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The last thing I said to the participants of yesterday’s workshop before they headed out the door and back into the currents of their own lives was “Have faith in yourself.” I would like to repeat it here, for emphasis. There are times when rigorous criticism of one’s own work is called for. There are [...]
Just had the first Joy of Writing workshop with a wonderful group of people. I really enjoyed it and hope to get the chance of doing more. I’ve been thinking of introducing some new ideas in the next while. One is to blog my attempts at e-book marketing as mentioned earlier to see for myself [...]
The workshop has generated quite a bit of interest but there are still places free! Fee a recession-busting €10.00 Note on signup you should receive an automated confirmation e-mail. If, for any reason you do NOT receive this mail, please feel free to drop a comment on this entry, submit to me via the feedback [...]
Am happy to refer readers to some good news from Listowel this time around – the 2010 Listowel Writers’ Week webpage is up. Of particular interest to short story writers is the Bryan MacMahon Short Story Award. Closing date is Friday 26th February and word limit is 3,000. Which I think is sensible enough – [...]
Sometimes in the past, I’ve been a bit wary of self-publishing. Historically, it’s been a vanity process and many of the publish-on-demand (POD) services perpetrate that system. Or you invest in it yourself at huge expense with no guarantee of return. And there is also the problem of quality control. Yes, the gates are difficult [...]
Last night I was re-reading bit of Emotional Intelligence, a book which mentions the concept of “flow” pioneered by Mihaly Csíkszentmihályi in the 1990s. To be in flow means that you are so deeply absorbed in what you are doing that, in the words of W.B. Yeats, you can no longer tell the dancer from [...]
A bit of good news – had a look at the Writing4all website and my story is on the shortlist for the Writing Spirit competition just gone. (There is a new one just open and as far as I know entry is free.) I’m crossing my fingers! A Gentle Reader has pointed out that there [...]
The short story market in Ireland is a good one, but tends to be limited. There are only a few publications and (apart from one magazine) they range from totally mainstream to the occasional gesture towards urban fantasy. Last year I discovered that there are many great outlets for science fiction and fantasy (SF/F) in [...]
The Irish Writers’ Centre are hosting a series of introductions to new short story writers. The plan is to feature four writers at each monthly event. The IWC welcome submissions and tomorrow is the last day of the submissions period, so if you have a story gathering dust – send it out! Nothing to lose [...]
Fee a recession-busting €10.00 Looking to discover a new talent or explore your writing further for the New Year? I will be conducting a writing workshop in Writing Short Fiction in the All-Trust Centre in Bray Co. Wicklow starting 10.30 on Saturday 30 January 2010. In a central location right next to Bray Dart Station [...]
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