This review was originally written for The Reviews Hub. Writer: Ciara Elizabeth Smyth Director: Jeda de Brí In South Dublin suburbia two women serendipitously become part of each other’s chaotic lives. Maura (Camille Lucy Ross) has just discovered that her marriage is in a worse state than she could ever have imagined. She tries to soothe herself with junk food…
November Blog: Sorcery of Sorts
I returned from my residency at La Napoule Art Foundation with a full mind and a heavy but grateful heart. The time I spent there was incredible, both personally and artistically, leaving me with much to mull over and memories that I hope I will hold forever. Before I arrived I presumed that it couldn’t possibly be as good as…
October Blog: The God of Humormystics
I’m writing this blog on Oíche Shamhna from an old château in the South of France. Sometimes it really is a case of being in the right place at the right time. I’m well into the second week of my residency at La Napoule Art Foundation, on the coast in the Bay of Cannes, and I’m having a ball. It’s…
September Blog: A Little Less Murder
The writing process is so unpredictable. I had anticipated that the third draft of Attrition was going to be a tidying-up exercise but I seem to have landed myself right into a complete re-write. This was most definitely not on the cards. I’m focussing on the positive outcome of this; my novel is going to end up in a better…
Wild Irish Lust: Introducing Penny Best
Promo from http://www.pennybestwriter.com Penny Best is the pen-name and persona for an explicit romance writer who has thrown caution to the wind. This fictional persona writes hot steamy quickie reads and has a degree in tantric sex therapy. Having spent her early twenties working in high-end gentleman’s clubs in London, Penny has now found her own inner goddess and runs…
Review: Starlet
This review was originally written for The Reviews Hub. Writer: Alison Spittle Director: Simon Mulholland In a midlands middle-of-nowhere location Michael and Shannon have a date. If anything, it’s something to do. The cinema, a few drinks, and the customary shift. Both disheartened by the world around them, they can still dream of better things. At least they’re not dogging at…
Review: Wishful Thinking
This review was originally written for The Reviews Hub. Writer: Shaunna Lee Lynch Director: Ciarán MacArtain Leaving a far from illustrious journalism career in London, one that involved more pouring coffee than Pulitzers, Siobhán (Karen Killenn) finds herself back home in East Cork and living with her mother Angela (Claire O’Donovan). She quickly realises that the place she left behind is…
August Blog: And Then There Was One
The process of reading through my current draft of Attrition continues. I delayed it by a couple of weeks while I worked on a smaller project, which I’m fairly happy with, and it was good to give myself some distance between drafts. I was hoping that this was going to be a read through, mostly focused on taking notes about…
July Blog: Put the Draft Down
I was about to start draft three of Attrition, in fact I had technically started it, when I realised I wasn’t following my own advice of taking time between drafts. So I closed the file and put the hardcopy away. There’s never a shortage of writing tasks to do or ideas to follow up on and as it happens I…
June Blog: Home and Away
June has been fairly chaotic, primarily because I’m in the middle of selling my home and buying to a new one. This has been a decision with a lot of mixed feelings. I currently live in a lovely Victorian redbrick terrace, full of character and charm, that I’ve been in for the last 8 years and was the first house…
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