Researching the Irish Civil War. My indie-published novels about the Irish Famine.

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historical research, and family history.

Indie author and self publishing my second historical novel.

My research on the failed Irish rebellion in 1848.

An image of a canal and the old railway line crossing above

August 2022 is looking like a slower month for my book orders. These are the total orders since I self-published my first novel back in...

Irish historical novel recounting the story of two intrepid young women, living through the Famine years.

Indie writers and creative writing workshops

Developing as an Indie writer and publisher of Irish historical novels.

Inspiration for a setting in my novel about the Irish Famine, 'Coming Home.'

It started with a short drive. I was in Ireland last week to babysit my grandsons. My daughter, Fran, was going to a wedding in Rome with...

Revising the end of my novel, I felt the ending was a bit too drawn out, not just for me and the characters, but for the reader. I...

I've had a very successful KDP free e-book promotion. It's fascinating to see where copies of 'Daughters of the Famine Road' are now. It...

I'm editing the second historical novel in a trilogy about the Irish Famine years. Annie Power and Jane Keating both left Ireland in the...

Just reading an excellent article about Antony Gormley. ‘I’m inviting people to explore the conditions of their own living.’ (Guardian...

Jane, will live a long life. Born in Galway in 1830, she will be almost eighty-six years old on the 24th April 1916, and she will witness...

#HistoricalFiction So, yesterday, I signed up with #Ingramspark. The self-publishing arm is similar to KDP, but Ingramspark are also...

My daughter, Nancy, asked me why I had chosen the name, Jane, for one of the two protagonists in my first self-published novel,...

13th April 2022. Two minute read. .My problem with writing the final chapters, and scenes, was to get both women, one dead and one alive,...