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April 28, 2014
Co Clare adventure
So I promised some people photos from our Easter trip to Co. Clare, Bunratty Folk Park, the Burren, the Cliffs of Moher etc etc. Boy are you going to regret that request. Sit back, this may take some time… (hope … Continue reading →
April 2, 2014
Shoes, Ducks & Maids of the Sea – Free ebook
So here it is folks – the IBbY ebook for Children’s Book Day. Shoes Ducks and Maids of the Sea is a collection of thirteen short stories retelling the classic tales of Hans Christian Anderson with an Irish eye. There … Continue reading →
March 31, 2014
Shoes, Ducks and Maids of the Sea booklaunch 2nd April 2014
I’m so excited to be a part of this anthology. My story, Winter, is based on a lesser known Hans Christian Anderson tale called The Ice Maiden. The ebook will be available soon. Everyone’s invited to the launch on Wednesday! … Continue reading →
March 27, 2014
Backups and researchiness
First of all I want to give thanks to Dropbox. I work out of my dropbox folder these days and thank goodness I do. At the end of my last round of edits I decided to read through the completed … Continue reading →
March 17, 2014
Happy St Patrick’s Day
It’s St Patrick’s Day, which generally means a weekend of rain. Luckily we didn’t get that (though there was a bit of drizzle through which we persevered). Instead there’s something of a feeling of spring out and about. Yesterday we … Continue reading →
March 6, 2014
Happy World Book Day
And in honour of World Book Day here is a Shelfie Please excuse the mess, jumbledness, double shelving and occassional fairy… Basically, there aren’t … Continue reading →
March 1, 2014
Half Price Sale
Fancy getting any of my Samhain paperbacks half price? That’s epic fantasy in the form of The Scroll Thief, fantasy romance 2 novellas in one book with Songs of The Wolf, or some sensual paranormal romance with Soul Fire! Samhain … Continue reading →
February 24, 2014
Interview with me
There is an interview with me up today on Lin Treadgold’s website. I talk about all kinds of things. It might even be interesting! (Back to edits I go) … Continue reading →
February 19, 2014
Frantic editing cave post – in which I made a library-related mistake
I am back in the editing cave. … I know, I haven’t been out of it much of late. That’s what happens when you have two books due and are writing two more. So editing cave. Unfortunately, I made … Continue reading →
February 1, 2014
Lá Fhéile Bríde
Happy Imbolc or St Brigid’s Day. As Brigid (or a form of her called Brí) appears in my forthcoming YA fantasy A Crack in Everything, I thought a little post on the day marking the first day of Spring was … Continue reading →
