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Author: Belinda Mellor

For some reason I can no longer remember, I trained as a secondary school teacher after gaining my theology degree (in England). But writing has always been my passion. I was lucky enough to be able to work in a theatre-in-education company in Ireland for several years and do other writing-related jobs. Nowadays I live on a lifestyle block in New Zealand, after we arrived on holiday nine years ago and forgot to go home. I have two novels published: Silvana – the Greening, and Silvana – the Turning and I am currently working on a YA Irish faerie story. In between writing and feeding chickens, I edit for other writers. It’s a good life.

Pulling Hen’s Teeth

Belinda here. I write Morning Pages – anyone familiar with the work of Julia Cameron (The Artist’s Way/Vein of Gold/Walking in This World) will understand. Three pages of ‘stream of consciousness’ to free the mind and subdue the internal censor; to be done before anything else (other than making a cup of tea of course…)… Read More Pulling Hen’s Teeth

October 29, 2021 Belinda Mellor2 Comments

A Handful of Eggs

Belinda here, with a little introduction to my (not so new) new writing project. Happy New Year, everyone. Thirty years ago (!), when I was a new teacher, a colleague tried to explain ‘bases’ to me – the mathematical idea that we naturally count in tens because we have ten digits, and if our normal… Read More A Handful of Eggs

January 6, 2018 Belinda MellorLeave a comment

‘the Ash for nothing ill’

I can’t remember why I initially chose an ash tree to be the heart of Silvana, unless it was because there was a huge ash growing directly opposite my house at the time and I loved to watch it change with the seasons – something that is reflected in this scene from The Greening, when… Read More ‘the Ash for nothing ill’

November 21, 2016November 21, 2016 Belinda MellorLeave a comment

Got me a Greyhound!

She’s all legs and angles and makes us laugh with the way she bounces and tries to play. I can’t imagine life without her. And she looks absolutely fabulous in her designer collars (which there will be many more of, I suspect) and her Elmo pjs. Would I recommend adopting a retired racing greyhound? Absolutely!… Read More Got me a Greyhound!

August 22, 2016August 22, 2016 Belinda Mellor4 Comments

The Bond Stone of Eishe: Hound Scenes

When I wrote the first draft of The Bond Stone of Eishe, I imagined Jemarc’s hunting dogs to be very like Irish Wolfhounds, perhaps not as tall, but otherwise similar: … in the densely-wooded Kannuk Valley, Jemarc was out hunting. He had spent the day with his companions and his pack of shaggy brindle hounds… Read More The Bond Stone of Eishe: Hound Scenes

April 14, 2016April 17, 2016 Belinda MellorLeave a comment

Getting Greyhound Approved

I’ve always admired sighthounds – usually from a distance, though for six eventful months seventeen years ago we shared our home with a Basenji. Over the years I showed Samoyeds in England and Ireland, I’d see them at dog shows: pretty Salukies, imposing Irish Wolfhounds, elegant Borzois… Last year, a dear friend of mine lost… Read More Getting Greyhound Approved

December 14, 2015April 14, 2016 Belinda MellorLeave a comment

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