Focal Literary Festival 2015!

Always good to talk books and writing......Focal Literary Festival Wexford 2015....

Interview with Paula Wiseman - LAST KISS!

TO LISTEN TO FULL INTERVIEW CLICK... HERE

Proof reading....

Final proof read of THE GAME CHANGER.....

Cill Rialaig Residency!!! - Exciting news!!

Over the moon about this!!!

We've some exciting news to announce, too...

We are delighted to reveal the seven recipients of our Cill Rialaig residencies which will take place over 10 days in October this year: 

- Andrea Carter 
- Anthony Glavin 
- Catherine Dunne
- Lia Mills 
- Louise Phillips
- Maria McManus 
- Seán Hardie 

Congratulations to the lucky writers who will get to soak up the remote and idyllic surrounds of Cill Rialaig. It's going to be humming with heavyweight literary activity this autumn!

TO SEE A VIDEO OF THIS FANTASTIC PLACE CLICK HERE

Irish Crime Novels - July 2015!

2nd July – Sinead Crowley ‘Are you Watching Me?’

7th July – Ken Bruen ‘Green Hell’

26th July – John Mc Allister ‘Barlow by The Book’

30th July – Jax Miller ‘Freedom’s Child’

30th July – Jane Casey ‘Hide & Seek’

READING IRELAND

It is always great to discuss Irish crime fiction, so I was delighted to be a contributor in this month's READING IRELAND - THE LITTLE MAGAZINE. The article is titled 'Irish Crime Fiction - Emerald Noir or Emerald Diversity?' 

The aim of the journal and website is to provide in-depth analysis of Irish literature, past and present, through a series of essays and articles written by Adrienne Leavy (editor) and other Irish and American writers and academics, along with opening a window onto the best of contemporary Irish poetry, prose and drama.

Well worth supporting!!

Join me on Periscope tomorrow at 12 midday 29th June!

I sure hope my film making improves by tomorrow!! Click on pic below to get an idea of what's happening.....

The end is near!!!

I came back from holidays on Wednesday and got straight into copy edits for THE GAME CHANGER. I completed them this evening. The journey of writing this novel has been an emotional one and there were moments when I despaired if it would ever get close to the aspirations I had for it at the start.

A friend of mine read it last week and loved it, and then the copy editor used words like magnificent, gripping, absorbing, compelling, terrifying, saying it was a tour de force, and that love, suspense, atmospheric backdrops, the effects of psychological trauma, and a mesmerising plot, added to it being brilliant. Don't worry, none of this has gone to my head, and like most writers, I will still worry about writing it better, but the end of the process is near and that is emotional.

And, here is the opening quote of the novel ...... 

"When we step into the family, by the act of being born, we step into a world which is incalculable, into a world which has its own strange laws, into a world which could do without us, into a world we have not made. In other words, when we step into the family, we step into a fairy-tale."

G. K. Chesterson

xx

Louise

The Ruth Rendell Short Story Competition now open for entries!

Monday 22nd June sees the launch of the fifth Ruth Rendell Short Story Competition.

The challenge for writers is to write a piece in any genre in no more than 1000 words. The winner of the competition will receive £1000 and will be commissioned to write four further stories for InterAct over the course of one year. The closing date for submissions is Thursday 29 October 2015, World Stroke Awareness Day. The winner will be chosen by Lynda La Plante, who will present the award to the winner at a ceremony to be held in 2016.

Terms and conditions of entry:
1. The length of each story must not exceed 1000 words.
2. Entrants can write in any genre.
3. Entrants can submit multiple stories.
4. The winner of the Ruth Rendell Short Story Competition will receive £1,000 and will be commissioned to write four further short stories for InterAct Stroke Support over the course of one year.
5. The closing date for all entries is 5pm, Thursday 29th October (World Stroke Day).
6. A £15.00 entry fee is applicable to each story entered. Payment by paypal with online entry or cheques and postal orders payable to: InterAct Stroke Support with postal entries.
7. The competition is open to anyone, including non-UK applicants, over 16 years.
8. Stories must be entirely the work of the entrant and must never have been published, self-published, published on any website or public online forum or broadcast.
9. While the copyright of any story submitted to the Ruth Rendell Short Story Competition will remain with the author, the submission of a story is done with the understanding that InterAct has the right to copy, distribute and publish the story to support the charity’s work.
10. Writers should be aware that if stories are to be read on hospital wards they will have to be sensitive to such a ward enviroment, and shortlisted stories will be judged on their abiliity to be effectively read on a hospital ward.
Disclaimer: Due to the expected volume of entries, the charity is unable to offer individual feedback to entrants. The decision of the judges is final.

How to Enter:

a) Online entries will receive an ID number on submittion of your entry form and this must be entered with the paypal payment of £15.00 per entry. The filename of online entries must be the title of the story and it must be either a .doc .docx or .pdf file. The entrants name and contact details must not appear anywhere on the manuscript of the submitted story. Online entries are confirmed by the email receipt of your payment to paypal. Alternatively you can pay by cheque, quoting your unique ID number on the reverse of the cheque. Any online entry will not be complete until payment has been received.

b). Postal entries must be typed, single sided, with pages numbered and unstapled, with payment by cheque for £15.00 per entry.
Please include a covering letter including the entrant’s name, contact details and word count of the story. The entrants name and contact details must not appear anywhere on the manuscript of the submitted story. Send postal entries to:

Short Story Competition,
InterAct Stroke Support,
Victoria Charity Centre,
11 Belgrave Road,
London, SW1V 1RB.
Please enclose a stamped addressed postcard marked ‘ACKNOWLEDGEMENT’ if you require acknowledgement of receipt of your postal entry.

Emailed entries will not be accepted. It is not possible to confirm receipt of entries by phone or email.

Online Entry Form: HERE

Where I Write!

So this is where I will be hanging out on the 29th June, join me live on Periscope....more details to follow!!