Tag Archives: writing

Recalibration

By Mel Green | Published: Tue, 8 June 2010
I've been mostly silent on my blog for the past month, & here's why: to recalibrate & get back on track with my own purposes in life & on this blog.
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Jane Doe, Finnish style

By Mel Green | Published: Mon, 19 April 2010
How the main character of Mistress of Woodland became a philosophical forebear of my fictional Consensus society in Long Dark and Cold.
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The Daily Tweets, 2010-04-15: Writing life

By Mel Green | Published: Thu, 15 April 2010
Today was Third Thursday: which means an evening write-in with my NaNoWriMo peeps, who continue to meet every third Thursday of the month for just such a purpose even when its not NaNovember.
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The Daily Tweets, 2010-03-28: Prizewinner

By Mel Green | Published: Sun, 28 March 2010
I guess I won a fiction prize worth $300, though I haven’t been officially informed yet. #fb # Finally did my Alaska PFD application: my very favoritest of socialist programs also enjoyed by Alaska Tea Partiers all over the state. #fb #
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The Daily Tweets, 2010-03-26: Two writers meet. One says, “I’m writing a novel” and the other says, “neither am I.”

By Mel Green | Published: Fri, 26 March 2010
Questions about changes to DADT answered : tweets from yesterday’s conference call by SistersTalk http://bit.ly/cnnf0k # I’m so proud of myself. I just said no to someone on a political activism matter b/c I’m putting my writing FIRST. #fb # RT: @Metafrantic RT: @wbrucecameron: Two writers meet. One says, “I’m writing a novel” and the [...]
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A review of my story “Cold” brings up the question: What is LGBTQ literature?

By Mel Green | Published: Wed, 24 March 2010
A great review of the Crossed Genres Year One anthology. But for some reason the reviewer can't figure out why my story 'Cold' with its two lesbian characters is labeled as LGBTQ fiction. Hello?
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Writing life: Politics short-term & long-term

By Mel Green | Published: Thu, 18 March 2010
There are several cool things I could do tonight of a (contemporary) political nature, but instead I'm going to work on my story involves a different kind of politics, in a society that governs itself by consent.
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Iditarod dogs (& a few humans too)

By Mel Green | Published: Sun, 7 March 2010
A photo slideshow of some of the Iditarod sled dog action on G Street, which was a staging ground for yesterday's ceremonial start of the race. (Why G Street? Because I go writing at Side Street Espresso every Saturday.)
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The Daily Tweets, 2010-03-06: Iditarod!

By Mel Green | Published: Sat, 6 March 2010
A good writing day today at Side Street & downtown @kaladibrothers Also saw some of the Iditarod teams staging on G St outside Side Street.
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Storyminded

By Mel Green | Published: Tue, 2 March 2010
Two things bring on storymind tonight: a cool new blog called Science in My Fiction by my pals at Crossed Genres; & the story of murder, an interstellar spaceship, & Lord Shiva that I'm about to start working on.
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