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Friday Fiction: Announcing My First Three Gonne-Yeats Novels
I’m getting close to publishing the first three books in my Gonne-Yeats series and have been working on the covers … Read more
Friday Fiction: Gonne-Yeats Novel Series Running Order
I’ve mapped out and finalized the Gonne-Yeats series running order. This involved a lot more plotting than I usually do, … Read more
This Sunday’s poem of the week is: The Living Moment
I write and publish my poetry first on Instagram. Then on Sundays, I post the poem that received the most … Read more
Friday Fiction: Supporting the WB Yeats Bedford Park Project
I’m happy to see that the WB Yeats Bedford Park Project is back in post-pandemic action! I was a proud … Read more
This Sunday’s poem of the week is: What I Want
I write and publish my poetry first on Instagram. Then on Sundays, I post the poem that received the most … Read more
Friday Fiction: Remembering the Irish Civil War 1922-23
Ninety-nine years ago, my great-uncle Con (my father’s uncle, pictured left), was shot and killed in the Irish Civil War … Read more
This Sunday’s poem of the week is: Fire
I write and publish my poetry first on Instagram. Then on Sundays, I post the poem that received the most … Read more
Friday Fiction: The Life of Althea Gyles: Designer of The Secret Rose
Althea Gyles, the artist and writer who designed the cover of WB Yeats’s The Secret Rose (which I reproduced on my … Read more
This Sunday’s poem of the week is: Go There
I write and publish my poetry first on Instagram. Then on Sundays, I post the poem that received the most … Read more