Finding the Story: Meet Me in Manhatten by Claudia Carroll
Huge thanks to the lovely Vanessa O’ Loughlin at writing.ie for asking me to visit
Huge thanks to the lovely Vanessa O’ Loughlin at writing.ie for asking me to visit
‘Where do you get your ideas?’ This is the most common question that writers are
We’re all about writing (obviously) at Writing.ie, but we understand that sometimes it’s quicker to
As far as I’m concerned, the true beginning of 2015 is Monday January 5th. Anything
After the enthusiastic reception to Adriana Bielkova’s Musical Writing Prompts on writing.ie, we were quite
I’ve recently been watching a series of documentaries on the Wild West. I don’t have

NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) is the crazy-making creative endeavour that challenges writers to produce
Under the banner of Head Above Water writers, I’m giving a series of classes in
Author Rose Doyle faciliated one of the first Inkwell Workshops was back in 2006 and told participants
There is no one right way to go about getting published. But there is one
The most important thing for a writer is the urge to tell a story. Writing
So you’ve decided to write a novel. And not just that – you’ve decided that
Failure is essential. Many times I’ve met writers who think that they must be brilliant
I have traveled the world for years in search of the ideal place to write.
My first novel started with a writing exercise. I was doing an evening class in
Debra Daley’s Turning the Stones is a romance blending Georgian high society with wild Irish
Everyone I know hates me. They tell me as much, all the time. To be
One year ago, I sent off a final draft to the Dundee International Book Prize.
I joined another Creative Writing Class last year. I do it a lot. Every time
All fiction, whether flash, short story or full-length novel, is the result of something triggering