Watching My Hands at Work – A Festschrift for Adrian Frazier

The Galway Review

Edited by Eva Bourke, Megan Buckley & Louis de Paor

With contributions from: Guinn Batten, Eoin Bourke, Eva Bourke, Edward Boyne, Ken Bruen, Megan Buckley, Sandra Bunting, Patricia Byrne, Laura Ann Caffrey, Moya Cannon, Louis de Paor, Theo Dorgan, Noel Duffy, Susan Millar DuMars, Trish Finnan, Ndrek Gjini, Michael Gorman, Eamon Grennan, Gerard Hanberry, James Harpur, Aideen Henry, Kevin Higgins, Rita Ann Higgins, Dillon Johnston, Hugo Kelly, Thomas Kilroy, Susan Lanigan, Irina Ruppo Malone, Molly McCloskey, Mike McCormack, Conor Montague, John Montague, Pete Mullineaux, Val Nolan, Mary O’Malley, Christian O’Reilly, Ruth Quinlan, Thomas Dillon Redshaw, Moya Roddy, Ailbhe Slevin, Jordan Smith, Deirdre Sullivan, Áine Tierney, Eamonn Wall, Christian Wallace, David Wheatley, and Vincent Woods.

It is now more than twelve years since Adrian Frazier arrived from the United States to teach in the English Department in NUI Galway at the height of a distinguished and varied career as a literary…

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ROPES in the Media!

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The launch of ROPES 2013 received quite a bit of media attention!

A review at The Ranting Beast: http://therantingbeast.com/book-review-ropes-2013-coming-of-age/

An article in The Galway Independent: http://galwayindependent.com/20130424/educationtraining/literary-launch-S16767.html

And coverage in The Longford Leader: http://www.longfordleader.ie/lifestyle/entertainment/longford-students-at-the-helm-of-prestigious-third-level-publication-1-5032768

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Corporate America Sucks—Seriously; A Writer’s Tale At Self-Discovery

A Writer’s Tale At Self-Discovery form confessionsofaliterarygoddess

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Okay so ranting about corporate America is not new, and certainly not literary minded. It is however a story—and for a while it was my story, so I suppose I should go into the details about that. Rarely do I divulge biographical data (privacy and trust are two fundamentals for me), but this played such a big role in my life. My journey into pursuing my writing career rests largely on this incident, so I feel compelled to share this tale.

Several months ago I quit my office job. It wasn’t a plushy job, and certainly not one that left me sleeping in a bed of money. But it was a job—a job; a treasured commodity in these tough economic times. I of course had other resources, and no issues with food and shelter (which if you do, think HARD before you consider making such a jump). My…

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Crime Writing Workshop

 

 

 

 

View from Carousel Creates Crime Writing Workshop

originally from   http://www.writing.ie/guest-blogs/50-shades-of-crime/ 

Last Saturday on a beautiful sunny morning in the Dublin Mountains, I met an amazing bunch of crime writers at Carousel Creates workshop. Having a secret ambition to be a teacher from when I was a child, I apologise if  I slipped from being a facilitator to a bossy teacher at times!!

We had a jam-packed day, starting out with the essential elements of crime writing, followed by crime scene/forensic evaluation, and the ‘why and how’ of research. After that we all had  a well earned lunch at the beautiful Carousel Writing Retreat, and were able to step outside and enjoy a mountain view filled with bird song and crime writers chatting.

After lunch there was no room for any slackers (there were none!), as we embarked on getting to grips with dialogue, and an exercise which evolved changing gender, age, temperament and point of view, all with a view to creating effective dialogue/characters. We had a ghost called Sarah who infiltrated the writing exercise earlier in the morning, being replaced by the influence of 50 shades of crime in the writing material!! You know who you are   Much earned coffee/tea followed, after which we looked at  pitching your novel, learning about the current market, and finally for those fun loving creative souls within the group, how to make your own novel trailer!

All in all it was a fab day, and I thoroughly enjoyed it, especially meeting such a talented and enthusiastic bunch of people.

