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The Irish Through Cinema
James Bond Irish film meme – shamelessly stolen from worldirish.com I would like to dedicate this post to FT of The History Twins. Now she will know more about Ireland when she visits in June. You can...
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Being a female comic-book fan
In which I reveal my not-so-secret identity So I’m pretty sick and tired of the way things are when you’re a female comic-book fan. You think girl gamers have it bad? Walk into a comic-book shop. One...
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The inaugural meeting of Laydeez Do Comics – Dublin
It’s really strange. I posted about being a female comic-book fan yesterday, and set up a blog to talk about comics, and now I suddenly find out that there’s such a thing as Laydeez Do Comics and that...
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Infographic Friday – The History of Ink
Happy Infographic Friday! It was so very hard to choose today because I found a load of infographics that are all really interesting for different reasons, from history to biology to serial killers to...
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The Sometimes Man: One Year of Poetic Obsession
You can learn more about Evelyn Adams, her poetry, and and get a copy of her début collection, The Sometimes Man: One Year of Poetic Obsession, here.
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Should religion or ideology be used as an excuse to inflict suffering?
The Law on Elimination of Violence Against Women has been in effect in Afghanistan since 2009, but only by presidential decree. It’s now going to parliament to be written into what I think of as...
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Instagramming the Ugly
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking in between the whole writing thing, about Instagram, and my Instagram in particular. People always give out that Instagram makes everything too rosy-posy happy and...
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Issue 4 of ESC is now available
I’m happy to announce that issue 4 of ESC is available for purchase. Carefully cultivated and featuring international artists and writers, ESC#4 brings together a unique variety of talent. The first...
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some violent kind of steampunk story
one of the images the internet spits at you when you say the word ‘steampunk’ into its earhole. Buttoned-Up Boots I clambered into the ambilator, flicked the switch to feel it thrum to life beneath me....
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Learning How to Code – the future can be easy
Learning Web Design: Update #1 Dear Internet: I really want to be able to design and build themes for WordPress and Tumblr. Here’s how I’m doing with the web design stuff, in case you were interested....
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playwriting dialogue practice
LUCY A sitting room in a modern, fashionably decorated house. It is raining heavily outside. On the back wall there is a large oil painting of the Crucifixion, done in lurid colours, with ghastly...
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Life doesn’t come with achievements to unlock.
There’s always that point where you wonder what the point is. You start feeling like you’re running a race that’s already over. You look back, and remember that you’ve been at this point before. You...
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Never give up
Persistence is everything. From the ever-entertaining and thought-provoking ZEN PENCILS. Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933) was the 30th President of the United States. A serious and no-nonsense man, Coolidge...
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does the act of writing affect your brain? [infographic]
Happy Infographic Friday! This is also the day in which I fly to Charleroi (after work) and spend the weekend in (hopefully) sunny Belgium. Hooray! Also there’s some kind of market…and I get to touch...
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can people really change their lives or is it just marketing?
The 3 R’s of Habit Change: How To Start New Habits That Actually Stick – James Clear Google Calendar Says Play The Piano Except I don’t do what Google Calendar says, because I’m not a robot. I wish I...
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a thought-provoking story writing prompt
So my hearing has been deteriorating rapidly of late. If you’re my friend on Facebook or follow me on Twitter, you couldn’t have helped but endure my whining about it. It’s a long, boring story. Nobody...
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writing prompt part 2: the sound of silence (infographic)
Happy Infographic Friday. Since ‘Writing prompt: go without hearing‘, I’ve been pretty sick with ear infections but I’m all doctor’d up so I’ll live til I’m twice married, as my Auntie Hilda would...
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hard,fast rules for comic-book script writing
Harley Quinn in Arkham Asylum: Madness I’ve been reading comic-book scripts to get my mind back into that format again. There isn’t a set format, not like with novels which have paragraph and spacing...
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memoirs, photography, and your opinion
Back in April I asked for your opinion. I had a year of photos from Instagram that I had downloaded before I deleted Instagram, and I was wondering if a memoir-style photobook of Instagram photos would...
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writing on a 60 year old typewriter – and other stories
Dá fhada an lá tagann an tráthnóna That being an Irish saying (seanfhocail) meaning however long the day, the evening will come. Here’s what I’ve been doing of late: Click to view slideshow. In case...
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