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7th September 2019

That difficult third (or is it the fourth) novel…

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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21st February 2021

Picture Gallery

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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25th November 2020

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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23rd November 2020

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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18th November 2020

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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4th January 2020

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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2nd January 2020

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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19th November 2019

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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7th September 2019

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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7th September 2019

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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7th September 2019

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

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7th September 2019

Kylemore Abbey, Galway

Well, Kylemore Abbey was a disaster. It took us an hour to drive there from where we were staying in Glencorrib and when we arrived, the first thing

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