Elizabeth Rose Murray

I’ve enforced some abstinence from the internet over the last week or so for several reasons: 1. I have my final edits to complete for my agent (cue sore typing wrists & googly eyes). 2. I have a whole field of vegetables reliant on my green fingers (my stomach will thank me later). 3. I [...]

I’m always careful about the term personal. After all, I don’t mean that I’m going to rant or rave or reveal overly-secretive feelings on any given topic. This is just a factual event which most people seem to find interesting and which I’ve been asked to write about several times – but never have. In [...]

This year is flying by – and I mean flying! My posts seem to be super irregular (apologies all – but this blog has to be lower on the priority scale then those I’m getting paid to work on) and every time I finish a project, another one comes my way. As you may have [...]

It’s been a while since I’ve posted and the reason is this; I’ve been trying to figure some stuff out. Like – what to write about on the blog. Where to concentrate my efforts to get my business moving to the next level. And how to do this while maintaining my creative writing (as well [...]

Two weeks may not seem like long but when you’re used to working in a corporate environment, with the security of a wage at the end of the month, it feels like a lifetime. And there’s been plenty learned… Firstly, working alone is lonely. This may seem a stupid thing to say but it’s true. [...]

I thoroughly enjoyed the Cork Spring Literary Festival for many reasons, as you’ll know if you’ve been keeping up to date with the official festival blog. I’ve been gushing over it to anyone who’ll listen – including the Irish Writers Centre.  As sad as I am to see something so wonderful come to an end, [...]

Writing creatively is a strange occupation – and not as easy as people think. It’s not like millions of ideas come streaming to you and then flow out onto the page, perfectly written. Far from it. All pieces of writing – whether it’s poetry, short stories, haiku, or a novel – need to be carefully [...]

If you couldn’t make it to Day 2 of the Cork Spring Literary Festival, you can read my account of the fabulous events over on the official blog. I focused on ‘performance’ as a theme because I think it’s a very difficult task for writers to move from the solitude of writing to the daunting [...]

The Cork Spring Literary Festival opening night saw the first-ever English language launch of a poetry collection by Zhao Lihong. An amazing poet with an incredible history, Zhao Lihong is the leading poet in China, loved by school children and grandparents alike – he can be recited by pretty much anyone in China. Not only [...]

Brace yourselves – I’m also going to be the official blogger for the Dublin Book Festival. Running from March 2nd to March 6th, I’ll be covering all the festival events and, in the run up, will be keeping you updated with event news as well as giving you some info on some of the writers [...]