Pens and inks for watercolours
For something different, some art supply geeking. For most of my watercolours I use some pen for line work, either drawing the lines before the paint or using them afterwards to add definition. Because I want the lines to stay put, the inks I default to are waterproof...
The Martian
So on Friday I went to see The Martian. I was really looking forward to the movie because I loved the book. Plus Matt Damon. The book is on the harder side of SF and sometimes for me, all the endless explanations of every single detail of the science (or the weapons...
State of the Mel #7
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 books....
Sunday snippet
Let's have a snippet from Shadow Kin (Book 1 in the Half-light City series).
Story fix – the Pennyroyal Green series
So earlier this week, The Legend of Lyon Redmond aka book 11 in the Pennyroyal Green series by Julie Anne Long came out. This series has been one of my faves since I read the first book (The Perils of Pleasure) quite some time ago. TPOP features Colin Eversea who is...
An unexpected evening
Last week, Dymocks Melbourne put an invite out on their FB page for an event with Rob Wilkins. Rob Wilkins was Terry Pratchett's long time assistant and good friend so naturally I was interested in going along. This is Rob. So tonight I toddled off and listened to a...
Rap and American political history = awesome
For something different in the Monday music fix arena...an actual musical. While I was in New York, I was sharing a room for a few nights with my friend, Barbara. She went off one night to see a musical I'd never heard of called Hamilton (written by Lin-Manuel...
Sunday snippet
This week's snippet is from The Devil in Denim (Book 1 in The New York Saints series).
Finito
Yay, Playing Fast is done and safely on my editor's desk. Which leaves me with mushy post book brain. So I'm noodling around putting together a soundtrack for the sequel to The Shattered Court (which is called, at this stage, The Forbidden Heir), reacquainting myself...
Sunday snippet
Snippet time. One from The Shattered Court (Book 1 in the Four Arts series).
