2019-05-14 13:42
I named this blog Blackwatertown after a book I was writing. Ta da! Finally, the book, Blackwatertown, is written, edited and on it’s way to publication with Unbound. But I need your h… Read More
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The Blackwatertown blog cover literature, writing film, history, geopolitics, Ireland and policing.
2019-05-08 18:32
Graham Norton is on the latest We’d Like A Word podcast and radio show that I present with Stevyn Colgan. We know that celebrity sells books, but do celebrities write good books? Books… Read More
2019-04-30 11:06
Here’s a writing tip from an expert – Scandi Noir thriller writer Will Dean. He has what he calls a “creeps book”, in which he notes down anything odd, unsettling or… Read More
2019-04-24 23:53
…about all sorts to do with authors, books, readers, editors, publishers, agents, lyricists, poets and script writers. We’d Like A Word is the title of the new fortnightly podca… Read More
2019-04-21 20:39
Happy Easter to you. Though it might not seem that way, I’ll admit. What with attacks on people and churches and whatever I’ve missed on the news just now. Thank goodness there a… Read More
2013-12-31 12:30
In the biblical book of Matthew, we’re asked: “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust/mote/speck in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the log/beam/plank in your o… Read More
2013-12-24 18:14
You may recognise those lyrics – they belong to what used to be one of my two favourite Christmas songs (along with the Sons of the Desert cover of Lonely This Christmas – they&r&hell…Read More
2013-12-14 14:59
It’s crunch day. Almost zero hour. Teensy weensy bit stressful. You know the 11-year-old boy with Aspergers called Fynnjan that I’ve been helping – and you’ve kindly… Read More
2013-12-13 00:39
You’re asking: What is THE DARK SECRET? Where does Santa Claus live? Is world peace possible? And who won that tricky competition? Read on and be enlightened… 1. Where does Sant… Read More
2013-12-06 01:11
Who could resist that winning smile? Well… 28+ years in prison proves there’s no accounting for taste. What a beautiful man. He may have been a bit of a rubbish MK leader of the… Read More
2013-11-30 01:10
I never daydream. I don’t have time. Maybe sad. But true. But since you* asked, I had a go today. A driving daydream that transformed my twisting route through the dark wet leaf-strewn… Read More
2013-11-22 21:47
I think the sequence of my favourite books may have gone something like this… The Biography volume of the Childcraft Encyclopedia (or was it Cyclopedia?) – the obscure pasts of… Read More
2013-11-15 02:32
It’s true. Early morning calls from TV – “Can we come round and film you?” Radio stations. Promotional CDs. Music video. Posters. The lot. My song was even played at… Read More
2013-11-01 23:34
Ooky spooky Halloween time competition. Can you guess what this creepy film is? There’s a prize for the one who best gets it. (Probably a book. I’ve got loads of them. I’ll… Read More
2013-10-26 00:06
No good deed goes unpunished… …but carry on anyway. That sums up my thoughts on the topic of retribution today. But who said it and was it worth saying? Two candidates for the… Read More
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