One-to-One Consultancy

One-to-One Creative Clinic at Irish Writers Centre for CRIME/THRILLER writing for the 7th June is now BOOKED OUT! However, I'll now be doing a second day on the 24th May-but there are only 2 places left! Phone 01 8721302 to book! #earlybird

Pics from Something Wicked!

It was a great workshop at Manor Books in Malahide last week. All 18 participants took to the crime writing exercises and workshop like seasoned pros. Thanks to everyone who organised the event, Fiona, Dara, Colin, and Robert at Manor Books. Good luck with the Something Wicked Festival, and it is fantastic to see a community coming together to enhance the cultural experience for all.

 

Hitting the shops in the next couple of days!

The 6th March will see the publication of the smaller paperback version of The Doll's House. It is also my wedding anniversary, so I'm taking it as a good sign!!!

Thanks to Tracie Newell of Easons O'Connell Street for sending me this lovely pic!!

The Eagle has landed.....

Writers can be a bit dramatic at times. I suppose it helps with getting the odd dash of drama and tension into your stories. Having submitted the first draft of LAST KISS to the publishers today, it feels like I've delivered a third child. Having had three children, I recognise that it is not quite the same thing, but call it being overly dramatic, or just plain exhausted, I do feel in some a way like I've given birth, only without the obvious pain....

This last novel has been a tricky one, and for a number of reasons, but then again, I like tricky, mainly because it is challenging.

I guess each story will present its own challenges. With RED RIBBONS, I wanted to portray the fear of the bad man in society through a series of voices, including that of the killer. With THE DOLL'S HOUSE, I found the area of hypnosis, fascinating, and hopefully within the telling of the tale, the past and present were realised in a way that had a level of uniqueness.

With LAST KISS, as a writer, I was brought somewhere else entirely. I'm probably still too close to it right now, but to say it tested me would seem reasonable. Within all three novels, the killer's voice featured predominately, but within LAST KISS, this element went up a level.

It will be interesting to see how it is received, but good or bad, I couldn't have written it any other way.

Now, off to pick up my life, get some food into the house, find a floor under the mess, say hello to my family, and any friends that are still around after me ignoring them for a considerable about of time, take care of the work backlog, and remember to do a bit of living!

Something Wicked

I'm really looking forward to this! If you're interested in Crime Fiction Writing, then this might be for you - the workshop is FREE, but reservation via the email (info@somethingwicked.eu) is essential.

The End!!

Well, I've reached the end of the 1st draft of LAST KISS (working title) all 116,000 words!

Time for a short break and then a couple of weeks of editing before submission!

Going into hiding!

I'll be in hiding for the next week getting to the end game of LAST KISS Draft One - See you all on the other side!

New Look Cover of THE DOLL'S HOUSE

The mass paperback version of THE DOLL'S HOUSE will be published on the 6th of March, and here is the new look cover!!

What A Year!

Interview with EMUZINE Writers' Magazine

"The past year has been the most exciting and successful yet for author Louise Phillips...."

READ FULL ARTICLE HERE or click image below!

A milestone, but how far away is the end game?

I passed the 100,000 words today in my first draft!! (Working Title - Last Kiss)

Mind you - I still don't know what the whole plot will involve. I guess I'll have to trust the process.

Yesterday was a bit of a marathon run for me, getting over 3,000 words done, and I think I'm paying the price for it today, but still, I'm reasonably happy.

Apart from the finer details of the plot, and how it will all end, I can't put an estimate on how far away the finish line is. 

It's close, but how close is the question??