Social networking is considered by some people to be a more important skill than writing ability for writers. That may or may not be so. I hope not! Although if you can’t get your work ‘out there’ how can you get it read? In my last post about social proof I mentioned that I […]
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Bullying and technology
WHY CAN’T WE BEAT BULLYING? Bullying and technology are two words that are coming together more and more now. Technology is relatively new but there’s nothing new about bullying. However, what is new, is the rise of technology as a bullying tool. Bullying in childhood used to be confined to a specific group – usually […]
Staying Motivated
Are you having problems staying motivated? Can’t get the energy together to carry out your plans? I’ve been through this myself and this is how I recovered my motivation. Staying motivated isn’t usually a problem for me. I say usually because I have experienced several episodes of depression during my life and at these times […]
FOOTBALL STORIES – FOOTBALL CRAZY
Football Crazy is one of two football stories written originally for RTE Radio. The story is much-loved for its humorous and realistic look at life in a family who love football – as seen through the eyes of a small boy. It differs from other football stories in that as well as taking a humorous […]
DARK HUMOUR
DARK HUMOUR “I can hear someone screaming – that’s the last time I buy gaffer tape in the discount shop.” Did this make you laugh? I did. I love dark humour. But, not everybody does and that’s okay. What makes us laugh? Why is that one person can roll about laughing at something that makes another […]
EVERNOTE WAS HACKED
DID YOU EVERNOTE? Evernote was hacked! Now, this worries me. Being a writer, I’m worried by any threat to my note-taking/keeping system. Mind you, I’m not talking about any old note taking system and I’m especially not talking about the old-fashioned spiral-bound system that many of us used to use, although I remember I did once […]
HORSE BURGERS
HORSE BURGERS In case you’re wondering why there’s a piece about horse burgers in the middle of a blog about creative writing, let me explain. You see, here in Ireland we are continually being bombarded with more and more horsey stories and as a writer I just can’t ignore it any longer, not to mention […]
Keeping Life Simple
“Let your boat of life be light, packed with only what you need – a homely home and simple pleasures, one or two friends, worth the name, someone to love and someone to love you, a cat, a dog, and a pipe or two, enough to eat and enough to wear, and a little more […]
New Years Resolutions – for Writers
Even if you don’t believe in New Year’s Resolutions, the New Year is a good time to assess your writing and think about ways you can achieve your goals. If you are just starting to write, or even just thinking about beginning to write, the easiest thing to do is start with the very basics. […]
BREAKING WRITER’S BLOCK IN FIVE STEPS
START BREAKING WRITER’S BLOCK? When ever I think of the phrase ‘breaking writer’s block’ I get a mental image of some wild-haired, red-eyed writer, dragging an empty page out of an old-fashioned typewriter, then staggering round a room full of scrunched up pieces of paper before finding a half full whiskey bottle on the floor […]