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...
by Mel | Aug 24, 2010 | Writing
One piece of advice writers often get is to understand their process. Good plan. Trouble is, processes shift and change with each book. I’ve had books that have roared onto the page like a freight train, books that have come at a steady slog, books that have...
by Mel | Dec 18, 2009 | Writing
I’ve posted before about soundtracks but after my last post, thought it might be interesting to look at how my soundtrack changes with subsequent drafts. My first pass at the soundtrack is fairly instinctual, I grab stuff out of iTunes and put it in some sort of...
by Mel | Sep 30, 2009 | Uncategorized
I have a sneaking suspicion that my heroine is being melodramatic inside her head. Right now, the muse keeps throwing up songs that belong to her soundtrack and they’re all pretty much tragic heroine/lonely ingenue songs. At least, on a positive note, at least...
by Mel | May 19, 2009 | Writing
Every writer has themes and issues and things that attract them to the ideas they have. Ways they execute those ideas. With my paranormal/urban fantasy hat on, I’m finding that I’m drawn to open worlds far more than closed ones. (An open world, for my...
