by Mel | Jun 19, 2015 | Cool stuff, Life, Making stuff
Early in May I blogged about doing a draw/paint every day in May challenge. Well, I’m happy to report that I did make it the full 31 days. It was kind of fun to have to come up with something that matched the prompt each day and sometimes have to dash out...
by Mel | Jun 17, 2015 | Life, Random thoughts
I’m due a cooking post but I haven’t really made any new recipes this month that really wowed me. But I did finally retire my old faithful microwave after being forced to admit it just wasn’t working how it should…taking longer to cook things,...
by Mel | Jun 5, 2015 | Cool stuff, Life
Every other year or so my critique group goes away for a long weekend to do a writing retreat. We work on projects, brainstorm where required, eat yummy food, drink some bubbly and generally chill out. In the past we’ve headed down to the Mornington Peninsula...
by Mel | May 27, 2015 | Life, Random thoughts, Uncategorized
Between writing all the books, cat butlering, day jobbing, splashing paint around and attempting not to be a complete introvert hermit, life gets hectic around here sometimes. And being a virgo, I can get very THINK ALL THE THINGS ABOUT ALL THE THINGS AND TRY AND...
by Mel | Apr 20, 2015 | Life, Random thoughts
I caught up with one of my best friends last Friday. For various crazy schedule reasons we hadn’t seen each other in far too long. Our cunning plan was to find a restaurant and have a good natter but as fate would have it, the restaurant we tried only had a...
by Mel | Mar 30, 2015 | Life
Every so often I do one of these posts, mostly for new followers at various places to catch folks up on who I am, what I do and an update for everyone on what I’m working on. So … Who am I? I’m Melanie Scott (most commonly answering to Mel). I write...