by Mel | Nov 2, 2015 | Fave things, Writing
Some people hate the term “the muse”. They say that if you’re going to be a professional artist of some sort, you can’t sit around waiting to be inspired. And they’re right. But I do believe in the muse in the sense that I believe...
by Mel | Apr 26, 2010 | Random thoughts
>It’s a long weekend here in Australia, and I’ve been having an at home weekend, puttering around doing things that needed doing (well, apart from hanging out with my awesome crit buddies on Sunday…minus the fabulous Keri who is swanning around in...
by Mel | Jul 22, 2008 | Writing
Usually the girls give (or demand) a bit of down time between books but for the last little while this one’s been prowling around my head and the heroine hasn’t been all that happy about being told to wait and kept right on whispering in my ear. So I guess...
by Mel | Apr 13, 2008 | Writing
So this afternoon I settled down to read some of Wolf 2 and go over my notes from the last pass on structural stuff. Which was fine. Then I did the Sunday afternoon read for a bit and meditate. Of course, the girls being contrary beasts suddenly decided that maybe,...
by Mel | Mar 16, 2008 | Cool stuff, Writing
You know, writing and the way your brain puts together a story can be endlessly intriguing. Like today. I came back to a scene that was stalling a few days ago, to tweak it because I tweaked an earlier scene. And this is a scene I wrote the start of maybe three or...
