by Mel | Oct 26, 2009 | Random thoughts
I’m not doing Nanowrimo this year. The current wip is going well and (hopefully) has less than 50k to go anyway. To do a true nano I’d have to change horses midstream so to speak which I don’t want to do. But I have done Nano successfully a couple of times in the...
by Mel | Oct 11, 2009 | Writing
Heidi is doing a series of posts on preparing for Nanowrimo and has just done an interesting one on making the soundtrack for your book. I too am a soundtracker, which I’ve talked a bit about previously here. When Heidi said her soundtracks are around 100 songs,...
by Mel | Sep 30, 2009 | Writing
It’s funny what will sometimes grab the muse’s fancy. Was working on what is just a little transition scene tonight and suddenly the words were flowing (after a few days of not much happening on the writing front) and I wrote six pages in an hour. I wish I...
by Mel | May 9, 2009 | Random thoughts, Writing
I’ve talked before about the fact that I’m generally a pantser and a little bit about the fact that I can write out of order (aka when I’m stuck on a scene the easiest remedy for me is generally to jump ahead to the next part I “know” in...
by Mel | Apr 25, 2009 | Bookworm
Amongst other things, I read Magic Strikes by Ilona Andrews over Friday and this morning. It’s the third in the Kate Daniels series and the books keep getting better. I think she does setting really well. For me, setting is something I go back and layer in. My...
