Archive for the ‘getting published’ Category
More haste less speed
After reading some inspirational words by Laura Cassidy and Kristi Thomson in the latest Inkwell newsletter – I realised that I haven’t really thought through what I want the year of 2011 to bring. Yes, I started reflecting in November…but it didn’t really get past that reflection stage. I think it got left behind while [...]
Building a writing profile – Part 1: An introduction
I’ve noticed a trend in all the writing courses/workshops/events I’ve attended. All aspiring writers want to know how to get their work published. It’s often a shock to new/emerging writers to find that building a profile is as important as creating beautifully crafted and exciting literary works. The internet makes the world much smaller and [...]
Books and Blogging: Organised by Poetry Ireland
Speakers: Twenty Major, Sarah Rees Brennan, Fiona McPhilips, Ivan O´Brien, Mags Walsh. What perfect timing for a talk on books and blogging to have come my way. Now, I’m new to Dublin and new to Ireland and can (I’ve decided) be forgiven for only knowing 40% of the people on the panel beforehand. Whatever I [...]
Toil and trouble and never giving up!
It has been crazy. The claim of “back with a vengeance” was doomed from the start (as cheekily pointed out by Lucien Maier – see interview here). A broken laptop, a necessity to move house, a relationship split, favours for friends and another Father’s Day remembering the deceased have spelt out a grand finale of: [...]
It seems like an age
Yet here I am. Life has been unpredictable and a bit of a whirlwind of change but I´ve made a huge decision. I am going to move to London. As soon as I fine that perfect job (and believe me, I´m looking!) then I will be there in the thick of it all. I miss [...]
On random inspiration outside of the norm
I’ve never seen a book vending machine before and so it caused me lots of excitement when I passed one at Heathrow airport. It’s been only hours since leaving work and the norm; and yet I’m already in the thick of letting go. I feel….released? I’m only at stage one of the journey to Australia [...]
On freedom to write
Recent constraints – redundancy, job searching, starting a new job, rocky relationship etc – have taken their toll and now its time to run wild in Australia. For three weeks. Imagine the amount of time available that is usually taken up by the mundane, the necessary and the unwanted. I have one more day of [...]
On accepting advice
Alter having read/listened to lots of other people’s opinions on finding experiences to write about etc, I set to wondering – have I been trying too hard? It’s a possibility and so I slowed right down to almost stopping and took stock. I don’t take advice easily – I´ve usually already thought of the suggestions [...]
On life´s impact and writing
It may have always been completely obvious to everyone else but this week I discovered that despite all good intentions and a lot of hard work, real life impacts our writing. This week has been slow – non existent in fact. I booked myself into a little hotel in Estepona as planned, but there was [...]
On wanderlust and the need for space.
Is it just me or are all writers (artists) driven by a need for experience, understanding and change? Having resided in Spain for three years now (four separate addresses!) I got that crazy itch for movement, new shores, new people and traditions…more things to write about and dissect/devour when I have a plethora of ideas, [...]
