by Mel | Dec 27, 2011 | Life, Random thoughts
Hope everyone had a lovely christmas/hannukah/solstice/whatever holiday you choose to celebrate! Melbourne got hit by some wild and woolly weather Christmas day. Rain, thunder and ginormous hailstones (seriously, some places they were tennis ball sized). I...
by Mel | Dec 10, 2011 | Cool stuff, Random thoughts
Having a broken ankle involves large amounts of being stuck at home. Luckily this is a good thing for introvert inclined writer types but you can’t write 24 hours a day. Given I also have to stay off the ankle a lot, I can’t really embark on major home...
by Mel | Sep 16, 2011 | Life, Random thoughts
So today I turn forty. Four decades of Mel on earth : ) This last decade has been an interesting one, I have to give it that. It has had its ups and downs and its sadnesses but on the whole, I have to give it a tick of approval. In my thirties I: 1. Bought my first...
by Mel | Sep 12, 2011 | Cool stuff, Random thoughts
Well, we are coming to the end of my first week of a being a Real! Live! Author! with a book out and everything. It’s been fun and odd and exciting and tiring and a little surreal (especially seeing my book in a bookstore) and I’ve talked a lot about...
by Mel | Jun 16, 2011 | Random thoughts
Sorry, unoriginal but couldn’t resist. I’m off tomorrow (fingers crossed, ash cloud permitting etc, etc) for a few weeks writing, sightseeing, shopping and conferencing in sunny New York. Yippee!! I’ve never been before (other than in transit late...
by Mel | May 20, 2011 | Random thoughts, Writing
I’ve been a fan of this guy: Largely due to him being recalled to my attention by this movie (though I did like him before that): Which I bought in a double set with 13 going on 30 (or whatever that Jennifer Garner film is where she is her 13 year old self in...
