This week’s column is all about research for fiction writing. No matter what genre you write in, some sort of research is usually required whether it’s the location of your ...continue reading >>

In October 2019, I signed a two-book deal with Legend Press, with my first novel Where the Edge Is due to be published next September. It’s wonderful and exciting and ...continue reading >>

I’m a big fan of anthologies and short story collections and have been fortunate to have work included in a number of them over the past few years. The Asylum ...continue reading >>

Submissions deadline: 21st January 2020 Paper Lanterns is a YA journal for writers, artists, dreamers, and doers. This is a space for the underrepresented voices and a platform for publishing ...continue reading >>

It’s January and for many this means writing resolutions, beginning that novel you promised yourself, and generally getting back into the swing of things. For this month, I thought it ...continue reading >>

While it’s true that no author is an island (it takes a sizable village to get a book to press, whether you’re an indie or traditionally published), being an author ...continue reading >>

My earliest memory is sitting on my father’s knee listening to him read me bedtime stories. Dad was an avid reader, mostly crime fiction, true crime and westerns, but he ...continue reading >>

What makes a book a success? What’s that magic ingredient writers need to bring to their manuscript to make it fly off the shelves? Ever since I started writing I’ve ...continue reading >>

Welcome to the first Really Useful Links column of 2020. As it’s a new year, I thought we should kick it off with a look at some of the best ...continue reading >>

Writing.ie has recently launched Writers Ink, an online writers group designed to give you support, friendship, advice and to help you achieve your writing objectives – whatever you are writing. ...continue reading >>