 9, 2015 | Fave things
For something different, some art supply geeking. For most of my watercolours I use some pen for line work, either drawing the lines before the paint or using them afterwards to add definition. Because I want the lines to stay put, the inks I default to are waterproof...
by Mel | Oct 7, 2015 | Bookworm, Square eyes
So on Friday I went to see The Martian. I was really looking forward to the movie because I loved the book. Plus Matt Damon. The book is on the harder side of SF and sometimes for me, all the endless explanations of every single detail of the science (or the weapons...
by Mel | Oct 5, 2015 | Random thoughts, Writing
Every so often I do one of these posts, mostly for new followers at various places to catch folks up on who I am, what I do and an update for everyone on what I’m working on. So … Who am I? I’m Melanie Scott (most commonly answering to Mel). I write...
by Mel | Oct 4, 2015 | Writing
Let’s have a snippet from Shadow Kin (Book 1 in the Half-light City series).
by Mel | Oct 2, 2015 | Bookworm, Cool stuff, Fave things
So earlier this week, The Legend of Lyon Redmond aka book 11 in the Pennyroyal Green series by Julie Anne Long came out. This series has been one of my faves since I read the first book (The Perils of Pleasure) quite some time ago. TPOP features Colin Eversea who is...