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Blogger: Alison Wells
Alison Wells lives in Bray, Co. Wicklow with her husband and four young children. Her short fiction been published in magazines and online and print anthologies and she has been featured on Sunday Miscellany. Shortlisted for the 2009 Hennessy New Irish Writing Award and this year’s Bridport, Fish Prize and inaugural WOW awards, she is completing a themed short story collection Random Acts of Optimism and a literary novel.
To read Alison's full blog, visit Head Above Water. Find out here, in her Random Acts of Optimism how she manages to juggle writing, children and life.
To read Alison's full blog, visit Head Above Water. Find out here, in her Random Acts of Optimism how she manages to juggle writing, children and life.
I've been busy preparing for my self-pub launch of new space comedy novel as A.B.Wells
National Flash Fiction Day celebrates this exciting form. Calum Kerr tells us why.
I decided to use a pen name when self-publishing my novel Housewife with a Half-Life.
In this occasional slot I ask different authors to say what stands out in a favourite short story.
Hazel Gaynor explains the intricacies of writing historical fiction for her Titanic novel.
Writer and journalist Lucille Redmond's new ebook of short stories is striking and powerfully descriptive.
Dr. Ailsa Cox, founder of the Edge Hill Prize on the origins and selection process of this prestigious prize for short story collections.
I talk to author A.J. Ashworth about her short story collection Somewhere Else, or Even Here which won the Scott Prize.
Having just published her twelfth book, Colette Caddle talks about being a mother and a writer
Can being a writer interfere with the unadulterated pleasure of enjoying a good book?
A tongue in cheek look at how you can be a successful writer while saving money!
People are divided as to whether short stories are dead or alive but at least we're talking about them
Novel writing requires emotional energy - how do we maintain and access it?
In this post we hear from Declan Meade, editor of the literary magazine The Stinging Fly
Debz Hobbs Wyatt from Independent short story publisher Bridgehouse tells us about it's challenges and rewards.
On this final day of NaNoWriMo, I salute my fellow Wrimos!
I've made it, now I'm cheering even more for you!
The last few words are mini summits on the way to the top
I'm gearing up for a final push. Are you?
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