by Jacqx Melilli | Jun 9, 2023 | True Stories
Writing my debut historical fiction novel, When The Glitter Fades is proving to be a mammoth task. For starters, I changed the title four times, from Broadway Star to Rogues and Vagabonds to All That Glitters is Not Gold and for now I’ve settled on When The...
by Jacqx Melilli | Jun 9, 2023 | Research, True Stories
Researching Australian vaudeville for my historical fiction novel, When the Glitter Fades continues. I’m so grateful for librarians. They have unfathomable knowledge on how to find just about anything in the bottomless pit of books, information, resources,...
by Jacqx Melilli | Jan 15, 2022 | True Stories
Admit it. You’ve allowed another year to pass you by and the promise you made to yourself to write your memoir has not seen the light of day. Let me guess what your excuses might be: Who’s going to want to read it?I don’t have timeI don’t know where to startI don’t...
by Jacqx Melilli | Jul 7, 2019 | True Stories
Please be warned that the content in this article is disturbing. It is written in respect of those who have no means to speak for themselves about the horrors they’ve survived and those not so fortunate to have escaped. Hell on Earth There’s hell on earth, where...
by Jacqx Melilli | Jun 25, 2016 | Research, True Stories
The Awesome Side of Research Research sounds pretty boring, right? It may conjure up an image of someone with their nose to the books, or computer screen, slight frown creasing their forehead as they try to make sense of the bombardment of information they are suppose...
by Jacqx Melilli | Mar 21, 2016 | Research, True Stories
One-Act Play Theatre Festivals Participating in One-Act Play Theatre Festivals was the inspiration I needed to write my own plays for my drama students. Some of my fondest memories come from the fun and laughter we had rehearsing for the theatre festival and the...