We will run the workshop again later in the year, so keep an eye out for that!

I’ll be doing a shorter workshop as part of World Book Night at Tallaght library this week. It is  booked up already, but again I’ll keep you posted of upcoming events.

Finally, thanks to Carolann Copeland of Carousel Creates for all her amazing work on the day.

about the author  Louise Phillips 

Born in Dublin, Louise Phillips is the crime writing mastermind behind writing.ie’s Crime Scene blog. She began writing in 2006 when her youngest son turned thirteen. Since then, Louise has won the Jonathan Swift Award with her story Last Kiss. She was a winner in the Irish Writers’ Centre Lonely Voice Platform, short-listed for the Molly Keane Memorial Award, Bridport UK, and long-listed twice for RTE Guide/Penguin short story competition. Louise has been published as part of many anthologies, including County Lines from New Island, and various literary journals. In May this year she was awarded an Arts Bursary for Literature from South Dublin Arts Council.

Hachette Books Ireland bought Irish and UK Commonwealth rights for Louise’s debut psychological crime novel Red Ribbons, which was shortlisted in this year’s Irish Book Awards for Best Crime Novel of the Year 2012. Louise’s second novel The Doll’s House will be published in 2013. Red Ribbons centres on the abduction and murder of a 12-year-old school girl and the main character Kate Pearson, a criminal psychologist who is drafted in by the police to help them find the killer. Ciara Doorley of Hachette likened Phillips to Sophie Hannah and Tana French, and said: “Louise is a supremely talented writer. She subconsciously creates parallels between her characters, and this really challenges the reader. Her writing is tense, atmospheric and we’re really delighted to have launched this a new voice in Irish crime.”

http://www.writing.ie/guest-bloggers/crime-scene/  

Exclusive story from Neil Gaiman in the Guardian

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The Thames is a filthy beast: it winds through London like a snake, or a sea serpent. All the rivers flow into it, the Fleet and the Tyburn and the Neckinger, carrying all the filth and scum and waste, the bodies of cats and dogs and the bones of sheep and pigs down into the brown water of the Thames, which carries them east into the estuary and from there into the North Sea and oblivion.

It is raining in London. The rain washes the dirt into the gutters, and it swells streams into rivers, rivers into powerful things. The rain is a noisy thing, splashing and pattering and rattling the rooftops. If it is clean water as it falls from the skies it only needs to touch London to become dirt, to stir dust and make it mud.

Nobody drinks it, neither the rain water nor the river water…

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Joss Whedon takes on Shakespeare

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The following post is reblogged in full from GalleyCat here.

The Avengers director Joss Whedon adapted William Shakespeare‘s comedy, Much Ado About Nothing, as a modern-day retelling. The trailer is embedded above–what do you think?

A limited release date has been set for June 07, 2013. The film has already screened at the Toronto International Film Festival and the Glasgow Film Festival. As previously reported, Whedon shot the entire movie at his own home in 12 days. Here’s more about the film from NPR:

As I watched Much Ado About Nothing, I had the distinct thought, “I wonder whether this is the future.” Not the future, of course — I don’t believe we’re anywhere close to the end of the blockbuster, nor do I believe we’re necessarily entering a new age of Shakespeare — but a big piece of the future. Big films have gotten…

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Book Promotion Strategies — That Actually Work

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What’s the best book promotion strategy you’ve ever seen?

Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian took to Reddit to seek promotion advice for his new book, Without Their Permission: How the 21st Century Will Be Made, Not Managed.

He asked the network of loyal readers: “What are some of the smartest things you’ve seen people do to promote a book? … I’d like to make the most out of all this time I have to do some awesome stuff for the fine folks who’d pre-order/buy a copy.”

We’ve collected ten reader responses below to help you plan your own book promotion.

 

Book Promotion Strategies That Actually Worked

1. oguerrieri wrote: “Definitely offer free e-book with purchase of hard copy! Something I wish every book did.”

2. JoanofLorraine wrote: “My favorite example is the writer who opened a storefront in Brooklyn that sold only copies of his own book.”

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