Resources for Writers
Developing Your Craft
Scroll down to read our articles on who exactly is who in Irish publishing – from agents to editors, state agencies to organisations, this is section is essential reading for anyone new to the industry.
Writers and Public Speaking by Olivia Rana
In 2012 researchers at Nebraska University carried out a study, which found that public speaking was the most common fear amongst students, ranking higher than hundreds of other fears, including...
The Misadventures of a Mature Student (Part 3) by Katy O’Dowd
As I was pondering which recollections belonged in my third and final dispatch about my first time at university, NUI Galway before embarking on my portfolio, two lovely uni-related things...
The Misadventures of a Mature Student (Part 2) by Katy O’Dowd
The last time we spoke, I had finished my first semester and was writing essays. This time, I am writing essays. I am writing essays like I have never written...
Genre Jumping: The Echo Killing by Christi Daugherty
The first idea for a novel that ever came to me was a murder mystery involving a crime reporter in the Deep South in the US. I had that idea...
Head, Heart or Gut: What Kind of Writer Are You? by Campbell...
My doctor has a theory that there are three kinds of patients: head patients, heart patients and gut patients. Whatever is ailing a patient, they will feel it first in...
Story Craft: PoV and the Writer’s Contract by Sharon Dempsey
One of the most difficult aspects of writing to get right, and to sustain over a piece on long-form fiction, is point of view. Getting it wrong is the quickest...
Ruthlessly Editing Your Own Work by Nigel Quinlan
The idea for The Cloak Of Feathers came out of a moment of despair when I was writing what would become my first published novel for children, The Maloneys’ Magical...
Switching from Mindless to Mindful by Annmarie O’Connor
My name is Annmarie and I’m a recovering distraction junkie. I never thought I had a problem until I was faced with a 10-car pile-up on the slippery slope of...
Keeping it Real by Helen Moorhouse
Books. Black squiggles, strategically placed on a substance made of tree bark. Informative. Instructive. Educational. And able to carry within them the key to the human heart and soul. Think...
The Misadventures of a Mature Student by Katy O’Dowd
Around this time last year, I went on a trip to Dublin to attend a KDP event and met up with an old with a friend of mine, who mentioned...
