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Flash fiction in the Irish Times
Regular readers of the blog will know that I am a great fan of flash fiction and that I regularly take part in #fridayflash on Twitter where writers post their short fiction and read and review each others pieces. I’ve also talked about what flash fiction is on writing.ie Today in the Irish Times, crime…
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Interview with Sarah Bannon: Head of Literature at the Arts Council (Ireland)
I recently had the pleasure of meeting with Sarah Bannon, Head of Literature at the Arts Council. (Ireland). Sarah’s role is diverse and includes working with and helping to fund a variety of literature organisations and festivals and also assessing grants for individual writers under the Literature Bursary Awards Scheme. She is also active in…
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Results Not Typical Tour: Guest Post from Catherine Ryan Howard
The energetic and talented Catherine Ryan Howard has released three wonderful non-fiction titles: Mousetrapped, Backpacked and Self-Printed all hallmarked with her wry and engaging writing style. She’s now releasing Results not Typical – her first novel. I’m delighted to welcome her here today on her Result’s not Typical blog tour with a guest post on…
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My useless writing genius knows no bounds
Oh this tightrope between delusion and despair, between confidence and crisis! It’s something that is familiar to every writer especially those who are endeavouring, really endeavouring to create something that they hope ultimately might be enjoyed by someone other than themselves. I’ve written a collection of stories called Random Acts of Optimism and that’s what…
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#fridayflash Cleave
In this flash another outing for Emily and Eddie, some of the characters in my still-in-progress interrelated flash collection. Setting sun, last dash grasped memory of fun, rollercoasters on the prom. Scuff, scuffle, sleet, duffle, caress, ruffle. Kerfuffle. Summers last forever, last summer. This time she was late, she had been out with her mother…
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The bounties of blogging
Last week Hazel Gaynor (Hot Cross Mum) and I featured in an article in the Irish Independent by Bernice Harrington on Mums and blogging. Here is the Facebook link to the article which was the cover story in the Mothers and Babies supplement (requires a further download) I started blogging in April 2009 and as…
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