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about my novels and life as a novelist
This is a scene reimagining the execution of John MacBride, Maud Gonne’s husband, for his part in the 1916 Rising. His death was to change life for Maud and Iseult forever.
It’s Friday Fiction here on the blog, so I’ll be blogging Dancing in the Wind, Book Two in the Yeats-Gonne Trilogy here with weekly extracts in the Friday Fiction slot.
I’m thinking of opening Dancing With The Wind with one of Maud Gonne’s fiery political speeches.
Question: Would you read on if this was what you found in the first pages of a book?
I have done some shuffling on the fiction front and I’ll be blogging Dancing in the Wind, Book Two in the Yeats-Gonne Trilogy here weekly in the Friday Fiction slot.
Friday is Fiction day on the blog. Here is the prologue to In The Hour: The Third Book in the Irish Trilogy.
I just dispatched my Life in Fiction Newsletter September 2019. Are you signed up to receive it? For a long … Read more
I thought you might enjoy this selection from an in-depth interview I’ve just done with author Regina Joyce Clarke. The full … Read more
This is an extract from Dancing In The Wind, the second book in my WB Yeats trilogy. It is narrated by … Read more
Writing a trilogy is a massive undertaking and I’m at work on Book 2 of my Yeats trilogy, Dancing in … Read more
I get a lot of emails asking about In The Hour, the final book in my Irish Trilogy. I’m pleased … Read more
Friday fiction: Just Do It is an extract from After The Rising, my first novel and the first book in the Irish … Read more
Friday fiction: Just Be Yourself is an extract from Below The Fall, the second book in the Irish trilogy. Jo … Read more
Excerpt from: Dancing In the Wind: Chapter 3 The story so far: Having rejected, and been rejected by, the poet … Read more
For the past year or so, I have been adapting a novel to script. Every Friday morning I meet my … Read more
I always have different projects at different stages of development. I’m currently at the earliest possible stage of the final … Read more
As you know, I’ve been writing a film script for a while, Dancing In The Wind, based on the strange love … Read more