by Mel | May 22, 2012 | Writing
Lots of cool names in the giveaway post and Alison asked how I come up with my character names. I can’t remember if I’ve talked about before but, for me, characters arrive in various states of named-ness…some stride onto the page with a first and...
by Mel | Apr 27, 2012 | The biz, Writing
Book three in the Half-Light series officially has a title…Iron Kin. So to celebrate the newly named and the coming-real-soon-now release of Blood Kin, I’m giving away a Blood Kin galley (galleys are bound, uncorrected proofs of the book). Just comment...
by Mel | Apr 20, 2012 | Life, Writing
The full first chapter of Blood Kin is now up over on my site. It has been busy the last few weeks with day job stuff and starting to organise some landscaping for my backyard (yay). My backyard is only little but it’s kind of awkward…it has a slope in...
by Mel | Mar 30, 2012 | Writing
Well, sorry for the radio silence but I have been busy with new cats, car shopping, day job busyness, knitting, some writing and a horrible cold. But I’m back now and the pic of the week shall resume (seriously, the last few weeks it would have been all the new...
by Mel | Feb 18, 2012 | Uncategorized, Writing
Today is a lovely, lovely summer’s day in Melbourne. Not too hot, sunny, with a bit of a breeze. My mum has been down so that we could go visit my aunt and cousin and said cousin’s too cute little boy, all of whom live interstate. I didn’t grab my...
by Mel | Feb 12, 2012 | Friends who rock, Life, Writing
Sorry for the blog silence but on Monday I finished Book 3 (yippeeee!) and have subsequently been suffering post book finishing frenzy brain. And doing the Blood Kin page proofs. Not sure this is a good combination which is why I am only doing short batches each day....
