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Currer Bell. George Eliot. Michael Field (that was two, I think) It’s been common enough over the ages for women writers to take men’s names because they were more likely to be taken seriously as a result. But of course there’s none of that nonsense goes on now, surely? Aren’t we all equal and everything [...]
I notice from the Almighty Statcounter that more people are dropping by on foot of the recent Irish Blog Awards nomination. Mirabile visu – in other words, wonderful to see yiz all. I’d like to take the opportunity to inform or remind you all about the workshop I’m holding in Dublin city centre on the [...]
A great and funny how-to by Megan-Rose Vedris here. Exactly what it says on the tin. Shorter version: The Rule of Thumb Treat the gays like the straights. If a straight person gets something good, so does a gay person. If a gay person gets something bad, so does a straight person. And for God’s [...]
Some writers like to work in silence. I almost never do. There is usually a soundtrack on. The advent of YouTube means that I can select what I want to listen to on demand, which is great. What I listen to depends on what I’m writing – when I was working on a long story [...]
I’m pleased to have been nominated in the Arts and Culture Category in the Irish Blog Awards – more information here. Thank you kindly to the people who voted. There are many other great blogs in that category, some of which I know and some of which I am discovering. I would single out Emerging [...]
As the number of blog posts increases, it becomes necessary to categorise them for a better reader experience If you are interested in reading entries belonging to a particular category, scrolling down on the right hand side will bring you to the category list. I’ve created a few categories – one in particular may be [...]
from The Right to Write by Julia Cameron: Many people…think about writing a novel and imagine that in order to do it they must know everything from the start. Writers can make it sound like they did know, did plan, did think their books through in advance. I think this comes from a certain understandable [...]
Dear Readers, I checked the mailing list today and realised it didn’t work – so I fixed it and it is now doing what it should. If you already added your e-mail to the mailing list I unfortunately won’t have it unless you re-enter it. I apologise to you all for the inconvenience and thank [...]
Disclaimer: I’m not necessarily a big reader of Julian Gough – but I like his blog entry here on the state of Irish Literature, for its passion and honesty. There are some things it doesn’t do to be too temperate about and he obviously cares about his subject a great deal. Two warnings – one, [...]
I am delighted to announce another workshop on “Writing Short Fiction” to be held in the Centre for Creative Practices in Dublin city centre. This will be run over two evenings, from 7-9 PM, on Monday 22nd and Tuesday 23rd March. Signup and booking can be done via the website and the fee for both [...]
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