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September 6, 2017
Forthcoming Interview: “Ten Questions with Peter J Merrigan”
I always hated doing interviews or talks, but this one was easy, thanks to author Malcolm Richards putting me at ease. Malcolm has an interview series called “Ten Questions With…” and this week it will feature yours truly. The interview […]
June 22, 2017
The Rider Book Series
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The Rider Series
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Hot News: RIDER Book 3 Announcement
With the release last week of second editions (reformatted, updated and redesigned), I had a talk with my editor who reminded me I still needed to finish the Rider series. And I said yes. Let me be honest – it’s not something I had ever intended on doing. Rider (book one) started off as a standalone. When I dropped the final full stop (you Yanks call them periods) into place on the last page, I thought I was done with Kane, Margaret, Clark and the others. But my editor convinced me it needed...
April 4, 2017
The Dreaded Bricks of Chapter Six
Those of you that know me or have been following my progress over the last few years, since way back when I was working on my first novel, The Camel Trail, will know my Achilles’ heel has always been (and likely always will be) the dreaded Chapter Six. Regardless of how long my chapters are, or how many words I have written of the first draft of a novel, as soon as I hit chapter six, I flail around a bit and flounder under the weight of my own words. Every writer will experience these questio...
February 13, 2017
Back on the wagon
“Back on the wagon” is probably the wrong analogy, but it’s all I could think of for now. After months of procrastination stemming from a[...]
January 9, 2017
Do or Do Not; There is No Try
In the almighty words of a certain little green man (that’s Yoda, if you hadn’t realised), Do or do not; there is no try. But what[...]
July 19, 2016
Ailigh – a draft cover
As I do, from time to time, when the frustrations of writing get the better of me and I can no longer put finger to[...]
July 7, 2016
Updates on the Work in Progress
Not much of an update, I’m afraid. Lately, I have kind of fallen into a phase of writers’ block. I know where I want to[...]
June 28, 2016
In the beginning
It all started with my return to Ireland in March 2016. I had been itching to start a new novel for a long time and,[...]
