The first Eblana meeting of 2012 is on Wednesday 1st February at 7pm in the United Arts Club. New members are most welcome. We generally meet in the bar of the Club for a chat, before starting the meeting. Here…
Great new contest – the Fish Short Memoir (Life Writing) Contest, with David Shields as the judge. First prize is €2,000, and the ten best short memoirs will be published in the 2012 Fish Anthology. Closes 30 Jan 2012. We…
Here are a few notes on pointers received during the Listowel Writers’ Week course on ‘Writing Funny’, given by Gerard Stembridge. When writing comedic prose the most important thing to convey to the reader is the comic idea. What is…
The first edict of advice establishing itself boldly at the top of self-help and how-to lists on writing is simply – write. It seems a glaringly obvious suggestion, but one which if not set out to remind most of us…
We’ve all read our share of books about writing, but my recent trip to the States brought home to me what an enormous range of magazines are also available on the subject. Borders Bookstore displayed a baffling range of periodicals…