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Category Archives: authors
Thursday Doors – Edgeworthstown
This week’s Thursday Doors features Edgeworthstown in County Longford. There are some interesting murals on the walls of a car park, painted by artist Phil Atkinson, depicting the family the town is named after. One of its members was an … Continue reading
Posted in Art, authors, Blogging, Historical buildings, History, Ireland, Thursday Doors, Travel, writers
Tagged Edgeworthstown, irishhistory, Longford, MarieEdgeworth, RichardLowellEdgeworth, ThursdayDoors, travelireland
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Thursday Doors – a Town, a Poet and a Book.
This week’s Thursday Doors will explore the connection between the town of Dundalk, the Scottish poet, Robert Burns and an old book that’s been in our family for generations. Remember that green copper spire that could be seen in the … Continue reading
Posted in authors, Blogging, books, Historical buildings, History, Ireland, Music, Poetry, Poets, Thursday Doors, Travel
Tagged dundalk, IrelandsAncientEast, RobertBurns, SweetAfton, ThursdayDoors, WilliamWallace
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Thomas Hardy
On 11th January 1928, the poet and novelist, Thomas Hardy died at the age of 87 in Dorset, England. He was cremated and his ashes interred in Poet’s Corner in Westminster Abbey but his heart had been removed and was … Continue reading
Posted in authors, books, History, social issues, The Good Things in Life, victorian society, writers
Tagged Thomas Hardy, Victorian Authors
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The Latest Book
At last, the seventh book in the series is finally ready to be unleashed on the public. I had some help designing the cover and finding props to use as a setting – thank you Rob and Megan. These were … Continue reading
Posted in authors, book publishing., books, History
Tagged AnIrishFamilySaga, FamilySaga, HistoricalFiction, IrishHistoricalFiction, JeanReinhardtAuthor
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Self-Publishing Advice
You don’t have to struggle all on your own. There’s plenty of advice available from independent authors and self-publishers – and the following video is a good place to start. Joanna Penn chairs a panel of seven experienced indie authors … Continue reading
Posted in authors, book publishing., books, Poetry
Tagged amazon books, Amazon Kindle, authors, authors self publishing, books
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Not so ‘Far from the Madding Crowd’
I have always loved Thomas Hardy’s historical romance, Far from the Madding Crowd, so you can imagine my exquisite delight to find three of my own books alongside his, in the top 100 Victorian romance books on Amazon UK. Most of … Continue reading
Foam Therapy
Agatha Christie is supposed to have said that doing the dishes is a good time for planning a book. Even the actor Liam Neeson, in an interview for Vanity Fair, quite a few years back, admitted to finding washing up … Continue reading
Terry Pratchett’s Nomes.
Such a sad loss, Sir Terry Pratchett (1948-2015). Anybody remember this TV serial based on his novel Truckers: The First Book of the Nomes?
Charles Dickens and TV Soaps.
So what exactly does Charles Dickens have in common with television soaps? He wrote about the everyday life of the ordinary man in the street, The Pickwick Papers was the Coronation Street/Days of Our Lives/Fair City of his day. At … Continue reading
Posted in authors, books
Tagged amazon books, Amazon Kindle, Dickens, fiction books, seriel fiction, writers
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Front Line
We have had some beautiful autumn weather here in Ireland, a bonus after an unusually long summer. As I walked along my local beach taking photos, the sound of the waves pounding on the shore reminded me of war for … Continue reading
Posted in authors, environment, Ireland, society
Tagged creative writing, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, war poems, WW1
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