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Thought For Today

posted on January 19, 2016

I haven't kicked into local time yet so for me it's 3am my time and still getting over traveling all day. And it's a balmy 26 degrees centigrade in Thailand. Cancel that. A hot and humid 26. Sleep. I …

Category: Miscellaneous

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Imperfect Perfection

posted on January 13, 2016

There are times when you want things 'just so' and try as you might you just can't get them right - do it anyway before the law of diminishing marginal returns kicks in. There are times when you …

Category: Miscellaneous, Writing

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Get 25 Reviews on Launch Day

posted on October 18, 2014

Writing is only one part of the story when it comes to having your book out in the world and available for people to enjoy. There's one thing I have learned over the past year thanks to people like …

Category: Marketing, MiscellaneousTag: book reviews, promoting your book

Inspiring Courage Quote

posted on June 5, 2014

In my other life, I run Personal Development programs. Rather than one-hit motivational moments I conduct a three-month behavioural change program. So I've learned a thing or two about the human …

Category: MiscellaneousTag: courage, inspiration, motivation

Write a 10 Page Novel?

posted on June 1, 2014

YouTube can be a great resource centre for writers. Either find videos related to the art, craft and practice of writing, or, search for background or ideas about a plot, a character or a scene. In …

Category: MiscellaneousTag: writing videos

Write a Book in a Day

posted on May 31, 2014

It can be done. Really. Mind you, it helps you have a brains trust who contribute, a publisher who gives you a title to write to, and need no research. Here's a post about it …

Category: MiscellaneousTag: write a book

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Aussie writer Mel Day writes urban crime. Crime where a snarky, badass female sleuth manages to make up for inept policing and find justice where none was going to be found. Specialising in short stories, she's extending into novellas and novels.

Mel wasn't born clutching a pen in her fist but she certainly came to writing early. Most of her writing has been non-fiction until she emerged on the fiction scene in 2019.

Living on the gorgeous East Coast of Australia with her partner Mel manages to avoid getting in the sea yet revels in its majesty, power and joy.

When she hasn't got a laptop on her knee pounding out words, she's out volunteering getting way too involved in way too many things.
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