WB Yeats Discovers Esoteric Buddhism: A New Extract for Patrons
In this patron-only extract from "A Life Before", WB Yeats Discovers Esoteric Buddhism.
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Gonne-Yeats Series
about my Gonne-Yeats series: seven biographicals novels about the Irish poet WB Yeats and his mother-and-daughter muses, Maud and Iseult Gonne
Maud Gonne Meets Her Half-Sister: A New Extract for Patrons
In this patron-only extract from "A Life Before" Maud Gonne meets her half sister.
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Maud Gonne Statue Campaign: Update #1
This is the first update about the campaign to see a monumental statue of Maud Gonne in O’Connell St, Dublin … Read more
Maud Gonne Follows Her Father: A New Extract for Patrons
In this patron-only extract from "A Life Before" the young Maud Gonne follows her father to his rendezvous with the mysterious "M" and rushes headlong into finding out more that she'd bargained for.
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Thank You for Coming to My Talk at Kino-Teatr St Leonards
Thank you for attending my St Patrick’s Day talk “More Than A Muse: Maud Gonne and the Poetry of WB Yeats” at Kino-Teatr, St Leonards on Sea
WB Yeats Poems Inspired By Maud Gonne
Maud Gonne was a formidable activist and generous philanthropist, whose feminism and nationalism altered the course of Irish history, but she is still best known as the muse of the first Irish nobel laureate for literature, the great poet WB Yeats. This post is about some of the poems she inspired.
Introduction to A Life Before: Extract for Patrons
My latest patron-only extract from “A Life Before” is the very first pages, which will soon be on their way to the editor to produce a sample of the first chapter. They introduce the key characters who will drive the Gonne-Yeats series, More Than A Muse: the activist Maud Gonne and her daughter, Iseult; the poet WB Yeats, and Rosy's own Irish family including her cousin Lily, who was murdered by a bullet through the heart “by one who knew what he was doing”.
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Happy International Women’s Day 2024
Tomorrow is International Women’s Day and I’ll be using it to write to Minister for Media in Ireland about the … Read more
The Viceroy’s Kiss: New Fiction for Patrons
Enjoy this patron-exclusive extract from my next novel, A Life Before, publishing later this year, in which Maud Gonne expresses her dismay at the Viceroy's Kiss, and tries to bargain her way out of the commitment.
Image Credit: COLLINS BARRACKS IN DUBLIN. Photograph by William Murphy
Does Maud Gonne deserve a statue in Dublin? Of Course She Does
Sign up here to receive news and notifications of the More Than A Muse Campaign. Does Maud Gonne deserve a … Read more
WB Yeats Bids for Publication: New Fiction for Patrons
Enjoy this patron-exclusive extract from my next novel, A Life Before, publishing later this year, in which WB Yeats wants the editor of The Dublin Review to publish his play. So he and his friends cast a spell.
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My Next Novel, A Life Before: Launching on Kickstarter in July
The launch of my epic Gonne-Yeats series is getting close. Seven years work is about to come together, with Book … Read more
WB Yeats Writes The Lake Isle of Inisfree
Enjoy this patron-exclusive extract from my next novel, A Life Before, publishing later this year, in which WB Yeats writes The Lake Isle of Inisfree.
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Was WB Yeats an Indie Author? Yeats and Self-Publishing: Open Fiction Post
WB Yeats Was an Indie Author. Join me as I take a deep dive into Yeats’s Self-Published Books. This is an open post for all readers.
Cover Reveal: A Life Before. Open Fiction Post
Here is the cover of A Life Before, the first book in the Gonne-Yeats series and a standalone novel in its own right. It tells the coming of age story of Maud Gonne and WB Yeats and introduces a host of fictional characters setting out on a remarkable story.