First published back in 2012, this article is consistently one of the most popular resource pieces from the extensive Writing.ie archive. Synopsis.  Summary.  Two words capable of striking fear into ...continue reading >>

I’ve been writing for over twenty years, and much of this time has been spent trying to improve my skills as a writer. I started out going to evening classes, ...continue reading >>

Submissions Deadline: Open The Passage Between is a transatlantic literary magazine founded by two close friends that found themselves separated by the Atlantic. We mix the literary movements of Ireland, the ...continue reading >>

Recently I was asked why my debut trilogy was picked up for audiobook publication so quickly. The standard answers apply of course: Luck, advertising, making a good impression on first ...continue reading >>

This week I’d like to go into an important aspect of writing, who your story is about: the characters. As much as you need to take care with your setting ...continue reading >>

Nicola Cassidy, author of December Girl, reflects on the research that led her to write her debut set in the Boyne Valley, in a week that saw the famous site ...continue reading >>

Submissions Deadline: Open Fionnuala Cloke and Gráinne O’Toole set up Skein Press in 2017. Fionnuala worked in publishing before going freelance as an editor and translator and Gráinne is a ...continue reading >>

All writers strive to make their writing authentic. To make their dialogue, characters and situations real to the reader, believable. Memoir is real (while acknowledging that memory is fallible) so ...continue reading >>

I’ve been writing for a long time and if there’s one skill that has served me best out of everything I’ve learned, it’s critical analysis. Literary criticism is the study ...continue reading >>

I was asked recently how I came up with the character of Kay Kelly. For those who have not read the book, Kay Kelly is the first-person narrator of my ...continue reading >>