by Mel | Mar 26, 2016 | Cool stuff, The biz, Writing
So this is a thing that happened. The Shattered Court has finaled in the Paranormal romance category of the RITAs. And I am kind of speechless. As a romance writer, I have watched the finalists of the RITAs each year since about 2002 and seen writers who are my...
by Mel | Oct 9, 2010 | Writing
It’s a book, it’s a book! All 100,000 odd words of it. Sure, I need to do a final polishing pass, and god knows how coherent the forty odd pages I wrote today are, but the hard bit is done for now. I have written my first book under contract and (touch...
by Mel | Mar 26, 2007 | Cool stuff, Writing
Apparently it’s the year of the fire pig in chinese astrology. The Golden Pig, as it’s also known. Now my chinese sign is the pig and therefore a fire pig which is generally a very good thing is an extra good thing. And so far that’s been the case. Today is an extra...
by Mel | Feb 12, 2007 | The biz
Well, as my mailman finally brought me a lovely envelope containing my agency agreement today, I guess it is all real, I can stop having paranoid visions of my mail ending up in Timbuktu, and this is not a dream : ) I’m very thrilled to announce that Agent X has...
by Mel | Feb 3, 2007 | Writing
I alluded to some very good stuff in my last post. So here’s a bit of an update. I have an AGENT! A fantastic, fabulous agent. In fact, pretty much my dream agent!!! I’ve been walking around for a week now, pinching myself and re-reading the emails from...
