From Classroom to Contract in Two Years
The dream of anyone who has every put pen to paper is be a published
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The dream of anyone who has every put pen to paper is be a published
When we were kids, we always wanted Mammy to read us the stories. Daddy read
When I finally decided to make a serious attempt at writing a book three years
The Mountains to the Sea festival, programmed by Tim Carey, Bert Wright and Sarah Webb
To be a writer, you need guts. You need to have talent pouring from the
People harm themselves in many different ways and it’s never easy for others to understand
It is a completely new departure. You have spent the previous six years working towards
Who represents Marian Keyes? Who is Cathy Kelly’s agent? Who helped Melissa Hill climb to
Workshops provide the synergy of teamwork for the solitary art of writing poetry. This week
No matter how well you write – you can always write better. I’m a fervent
As a poet, I have always had a particular interest in story-telling as a way
It’s three minutes past seven and there is a companionable but concentrated silence in the
Confusion often prevails when I tell strangers that I run a storytelling club. “How often
Last year I went to see a medium – which is something I do every
Christine Dwyer Hickey Novelists are not supposed to be in the spotlight; they should be
What was it that we all loved so much about The Famous Five? Writing.ie asked
How much does it cost to self-publish? This is one of the questions I’m asked
I bought a gorgeous little book at the LA Times Festival of Books calledYou Know
International best sellers John Connolly and Declan Hughes first presented versions of this list at
Intrigue and suspense are the tent poles of a good crime novel. No other genre