Jessikah Hope Stenson is a young writer not afraid to take risks. Having previously released a book of short stories A Single Drop of Perfect , Jessikah is now embarking on a new and very exciting venture with a Psychological Thriller Trace This Scar, due for release by Excalibur Press November 24th. I am delighted to…
The Ten Trickiest Thinks about being an Author ~ a Guest Post by Jo Platt
Now unless you have been hiding under a rock, you will know that the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards were held at the Hilton Double Tree Hotel in Dublin last Wednesday Night (16th November) I was nervous but also very excited to have been invited by writing.ie. I set up Swirl and Thread last March with no…
Today I have a very poignant guest post from writer Colette McCormick entitled ‘No Regrets’
Today I have a guest post from ME!!!!!! The dress is hanging up & sparkling! The hair and nails are done! The shoes are glistening new in the box! Where am I going? Well….I have been lucky enough to be invited to the Irish Book Awards tonight in Dublin by Vanessa Fox O’ Loughlin. Vanessa is…
Recently I came across a local Cork Writer, Aedin Johnston, who has written a book about a topic very close to her heart, entitled Finding James. Her Granduncle, James O’ Connor was a Cork man who was called to the Colours in August 1914. He nearly made it to the end of the war but died…
A recipe for a Witch’s Potion ~ Halloween
Emily Hearne Age 10
Earlier in the week I had the pleasure of being joined on Swirl and Thread by writer Helene Leuschel. Helene was very honest and open with her answers and was so enthusiastic that she also wrote a great guest post for my blog. Entitled Nature, Nurture and The Ability to Empathize, it truly is a…
Since I have started blogging I have been lucky enough to meet some wonderful people. I find Twitter to be the main source for quite a lot of my interaction. It was on Twitter that I came across the lovely writer that is Evie Gaughan. Through one of our many ‘conversations’, I asked Evie would she…
After reading the brilliant 5* Breaking Dead by Corrie Jackson, I wanted more!! So I contacted Corrie and she kindly offered to feature on my blog in a guest post. We discussed a range of topics and decided that Corrie’s readers would love to see who, in literary ‘Sleuth’ world, (aside from the wonderfully talented…