Editing – ha ha ha
Hello cruel world. I mean, ‘world of possibilities just waiting to be sought.’ See what I did there? I made a negative thought into a positive one. That is what writers do. To be fair, […]
2016
How I Write – Kate Orson
Kate Orson is a freelance writer from England and lives in Basel, Switzerland, with her husband and daughter. She studied creative writing but to date, has not been able to finish the novels she starts. […]
Diary of a one year old – 19 months
Right. Emmm, help? Actually we’re grand. We’re just a little bit trapped. We can’t go many places. Or, anywhere, in fact. You know when the baby is tiny and you’re out and about and you’re […]
How I Write – Joseph O’Connor
Joseph O’Connor is one of Ireland’s best known and critically acclaimed writers. He has written eight novels, including the award-winning Star of the Sea which sold over a million copies. He was awarded the Irish […]
24 photographs you need to write a book about
I posted about a visit I made to Carstown House in Louth recently, an abandoned manor house, that’s overgrown, in disrepair, but still looms on the landscape and stays in your thoughts after you’ve walked […]
Books I’ve been reading: Spring 2016
I’ve made a big effort to read more books as I try to improve my writing. I have a stockpile of books built up now, mostly because I’ve been attending a lot of launches but […]
Nine lessons we can all learn from parenting bloggers
I started my blog before I became a Mammy. It was in the lead up to my wedding and I crimped and crafted over a few blog posts about things that had been on my […]
How I Write – Sharyn Hayden
Sharyn Hayden is a journalist with Irish parenting website www.herfamily.ie, a blogger, a comic actress and a business owner. In 2015, she published I Forgot To Take My Pill, a non-fiction book and honest diary of […]
Doolin Writers’ Weekend. Only 51 weeks to go.
God. Like, good God. What a weekend. I don’t know if I’m tired, or excited or inspired or desperately wondering if I should be bothering writing at all. The talent. The craic. The camraderie. The […]
International Women’s Day: burn the man suit
I spotted her sitting with two men. She had her bottom perched on the edge of a chair, rather like how a 19th century lady would sit; forward, attentive, back straight – ladylike. She was […]
How I Write – Gemma Jackson
Gemma Jackson grew up in Dublin’s tenements and set off at 17 to travel the world. She worked in a variety of book inspiring jobs but it would be two and a half decades before […]
Once Upon A Time 100th episode – Captain Hook talks
The hit series Once Upon A Time celebrates a major milestone this weekend with its 100th episode being broadcast to audiences around the world. I caught up with the man behind the guy liner – […]
Falling in love with Leonardo di Caprio – I saw him first
I love Leonardo di Caprio. I love him like a first crush. I own him like a first crush. I mean, I saw him first. When I was 12. At the cinema. We spotted him […]
How I Write – Jo Baker
Jo Baker is the author of five novels. Her sixth, A Country Road, A Tree, is published by Doubleday (UK) and Knopf (US). Jo’s novel Longbourn made her a Sunday Times bestseller and the book […]