So excited to share our 2025 publication announcement!!
@chennessybooks.bsky.social @jenniferhorgan.bsky.social @karenjmcdonnell.bsky.social
@chennessybooks.bsky.social @jenniferhorgan.bsky.social @karenjmcdonnell.bsky.social
December 30, 2024 at 7:35 PM
I'm slowly working on two things.
Only one really has a deadline.
The other is fun, but putting energy into it while fearing it won't go anywhere is not very motivating :/
#ThisWritersLife
Only one really has a deadline.
The other is fun, but putting energy into it while fearing it won't go anywhere is not very motivating :/
#ThisWritersLife
July 30, 2026 at 8:43 PM
I'm slowly working on two things.
Only one really has a deadline.
The other is fun, but putting energy into it while fearing it won't go anywhere is not very motivating :/
#ThisWritersLife
Only one really has a deadline.
The other is fun, but putting energy into it while fearing it won't go anywhere is not very motivating :/
#ThisWritersLife
The sun was so warm today; I was able to take time out to sit reading poetry, overlooking the lake.
#thiswriterslife
At the Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Annaghmakerrig.
But, yeah, #writing too!
#thiswriterslife
At the Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Annaghmakerrig.
But, yeah, #writing too!
September 21, 2026 at 8:36 PM
The sun was so warm today; I was able to take time out to sit reading poetry, overlooking the lake.
#thiswriterslife
At the Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Annaghmakerrig.
But, yeah, #writing too!
#thiswriterslife
At the Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Annaghmakerrig.
But, yeah, #writing too!
March 26, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Writing affirmation of today - please use it as you feel called: I embrace this chapter of my life as a time of purpose, growth and boundless self-expression. #thiswriterslife #affirmation #writingcommunity #amwriting
February 3, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Writing affirmation of today - please use it as you feel called: I embrace this chapter of my life as a time of purpose, growth and boundless self-expression. #thiswriterslife #affirmation #writingcommunity #amwriting
December 4, 2024 at 9:31 AM
Delighted to be taking Tidal to Bantry and the mighty West Cork Literary Festival this summer.
#thiswriterslife #poetry @doirepress.bsky.social
#thiswriterslife #poetry @doirepress.bsky.social
Thanks @rte.ie. We're delighted to be on this list of '10 of the best Irish arts festivals to visit this summer'. We're in very good company alongside our friends and neighbours @corkmidsummer.bsky.social. Great to see so many amazing festivals all over the country ❤️
www.rte.ie/culture/2026...
www.rte.ie/culture/2026...
10 of the best Irish arts festivals to visit this Summer
Here are ten of the best arts festivals happening across Ireland this summer...
www.rte.ie
May 21, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Delighted to be taking Tidal to Bantry and the mighty West Cork Literary Festival this summer.
#thiswriterslife #poetry @doirepress.bsky.social
#thiswriterslife #poetry @doirepress.bsky.social
It’s Day 11 of the #WriterFriendsChallenge!
“All I need is time away from electronics and fresh air to brush the cobwebs from my brain.”
Visit my blog to see the full answer to yesterday’s prompt—link in bio!
#ThisWritersLife #SelfCare #BookSky #IndieAuthor #HistRom #RomanceWriter #KissingBooks
“All I need is time away from electronics and fresh air to brush the cobwebs from my brain.”
Visit my blog to see the full answer to yesterday’s prompt—link in bio!
#ThisWritersLife #SelfCare #BookSky #IndieAuthor #HistRom #RomanceWriter #KissingBooks
March 13, 2025 at 12:07 AM
It’s Day 11 of the #WriterFriendsChallenge!
“All I need is time away from electronics and fresh air to brush the cobwebs from my brain.”
Visit my blog to see the full answer to yesterday’s prompt—link in bio!
#ThisWritersLife #SelfCare #BookSky #IndieAuthor #HistRom #RomanceWriter #KissingBooks
“All I need is time away from electronics and fresh air to brush the cobwebs from my brain.”
Visit my blog to see the full answer to yesterday’s prompt—link in bio!
#ThisWritersLife #SelfCare #BookSky #IndieAuthor #HistRom #RomanceWriter #KissingBooks
Well…I never expected to bring myself to tears writing the opening scene of a historical romance novel, but here we are. 😑
#ThisWritersLife #AmWriting #AmWritingRomance #Booksky
#ThisWritersLife #AmWriting #AmWritingRomance #Booksky
a cartoon character from inside out is crying and tears are falling from his eyes .
