by Mel | Jan 9, 2010 | Writing
The brain is starting to recover from post book-ness. Have taken a few days off writing and lolled around but am now starting to circle back to the wips. The one I think I want to write first is a bit of a mystery at the moment. I know the hero and heroine. I know the...
by Mel | Dec 31, 2009 | Life, Writing
>2009 has been an interesting year. I have no idea how it went by so fast but maybe that was because it was interesting.This time last year I made resolutions and now, inevitably, I’m thinking about what I want to achieve in 2010.Last year the resolutions...
by Mel | Dec 20, 2009 | Random thoughts, Writing
While I’m still thinking about revisions, here’s some thoughts on feedback and critiquing. I think feedback and critiquing are vital as long as they come at the right part of the process for you (which is something you need to work out). These days I need...
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 | Dec 18, 2009 | Uncategorized
Comments are starting to come back from crit partners and betas so my mind is turning back to the book. I’ll get Miriam’s comments later today but she’s given it the tick of approval (not that the tick of approval means no more work needed lol). So...