by Mel | Aug 5, 2008 | Cool stuff
The very last day (sob sob). I started by doing the BART thing back out to Oakland to see my friend again (more mutual trying to persuade each other to move or, at least, vacation more often). Had a fabulous breakfast at the Blackberry Bistro, so if you’re in...
by Mel | Aug 3, 2008 | Cool stuff
Am I the queen of imaginative blog post titles or what? lol It’s even more confusing when I’m posting this on Saturday here in SF but blogger thinks it’s Sunday as my time zone is set to Australia. Hence the boring title. So Friday (btw it’s...
by Mel | Aug 1, 2008 | Cool stuff
Last night was the literacy signing which was big and loud…one thousand odd women in one room is always noisy. I often wonder what the men there think : ) I managed to find some friends and strangely enough, buy some books. All good. After that I had drinks and...
by Mel | Jul 29, 2008 | Cool stuff
Be sure to pack warm clothes even if it’s summer! It’s currently 12 degrees here (Celsius, that is). According to the age website, Melbourne is warmer! That’s all wrong. It was lovely and warm Saturday when I got here but yesterday and today are...
by Mel | Jul 24, 2008 | Cool stuff, Writing
I AM ON VACATION!!!!! UNTIL SEPTEMBER!!!!!!!!! WOOOHOOOO!!!!!!! Also, I leave for SF Saturday morning, so I’m sitting here working out what I have to do today and tomorrow with plenty of time for naps, writing and, finally, Mamma Mia again. I’ve done most...
by Mel | Jul 12, 2008 | Cool stuff, Square eyes
Over half way now on the revision, yay. I’ve added 33 pages in the first 11 chapters which gives you an idea how talking headish my first drafts get. I figure I’ll add around another thirty in the last 8, which will get me somewhere near 97k. Good enough....