Mel’s Blog

My creative epiphany came this week in the form of Sandra Oh's character on Grey's Anatomy speaking to the chief about the upcoming merger. The past few weeks we've watched [...]

This week I received news that two people that I know and love have moved leaps and bounds in their quest for creative success. The first is my brother who [...]

Last night R and I met for our monthly creative session where there were libations and discussions about life, art and all that is in between. We had inadvertently taken [...]

A couple of weeks ago, I sent the first fifty pages of the book to a few people. I know that this is a dangerous thing to do, but in [...]

I think that after weeks of knowing where I was going creatively, things are looking a little muddled. Perhaps it is this one chapter that seems to elude me as [...]

I have been meaning to write about the little moment on the streetcar a few weeks ago and then time just seemed to pass and here I am with some [...]

On Sunday afternoon, I sat outside with paper and pen in hand and wrote what I think is the last part of the first section of the novel. The Smiths [...]

I would just stay home and write.I would take courses about writing and do mentorship programs without thinking about it.I would travel to various places so that I would have [...]

I know that I haven't written since I came home from Banff. I was on such a high from the experience, that I wanted to really be in it for [...]

I just said goodbye to the people in my class and some of the other writers that I met during this week. There are poets and novelists and children's writers [...]

One of my characters said "Hello" to the world this evening as I read a couple of pages from my novel. The excitement from the crowd was infectious and gave [...]

Every night, the Writing With Style Artists are invited to read something from their work. As you all know, I have signed myself up for tomorrow night because it terrifies [...]