Illustration by JB Yeats “The Stolen Child”
In researching the prologue to my Yeats-Gonne series, which is told from the point of view of the fathers of … Read more
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Friday Fiction: Yeats-Gonne Series: An Unequal Marriage
Each Friday, I publish an extract from my work in progress, currently Dancing in the Wind (Book 4 of the … Read more
Dancing in the Wind Snippet: MAUD IS STUNG
The story opens in 1916. The world is at war, Irish freedom fighters have just staged an armed rebellion in … Read more
Dancing in the Wind Snippet: Stuff and Nonsense
The story opens in 1916. The world is at war, Irish freedom fighters have just staged an armed rebellion in … Read more
Dancing in the Wind: Extract 7: How Like Your Mother You Become
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Dancing in the Wind: Extract 6: Just Get Him Here
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Dancing in the Wind: Extract 5: An Astrological Deadline
The story opens in 1916. The world is at war, Irish freedom fighters have just staged an armed rebellion in … Read more
Friday Fiction: Interview About The Irish Trilogy with Regina Joyce Clarke
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
Friday Fiction: A Historical Literary Dinner with Ezra and Dorothy Pound, WB Yeats, Iseult Gonne and Georgie Hyde Lees
This is an extract from Dancing In The Wind, the second book in my WB Yeats trilogy. It is narrated by … Read more
WB Yeats Was An Indie Author: The Publishing History of The Secret Rose
Independent (“indie”) authors, as defined by the Alliance of Independent Authors, are writers who also publish. An indie takes on the role of creative … Read more
Friday Fiction: Sneak Peek of my Forthcoming Novel: Dancing In The Wind
Excerpt from: Dancing In the Wind: Chapter 3 The story so far: Having rejected, and been rejected by, the poet … Read more
WB Yeats’ The Secret Rose tattoo: How art generates art
If you’re looking at that picture and wondering: is that the image from the back cover of WB Yeats’ The … Read more
Three Great Readings of WB Yeats Poems
Below are three of my favorite readings of Yeats’s poetry. The first is from Bob Geldof’s flawed but fabulous program … Read more
Would You Like To Help Launch A Bestseller?
What I do Send you copies of my books as I finish them, for you to read and hopefully enjoy. … Read more
What Winning the Carousel-Aware Prize For Independent Fiction Means To Me
On October 25th, which also happens to be the night the Man-Booker prize winner was announced this year, I won … Read more