Well, I've published two novels and I'm now writing my third. it should really be a sequel to my last novel, Darkness Falling, but I've got
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I'm Patrick MacDonald
Author of Darkness Falling
and
The Faces That You Meet.
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Taken in Corsica before we had children which is why I looked so relaxed. I think I was in my early thirties. Taken at the Giants Causeway in
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Eggshells
This is a short story I've just completed. It's a little creepy but it was my last assignment as part of a crime-writing course. Hope you enjoy
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Ambleforth Manor
I've written a comedy-drama for my local radio station, Hunts County Radio. Series One, consisting of twelve episodes, has now been completed and
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The Invitation
I've finally completed my third novel and it's now available on Amazon. See link below: It's a psychological thriller set in my local village of
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Starting again…
I've done a substantial rewrite of my first novel, Down Where the Sharks Swim. I was never entirely happy with it so I've been working with an editor
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Declan O’Rourke
Chronicles of the Great Irish Famine I stumbled across this album whilst researching the famine. I want to visit the National Famine Museum in
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How I write
This pre-supposes of course any of you are remotely interested in the process of writing a novel... I tend to write early in the morning before
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One of the Inspirations for Darkness Falling
Patrica, Orr, who worked at RNIB at the same time as me, told me about an Irish ancestor of hers, William Orr, who was convicted and hanged for
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The Quiet Man
I was recently in Ireland in Cong which is where they filmed The Quiet Man with John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara. I was with my Mum, who is a sprightly
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Right to Bear Arms
So another mass shooting in America… Mind you, I think Trump’s nailed it. He says it’s a mental illness problem; I just didn’t think he
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Top 10 Cremation Songs
My Will specifies that I’m to be cremated rather than buried but, at a funeral last week I listened with interest as the coffin slid slowly into