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FOUR of our favourite novelists experiment with a new genre - IRISH INDEPENDENT

I never thought I would be sharing the pages with the wonderful John Boyne, Joseph O'Connor and Sinead Moriarty - Irish Independent WEEKEND MAGAZINE....

A NEW CHAPTER! 

4 of our favourite novelists experiment with a new writing genre......

Flash Fiction 500 - the short list!

Today I'll be working through the short-list of the Flash Fiction 500 Competition. It won't be an easy task to choose the winners from this array of fictional stories but I will certainly enjoy re-reading them all again. See you on the other side!





Short Listed Entries — in alphabetical order
A Man of Means by No MeansA Place More SilentAfter LifeBatsBeekeeping for BeginnersBit by BitCyan SummerDressing UpEgg on my faceFive MinutesHide and SeekHow to Clean Out a Cupboard…Just OneKing of the CastleNothing to Do But His LacesOn the Tissue Paper Wings of AngelsRecord BreakerThe Alphabet GameThe CleanerThe Glass BallerinaTie DieTomorrow, MaybeWant a Thrill, Enjoy a Spill?Weight MattersWhich Came First, the Name or the Legend?

Flash Fiction 500 - the long list!

Today I'll be working through the short-list of the Flash Fiction 500 Competition. It won't be an easy task to choose the winners from this array of fictional stories but I will certainly enjoy re-reading them all again. See you on the other side!





Short Listed Entries — in alphabetical order
A Man of Means by No MeansA Place More SilentAfter LifeBatsBeekeeping for BeginnersBit by BitCyan SummerDressing UpEgg on my faceFive MinutesHide and SeekHow to Clean Out a Cupboard…Just OneKing of the CastleNothing to Do But His LacesOn the Tissue Paper Wings of AngelsRecord BreakerThe Alphabet GameThe CleanerThe Glass BallerinaTie DieTomorrow, MaybeWant a Thrill, Enjoy a Spill?Weight MattersWhich Came First, the Name or the Legend?

Feeling emotional!!

Feeling all emotional today seeing the cover of one of my ex-students new novel...isn't it beautiful?? Launch the 25th November in Rome!

Halfway to crazy!

It was such a lovely evening last night at Tallaght Library, and many thanks to Emma Perry of the library staff for organising it.

I always enjoy chatting about my novels and the writing process, but an unexpected question from one member of the book club got me really emotional and tissues were required. I won't go into the details but the group were so lovely and supportive, along with plenty of cups of tea and treats.

Sometimes, I have to pinch myself, and especially on evenings like last night when so many people tell me how much they enjoyed a story and adopt the characters as real people the way I do when I'm writing them. Yes, I know, halfway to crazy, but that's how I look on it - if your characters don't feel real to you, they won't feel real to anyone else either!!

Flash Fiction 500!

I have been blown away by the standard of entries for the Flash Fiction 500 Competition!  We are now down to 25 stories at this point which I will be rereading and rereading over the coming week. Thanks to everyone who submitted work!

Books, Readers and great day in Belfast!

I was up with the larks this morning to catch the early morning train from Dublin to Belfast for Readers Day.

I love trains - you get to see the landscape whizzing by in a nice comfortable seat where the only thing you have to do is enjoy it all, or when the mood takes you, work on your laptop. I did both and I was well chilled by the time I got to Belfast.

Thanks to Margaret and Barbara and all the library staff from the region, who brought so many book clubs together for an afternoon of LAST KISS surrounded by books and readers.

I've never been in the company of nearly 100 people who had all read my book in the last few weeks. I felt I had arrived home to lots of new friends.

It's been a long day but one I will remember with fondness!

Bord Gais Energy Irish Book Awards 2014!!

Over the moon to be shortlisted in the Bord Gais Energy Irish Book Awards for LAST KISS....and you can vote here...

http://www.irishbookawards.ie/2014-shortlists-voting/

Readers Day Belfast!

Really looking forward to Readers Day in Belfast this Saturday!! 
Library book clubs will be discussing LAST KISS with Q & A afterwards..better be on my toes!

Artyfacts - Kildare FM

Podcast of my interview with the fab Brenda Drumm from Artyfacts on KFM
Listen in by clicking on the image below!!