Thinking about similarities between the Irish Famine and the Holocaust.

'Daughters of the Famine Road' is at #184 in Amazon.com e-books for Historical Irish Fiction.

Irish female emigration, positive and successful.

Importance of Amazon reviews for indie writers and publishers.

Researching life in the Famine Years in Ireland.

Tips on writing about theme. Using metaphor and imagery in your writing.

A story to read to a grandson.

Reading about Irish history and rebellion.

I set up a writing group with some of my fellow learners on the Open University Masters in Creative Writing. That was in September 2021....

Book marketing

Transported as a convict to Melbourne, New South Wales, the pardoned.

Review of second indie published novel.

Historical Galway. Researching the setting for Jane Keating, one of my female protagonists.

Haruki Murakami is a Japanese writer who began to write in English to simplify his ideas. Then he translated his words back into...

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

I have just read this amazing novel. It’s a best seller and for good reason. A mother takes her young son with her as they try to escape...

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When I wrote the story about Jane Keating's time in New South Wales in 1846-47, "Daughters in Exile", I planned for her to find out what...

The e-book went live last night and the paperback is in the process. Now, I can get on and finish the third in the trilogy! Hopefully...

historical research, and family history.