by Mel | Mar 3, 2007 | Bookworm, Friends who rock, Square eyes
I had to get up early (well, early for me on a Saturday) to do a chat for the class I’m doing with Barbara Samuel. So I thought I’d be virtuous and chuck some washing on. After all, it’s meant to be 36 today (the weather has not yet cottoned on to...
by Mel | Dec 23, 2006 | Square eyes
It’s almost Christmas and Santa has brought some much needed cool weather and rain. Which is supposed to continue…they’re even forecasting snow for Christmas day in some parts of the state! Nothing like changeable weather to keep us all entertained....
by Mel | Dec 3, 2006 | Beasties, Square eyes, Writing
Every time I blink at the moment, another week seems to have flown by. The Christmas countdown has apparently been set to fast forward. Of course that might be due to a very busy week between training and querying and the orange cat hurting his tail in a mysterious...
by Mel | Nov 18, 2006 | Square eyes, Writing
So I went to see the Prestige last night. And all I can say is that Christopher Nolan and Christopher Priest are tricksy hobbits and um, magicians are…not so nice. Interesting movie. Lots of twists and turns and darker than I expected and several ewwww moments...
by Mel | Sep 24, 2006 | Square eyes, Writing
So the book has continued to talk, there has also been birthday parties (I’m old!), birthday lunches, mid-week dinners with friends, work and general everything taking longer because of the sore thumb. Which is much better now and down to only a bandaid. There...
by Mel | Aug 23, 2006 | Square eyes, Writing
As I may have mentioned before, the combination of virgo brain and writing is not always a good one. Sometimes the aforesaid virgo brain seems specifically designed to torture the writer bit. Like today. Today is one week after I sent my manuscript off. Mail from here...