Ten essential tools for struggling writers
Can I call myself a writer now? Have I qualified? It took me months to start referring to myself as a ‘blogger’. But a writer? Surely that’s akin to calling yourself a model? To claiming […]
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Do you see the history on your doorstep?
Last night I took part in the Walk & Talk series organised by the Old Drogheda Society and Drogheda Millmount Museum. Like all good things, I’d read about it on Facebook and was quick to […]
Wanted: A Respectable Woman to take charge of a Motherless Child
Wanted: A Respectable Woman to take charge of a Motherless Child Three Weeks Old to Bottle Feed it. That’s the last line I read before I left the library today. It was placed in a […]
LadyNicci blog nominated in Maternity and Infant Awards
You know it’s awards season when 1) There isn’t a long guna to be found in the shops 2) You can’t get a booking for a hair appointment and the baby is eating suspicious twirly […]
A world abandoned: Ireland in the 19th century in photos
In February 2015 I set about researching a historical fiction novel set in the Boyne Valley, Ireland. The idea for the book struck me after reading a thesis essay by Gareth Yore on an eviction […]
Five reasons you should attend a writer’s conference at least once in your life
Last week I attended the Books Go Social writer’s conference in the Irish Writers’ Centre. Back in the day when I had less grey hair and went drinking mid-week (yes it was GREAT craic) I […]
Blogging guilt: LadyNicci featured on Irish Parenting Bloggers
Those closest to me know that I have become involved with a very tight-knit blogging group called Irish Parenting Bloggers. I discovered the group while doing some online research stalking earlier in the year. I […]
Clackety clack, the keyboard talks back
Well, we’re getting there. Or somewhere. We’re definitely going to a place called ‘there’. This has mostly because I haven’t been going anywhere. If you know what I mean. This weekend I’ll stop the keyboard […]
Book Review: I Forgot To Take My Pill
Sharyn Hayden is a woman of experience. She’s done a lot. She’s seen a lot. She’s bought (and probably puked) on the t-shirt. Of all Sharyn’s experiences though, motherhood has been the most exciting ‘journey’. […]
Keeping up with the keyboard
Things have been very busy at LadyNicci HQ this week. There was some recovery from the wonderful IPB Awards and lots of follow up too. I love to network and I’ve met so many interesting […]
Top ten reasons to buy a ticket to the IPB Awards next year
The night of the Mammy and Daddy year (Irish Parenting Blog Awards) took place on Saturday 25 April in Odessa, Dublin. If you’ve never been to Odessa, it’s a restaurant and bar that formerly operated […]
It is Easter. We got Easter Eggs: The start of a love affair with the written word.
In the About Me section of LadyNicci.com I describe my earliest memory of writing. Or at least the evidence I have found of this writing. I discovered it in an old diary, written in green […]
A slice of Tartt: The Goldfinch, the waffle and fine art
Last night I finished reading Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch. This has been quite a journeyed book for me. I downloaded in on my Kindle at some stage in the last months of my pregnancy and […]
A little update on the writing and the Irish Parenting Blog Awards
Things have been pretty busy of late. In a good way. I made a small resolution at the start of January to ‘write more’. That was it. No big promises to myself about targets and […]