It was early and no one was anywhere near the shore but for an old man sat against the rock nearest the tide, draped in a long towel, who watched out for the light to break. It was still a little like night to venture out and he...
Saturday, 9 May 2015
Sunday, 3 May 2015
10 ways to get your short story published in a magazine.
Getting your story published in a magazine is a great way to showcase your writing ability, get your name out there and grab the attention of editors, agents and publishers. Once you're writing to a good standard, it shouldn't be too difficult to get noticed by the magazines,...

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Saturday, 25 April 2015
Someone ought to fire off a pistol.
Someone ought to fire off a pistol. Seems to me all of you think I’m just going to accept my mud-pile under all those flowers and a work-a-day headstone, far off any trouble in the old family dump of remembrance looking out over the bay. Well that...

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Saturday, 18 April 2015
Why Ireland's most famous female character is also a feminist icon.
That Deirdre of the Sorrows is still one of the most famous of the old stories in Irish folklore speaks volumes, I think, for how we see the downtrodden, the innocent and, in particular, women in Irish culture. That might come off a glib and sweeping statement but...

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Sunday, 12 April 2015
Cuchulainn Reinvented: Guardians of the Galaxy, Manga and 5 more bizarre appearances.
Most people know Cuchulain as Ireland's most famous mythological hero, defender of Ulster, warrior against armies and international lover ( he had a thing going on the side with a Scottish girl - worth looking up) but what most people don't realise is how Cuchullain has been re-imagined in modern pop culture....

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Saturday, 4 April 2015
How modern mythology connects people from different cultures
I was living in London when I started reading the old Irish stories again. I had gone there for work and had started missing home pretty hard. It’s a common thing for expats to try to reclaim a little of their identity by tuning into the radio for...

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