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Maria Duffy – Any Dream will Do!
Back in March I interviewed Irish writer and fellow mum of four Maria Duffy in my mother writer series. I am absolutely delighted to announce that today is the publication day for her novel Any Dream Will Do. It’s been a whirlwind of a year for her, since signing with her Curtis Brown agent Sheila…
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NaNoWriMo Journal on Writing.ie
The folks at Writing.ie have asked me to keep a NaNoWriMo writing journal this year. At the risk of boring you I have agreed to jot down a few notes on my progress, my lack of progress, nasty critic gremlins and so on. So far my early morning regime is working for me but I…
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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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Writing and Guilt
These days we call upon ourselves to be everything in perfection. In the wider world success and fame are seen to be a criterion for happiness. In all aspects of our existence, health, parenting, relationships, careers we have been assaulted by a multitude of ‘shoulds’. These have been substituted for common sense and instinct. Even…
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Novel writing: Untangling a slinky
I’ve just spent a long time untangling my daughter’s slinky, which, as you’ll see from the picture is one of those springy coils that are really fun to play with. This slinky has been tangled up for a couple of weeks and all the members of the family have had a go trying to untangle…
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School hols & the writing parent: Day 1
First day of holidays which in our case last eight weeks until about the 30th of August, so maybe less of the Head above Water and more of the glug, glug, going under. With no firm plans so far and no summer camps booked as yet, these weeks are as yet an uncharted opportunity for…
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Mother Writer Interviews: Chris Mosler
Chris Mosler describes herself as an ‘over stretched, thinly spread mother of 4 writing, teaching, tutoring and parenting’. She is also a blogger (Her popular blog Thinly Spread is a finalist in the Mad Blog Awards), professional photographer and copywriter.. She was recently asked to travel to Mozambique with Save the Children and is now…
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