At the risk of quoting Britney Spears – yep, I did it again! I was all set to go with NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) entry: had renamed Better Shoes T’ Walk In to Sunset to Sunrise, had designed a book cover and it was all uploaded to the NaNoWriMo site. I […]
Those of us in the Heart of a Child workshop entered our final week of critiquing on Monday. And it is huge. Not only are we looking at grammar, filler words, exposition, climax and denouement – we are conscious that we are the last critique before works are finally submitted and passed over to the judges! Each […]
This week in the Heart of a Child anthology workshop we are looking at theme and setting. Basically, if you want your reader to immerse themselves in your story, your have to put them in it! Theme and Setting are important but often neglected elements of a good story. Pinching another […]
We are up to Week Two in the workshop for Heart of a Child and are looking at characters. I could explain it here – but I will leave it to the expert Cayce Berryman again: Main Characters by Cayce Berryman Cheers Kerry
If, like me, the Eleven Years War in Ireland is new and a little confusing, I’ll give you some of the information I found while looking for information for The Parting Glass. Having a history degree has it’s advantages when writing historical fiction – but it also makes me a […]
So, I have a new idea for The Parting Glass. Although it would seem that it began in Scotland, the Irish have certainly adopted and morphed it as their own. And I did originally have visions of my ‘hero’ in the story to be a dying gentleman of sorts. So I […]
This is our beautiful dog, Bella. Unfortunately, Bella has terminal cancer and each day is a bonus. We had our third “Oh God, this is it” moment with her this morning. Luckily, for the third time, (and following a dose of big-time pain killers), she is much more comfortable and […]
I have been asked a few times why, since I love history and research so much, I don’t just write the facts. Facts are interesting. Why not just tell it like it is? To me, however, the facts are created by other elements – elements that are often ignored or […]
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