by Mel | Jan 1, 2017 | Beasties, Random thoughts, Writing
Seeing as the blogging fell away a bit in the second half of last year due to Life Stuff TM, I thought I’d kick off the year with a modified version of one of my semi-regular State of the Mel posts. 2016 was, as it seemed to be for most people, a bit of a slog...
by Mel | Feb 25, 2016 | Random thoughts, Writing
I have a theory that all writers have a certain degree of curiosity. What I call the magpie mind. After all, a story is usually sparked by some sort of ‘What if’ question and then chasing that thread down a deep rabbit hole before somehow managing to weave...
by Mel | Jan 21, 2016 | Writing
Well, according to my blog schedule, it’s the time of the month where I usually do a writing update. But there isn’t much exciting news to report. Other than Playing Hard coming out in 10 days or so (you can pre-order etc over here), I am just working away...
by Mel | Sep 9, 2015 | Writing
Still writing the book that will not die aka Playing Fast. But I think I’ve cracked the sucker now and am determined to have typed THE END by the next one of the updates. In the meantime it’s sore hands, sore brain, not that much time to write long blog...
by Mel | Jun 10, 2015 | Random thoughts, Writing
Winter has hit Melbourne with a solid thump. We’ve had some very cold days and nights. Though, I have to say, also some very pretty sunsets! Winter is meant to be good for hunkering down inside and writing so hopefully that is true. I’m still working on...