by Mel | Aug 20, 2010 | Uncategorized
My books aren’t steampunk…they’re more gaslight fantasy (Steampunk is Science Fiction)…steam tech but with magic and critters not so much steampunky gadgets. Having said that, I do love the Steampunk Aesthetic and a conversation on Twitter...
by Mel | Jul 23, 2010 | The biz, Writing
Sometime in late July 2001 I attended a talk at the Victorian Writers Centre given by Anne Gracie. I think she was pretty much the first real live author I’d met at that point. Fired up by what she had to say (and somewhat struck by the...
by Mel | Apr 15, 2009 | Cool stuff, Square eyes
Go watch this. (sorry, no embedding for some reason). Go Susan.And now I have realised I only own Les Mis on vinyl and still love some of the music. Off to iTunes I go.
by Mel | Feb 11, 2009 | Cool stuff, Friends who rock
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. My friend Linda is one tough cookie and now a brand new mama for the second time. Welcome to the world little Jethro who zoomed into the world after a mere two hours of labour (much appreciated by Dad and me...
by Mel | Dec 1, 2008 | Cool stuff
No, really, it is! There’s a very cool alignment of the crescent moon/jupiter and venus over Australia tonight. And I managed to take one non blurry shot thanks to the new camera and my baby tripod. The stars looked bigger and brighter than this in real life...
