by Mel | Mar 8, 2007 | Friends who rock, Writing
First of all, a big whopping full volume flat out WOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOO to Keri. Because Tempting Evil, the third Riley Jensen novel has debuted at #14 on the freaking NYT bestseller list (that is the name of the paper, you know, the freaking NYT : ) ). Now I have a...
by Mel | Feb 5, 2007 | Writing
Given that I’ve finished the revisions that my agent (!!) wants on Wolf, I’m now turning attention to the second book. I have the opening scene which I wrote a few weeks ago. Now I have to launch myself back into the story world. Which I’m quite...
by Mel | May 19, 2006 | Writing
For some reason I have the Lion King in my head this morning. Hakuna Matata and all that. Who knows why? Anyway, I am back from taking the grey cat to the vet for yet more siphoning of the liquid gold in her veins so we can see how her various exotic diseases are...
by Mel | Mar 15, 2006 | Writing
So I think I’ve figured out how to fix the pacing at the start of my book. Problem is the solution is combining three of the first four scenes into one and moving the fourth. Easy in my head. Hard in practice. I’m wondering whether just to write it from...
by Mel | Mar 5, 2006 | Square eyes
I finished my three chapters so I rewarded my muse with a trip to the movies and went to see Rent. I’ve seen the theatrical version twice, once in London and once in Melbourne and loved it from the first few notes. Loved the movie too. It’s different but I...
