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How to Write a Book Series
A few years ago, I was a winner of the Novel Fair hosted by the Irish Writers’ Centre*. The prize was a day of meetings with agents and publishers. Although that book didn’t get picked up, I learned an incredible amount about how professionals in the publishing industry think, that it has stood me in good stead ever since and seen my subsequent books accepted. Continue reading
Time for a Tune Up
On Saturday I went to the Irish Writers’ Centre and spent the day at a fiction writing workshop. I know how lucky I am to have the opportunity to have such an amazing resource just a few kilometers away. There … Continue reading
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Cavan Comes to the Irish Writers Centre
Last week I read an excerpt from my current work in progress at the Irish Writers Centre in Dublin. Looking for the Right Word (whose title comes from a poem by the late Dermot Healy) was the showcase of the … Continue reading
Learning Editing from Brian Langan
Last Saturday I took the bus to Cavan and spent the day with other writers taking a class in editing from Brian Langan. Brian is an editor at Transworld/Doubleday Ireland, an imprint of Penguin Random House. He is also a published … Continue reading
A Wizard Day at the Irish Writers’ Centre
When Una and Ana-Marie and Simon and I decided to go to the Open Day at the Irish Writers’ Centre, we knew we’d have a wizard time. Simon said we were just a dog called Timmy short of an Enid … Continue reading
The Irish Writers Centre at Hinterland
On Friday afternoon, the Irish Writers Association came to the Hinterland Festival in Kells. Events Officer Kate Cunningham talked eloquently about the many benefits the Centre has to offer the beginning, emerging, or professional writer. The Irish Writers’ Centre which … Continue reading
Are You a Professional Writer?
The other day I approached the Irish Writers’ Centre with an idea for a class. They were very enthusiastic about the suggestion and, over the course of a few e-mails, asked if I’d consider applying for professional membership of the … Continue reading
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