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Bits and pieces and congrats
Just heard the fantastic news that Maria Duffy, my first mother interviewee has signed a two book deal with Hachette Ireland. The first book, “Any Dream Will Do”, will be published in November 2011. Huge congrats to Maria! Delightful to hear such news. Maria, like me is the mother of four and if you haven’t…
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Mother writer interviews: Karen Collum
Karen Collum lives in Brisbane, Australia. She was a primary school teacher before she became a mum. Since the birth of her eldest son in 2005, she’s been a stay-at-home mum and now happily calls herself a writer. She’s a mum to four kids under six, with her baby girl arriving in December 2010. Karen…
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#fridayflash Anywhere but Ireland
On this singular morning, the birdsong drills and pins the world by the scruff of it’s neck. It is easy to flee with the dawn, all impetus. The brine of the sea smells good. The ferry cuts through the water. The land retreats. I feel no nostalgia for round hills diminishing. There are children’s entertainers…
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If we thought that love was gone
by Alison Wells (1991) i If we thought that love was gone that out of sweetness none remained why should we catch the balmy air its warm and laden music strained upon a wise and falling light the evening coming home to rest the wide relentless sky still bright like a heart stretched taut with…
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Mother writer interviews: Colette Caddle
Colette Caddle lives in north county Dublin with her husband and two sons aged twelve and seven. She came to writing later in life after careers in computer programming and marketing insurance products. Colette sent out her first manuscript in 1997 and is now the bestselling and hugely popular author of eleven novels which have…
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#fridayflash The integrity of skin
Sarah likes to walk around the apartment naked. She knew a girl once back home whose father never spoke to her again once she told him she was pregnant out of wedlock. He was afraid of what the neighbours would say. When she was twenty Sarah posed for a painter in Paris. They’d had sex…
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Mother writer interview: Rebecca Emin
REBECCA EMIN lives in Oxfordshire, England, with her husband and three small children. Her first novel for 8-12 year olds will be published later this year, and she is currently working on her second novel. Rebecca enjoys writing flash fiction and short stories and is an author for Ether Books. Tell me about your family…
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Mother writer interview: Vanessa O’ Loughlin
Vanessa O’Loughlin lives near Dublin. She is the founder of writing.ie the new national Irish writing resource. Vanessa started writing fiction in 1999. In 2006 Vanessa established Inkwell Writers Workshops which provides writing workshops and critiquing services to authors. She is PRO and Newsletter editor for Irish Pen. Vanessa has had several short stories published…
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