How I Write – Manchán Magan
Manchán Magan is a writer and documentary-maker. He has written books on his travels in Africa, India and South America and two novels. He writes occasionally for The Irish Times, reports weekly on travel for […]
January 2016
Ten ways Peppa Pig brings sunshine to my days
I’m aware that all my blog posts lately have either been about writing or TV. That’s because when I’m not writing, I’m watching television. With the child. If I had a choice I wouldn’t be […]
How I Write – Tomás O’Connor
Tomás is from Cork and is currently studying Statistics at Trinity College as part of his ongoing actuarial training. He’s writing the second draft of his first book, a humorous novel about a fictitious footballer. […]
Coping with rejection and working hard
I haven’t posted about writing in a while. Yes, I’m publishing weekly interviews with authors and sharing out lots of interesting scribbler content on my social media pages but it’s been a few months since […]
When the walls are closing in – coping with clutter
Right now I’m sitting in front of Paw Patrol in a room that used to resemble my sitting room. There are piles of toys in the corner and across the floor, the contents of my […]
Did you keep the receipt? The guilt of Christmas gifts
Obviously the best thing about Christmas is the presents. Sure, we’ll mumble on about family, and Christmas cheer and get togethers and you know, the baby Jesus, but in the cold light of January, when […]
How I Write – Damien B. Donnelly
Damien B. Donnelly was born in Dublin but moved to Paris to spend a year writing. He is a pattern maker, a poet, a hopeful novelist, photographer and baker of exceedingly delicious cakes. He is […]
Five ways Paw Patrol is sucking the life out my eyeballs
There was a time when I didn’t know what Paw Patrol was. Sure, I’d heard it mentioned. Pointed out in blog posts. I thought it was a boys programme, something that might never come into […]
Five reasons we should all be like Jessica Jones. Everyday.
In case you’ve missed it, Jessica Jones is the Netflix adaptation of the Marvel comic series of an unlikely superhero, called, Jessica Jones. This hard-drinking, super strong, extra cool lady (don’t call her a lady, […]
How I Write – Christine Doran
Christine Doran is an unemployed copy-editor who spends her days drinking tea and writing, in between ferrying her children from place to place. She started out Irish but now lives in America. She describes herself […]
Review: B Toys and a Vlog!
I don’t always trust himself. Sometimes he thinks he knows me, when he doesn’t. He might assume I’ll like something, and turn up with it or buy it for me and then there’s a huge […]
How I Write: Pam Lecky
Pam Lecky was born and bred in Dublin. A historical fiction nut from an early age she recently decided to take up her pen to make her mark on the world. Her novel The Bowes […]
15 from ’15 – a blogging round up
I wanted to write a post about blogging for a while now. I wanted to try and capture the importance that this little hobby plays in my life. 2015 was a year of growth. Or […]