Dancing in the Wind Snippet: A War of Wits
The story opens in 1916. The world is at war, Irish freedom fighters have just staged an armed rebellion in … Read more
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DANCING IN THE WIND NOTEBOOK DAY 43: John MacBride – The Soldier
John MacBride was a soldier in South Africa for a few years, fighting with the Boers (Dutch settlers) against the … Read more
DANCING IN THE WIND NOTEBOOK DAY 39: Maud Gonne’s Links with Free India Activists
Maud Gonne’s father, Tommy, was a Cavalry Major, which was how the English born Maud ended up living in Ireland, … Read more
DANCING IN THE WIND NOTEBOOK DAY 37: Maud Gonne Biography for Children
There is a new online biography of Maud Gonne for children, created by Sophie Harkin for Lottie.com. Unfortunately, a few … Read more
DANCING IN THE WIND NOTEBOOK DAY 35: Rules for writing poetry by Ezra Pound
Pay no attention to the criticism of men who have never themselves written a notable work. Consider the discrepancies between … Read more
Dancing in the Wind Snippet: “You Are a Married Man, Sir!”
Willie Yeats was not the only poet to be attracted to Iseult Gonne. His young secretary, Ezra Pound, though married, … Read more
Dancing in the Wind: Extract 9: PORTRAIT OF EZRA POUND 1
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Dancing in the Wind: Extract 4: The Teller of the Tale
The story opens in 1916. The world is at war, Irish freedom fighters have just staged an armed rebellion in … Read more
Sunday Inspirational Poetry: A Poem for St Brigid’s Day
I wrote this poem about Brigid a few years ago but am taking it out for a replay today. Brigid … Read more
Join my Reader Group and Help me Develop my new Novel: In The Hour
Do you love fiction? Would you like to help shape my next novel, In the Hour? I now post short … Read more
IN THE HOUR Haiku Planning
I recently learned the most marvelous story planning technique from fiction writer and teacher Linda Cracknell—using haiku to outline/plan your … Read more
After The Rising & Before The Fall: Centenary Edition
I’m reissuing my Irish novels in a centenary edition. It’s almost 100 years since the events they describe happened and … Read more
New Novel Writing Process for IN THE HOUR
I am sooooo keen to get back to fiction, even though I’ve a lot of nonfiction projects still to finish. … Read more
Blogging Dancing in the Wind, Book Two in the Yeats-Gonne Trilogy
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 Fiction. In The Hour First Chapter
Friday is Fiction day on the blog. Here is the prologue to In The Hour: The Third Book in the Irish Trilogy.