Breffni to Baltimore

In my first novel, "The Saints Lost Their Way", the protagonist left the turmoil in Ireland behind him when,. as a prisoner of war he was shipped as slave to Barbados. This left the family to fac...

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 More merging cultures Late into the night after Christmas, reminiscences sweeping over me like the gentle waves of the Patuxent, turned on PBS. I had enjoyed an extended nap on my new bed in ...

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 WAYS TO INCREASE YOUR CREATIVITY 6. PARK IN A DIFFERENT SPOT AND WALK THE REST OF THE WAY 7, WALK TO WORK 8. WORK AT HOME (A NECESSITY IN 2020) 9. WATCH WHAT CHILDREN DO. 10. LISTEN T...

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 A new feature on my blog: I have experience helping folks to remove self imposed barriers to their creativity. I will be sharing in small chunks, at least 150 ways to increase creativity. Als...

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    In 1970, The Beatles sang, “Long and Winding Road” which is a convenient description for my journey starting in that same era.to become a writer and publisher. As a cable repairman for...

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 Mother Nature, Father Time, COVID 19 and Trump's term in office, and my wife's fatal illness have ganged up on me, and sapped my energy, my creativity, and my ambition. But I reached down into ...

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 A slight departure from my usual kind of posts. I have many opinions to share, and I will begin with this one. I have been a Saturday Night Live fan since it first began. There have been some g...

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From the pages of my novel,  "The Saints Lost Their Way" Finbar, the patriarch of the fictional O'Doole family reads this poem to his grandchildren as they row across Lough Gill in Leitrim.  ...

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Excited to announce a book signing and discussion on March 16 from 11 to 1 at St. Inie's Coffee House, 46915 S. Shangri La Drive in Lexington Park Maryland

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  A little more about the Creevelea Friary.  Yeah, I think old Hank # 8 might have had something to do with the fire.  I remember the skeletons of some Scottish churches that he had torched...

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Well, had a nice day at the Mid-Maryland Celtic Festival in Mount Airy in June.  The folks from the St. Andrews Society were great hosts, very helpful and cooperative.  Met lots of fine and i...

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As a prelude to the Annual Celtic Festival in Southern Maryland, I was invited by my friend Jennifer Cooper to work with her and her guitarist Carl Reichelt (known professionally as 'GrooveSpa...

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Well, we're going to give a book signing another attempt.  My scheduled book signing at the Fenwick Street Used Books and Music Store in March was a victim of March coming in like a lion and bl...

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I've told you a lot about the book.  Take a look for yourself. .  Check it  out It costs $18.85 on Amazon  Here's a link https://www.amazon.com/Saints-Lost-Their-Way-ebook/dp/B075VGFQ6...

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To write demands recall. Recall of the minute details of all experience.  The look on the face of a man who is hungry; the smell of the wind s a new day is born; the feel of a velvet milkweed l...

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IRISH – NATIVE AMERICAN PARALLELS VALIDATED IN NOVEL PARALLEL IRISH NATIVE AMERICAN 1. Constant foreign invasions Gauls, Milesians, Galacians , Norsemen, Normans, English Saxons Sp...

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Finally, it's here What a birthday present! The Saints Lost Their Way is available on Amazon today. The book is available as of today on Amazon. Go to https://www.amazon.com/Saints-Lost-Th...

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One step closer to officially being an 'author'.  Uploaded the approved edited copy of my mss to the publisher.  A matter of days now before it becomes a book for the reading public.  It been ...

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Putting finishing touches on the novel, "The Saints Lost Their Way." Check the prelude posted earlier. Fine tuning with editor  Hope to be available soon Writing the book was a passion a...

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Well, I've taken the plunge.  Considering my age, and the time it takes to get a response from agent querying activity or the response time from publishers for a first novel, I shopped around f...

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                                                THE TWELFTH OF JULY A holiday in Ulster commemorating the victory of William of Orange at the River Boyne.  An interest...

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Seriously immersed in searching for publishing opportunities. I'm drowning in details! So many options:  I've invested time writing. Now, how much time and money to invest in publishing? H...

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I've been to these places and now feel comfortable writing about them Millmount - Drogheda Creevelea Abbey - Dromahair  Parke's Castle - Leitrim

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A while back I posted a question on this blog, asking, 'Why Not Me?' Well, since then, two important things have transpired.  #1, my DNA suggests that I am 38% Irish. #2, Marilyn and I spe...

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Looking at publishing options (particularly with publishers that welcome first-time authors who are unrepresented by an agent.  Some ask for a query in "Writers' Market 2016", but their website...

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