Last week I crossed an important literary threshold – I went to the Hay Festival for the first time (twice)! If you love books and ideas then there probably isn’t a better place on the planet to spend time. While there I went to Radio 3’s recording of “The Essay” – three writers talking about “Why I Write” (the title of George Orwell’s 1946 essay). I confess I mostly went along…
When I submitted the Winchester competition article that I posted two weeks ago, I had to enter the competition under a pseudonym/pen name. Fortunately a recent discussion with a friend meant I wasn’t at a complete loss as to how to choose one. She’d suggested combining your name with a colour, preferably beginning with the same letter – e.g. Mel Magenta or Mel Maroon – or by pairing the name of…
Hi, I'm Mel (you figured that out already though, right?!) and this is where I chat about things that relate to and inspire my writing, as well as share some of it.