ALT: a cartoon character from inside out is crying and tears are falling from his eyes .
media.tenor.com
June 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Well…I never expected to bring myself to tears writing the opening scene of a historical romance novel, but here we are. 😑
#ThisWritersLife #AmWriting #AmWritingRomance #Booksky
#ThisWritersLife #AmWriting #AmWritingRomance #Booksky
You're invited to the Clare launch of my new poetry collection, TIDAL from @doirepress.bsky.social
#thiswriterslife #newcollection #poetry #Tidal
#thiswriterslife #newcollection #poetry #Tidal
August 31, 2025 at 7:28 PM
You're invited to the Clare launch of my new poetry collection, TIDAL from @doirepress.bsky.social
#thiswriterslife #newcollection #poetry #Tidal
#thiswriterslife #newcollection #poetry #Tidal
Apparently when I talk about pretty much anything I’m interested in…
#thiswriterslife
#burstingattheseams
#sharingiscaring
#didyouknow
#popcultureaddict
#thiswriterslife
#burstingattheseams
#sharingiscaring
#didyouknow
#popcultureaddict
April 9, 2024 at 10:51 PM
Apparently when I talk about pretty much anything I’m interested in…
#thiswriterslife
#burstingattheseams
#sharingiscaring
#didyouknow
#popcultureaddict
#thiswriterslife
#burstingattheseams
#sharingiscaring
#didyouknow
#popcultureaddict
Iced coffee with a view. This morning at Dzogchen Beara.
Glad I took the detour before a 5hr drive home!
Thanks to @wcorklitfest.bsky.social for the invitation that allowed me precious quiet time today.
#thiswriterslife
Glad I took the detour before a 5hr drive home!
Thanks to @wcorklitfest.bsky.social for the invitation that allowed me precious quiet time today.
#thiswriterslife
July 12, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Iced coffee with a view. This morning at Dzogchen Beara.
Glad I took the detour before a 5hr drive home!
Thanks to @wcorklitfest.bsky.social for the invitation that allowed me precious quiet time today.
#thiswriterslife
Glad I took the detour before a 5hr drive home!
Thanks to @wcorklitfest.bsky.social for the invitation that allowed me precious quiet time today.
#thiswriterslife
Me. Today. Trying to get the thoughts & words to behave themselves.
#thiswriterslife
#thiswriterslife
A woodcut initial from a psalter printed 502 years ago in London
September 21, 2026 at 10:33 AM
Me. Today. Trying to get the thoughts & words to behave themselves.
#thiswriterslife
#thiswriterslife
It’s Day 10 of the #WriterFriendsChallenge!
“I find it completely unacceptable that I still have two days left before I can nap again!
🆘 send ☕️!”
It’s #NationalNappingDay. Click the link in bio to read the whole story.
#ThisWritersLife #BookSky #IndieAuthor #WritingChallenge #WritingCommunity
“I find it completely unacceptable that I still have two days left before I can nap again!
🆘 send ☕️!”
It’s #NationalNappingDay. Click the link in bio to read the whole story.
#ThisWritersLife #BookSky #IndieAuthor #WritingChallenge #WritingCommunity
March 11, 2025 at 3:57 AM
It’s Day 10 of the #WriterFriendsChallenge!
“I find it completely unacceptable that I still have two days left before I can nap again!
🆘 send ☕️!”
It’s #NationalNappingDay. Click the link in bio to read the whole story.
#ThisWritersLife #BookSky #IndieAuthor #WritingChallenge #WritingCommunity
“I find it completely unacceptable that I still have two days left before I can nap again!
🆘 send ☕️!”
It’s #NationalNappingDay. Click the link in bio to read the whole story.
#ThisWritersLife #BookSky #IndieAuthor #WritingChallenge #WritingCommunity
“One of my secret instructions to myself as a poet is: “Whatever you do, don’t be boring.” ~Anne Sexton #NIV #ThisWritersLife#VerseNovelist #AmWriting #VerseNovels
September 3, 2026 at 11:51 PM
“One of my secret instructions to myself as a poet is: “Whatever you do, don’t be boring.” ~Anne Sexton #NIV #ThisWritersLife#VerseNovelist #AmWriting #VerseNovels
As #StormBert sneaks in, the Christmas gingerbread is out of the oven. It freezes brilliantly. Great to get ahead with edible pressies.
#thiswriterslife
#thiswriterslife
November 22, 2024 at 9:42 PM
As #StormBert sneaks in, the Christmas gingerbread is out of the oven. It freezes brilliantly. Great to get ahead with edible pressies.
#thiswriterslife
#thiswriterslife
#WriterFriendsChallenge Day 3—Setting Aesthetic
"A warm and lazy summer breeze comes in through the open windows, making the lace curtains dance."
Full response on my website—link in bio!
#ThisWritersLife #HistoricalRomance #IndieAuthor #WriterFriendsMarch #WritersSupportWriters #WritingCommunity
"A warm and lazy summer breeze comes in through the open windows, making the lace curtains dance."
Full response on my website—link in bio!
#ThisWritersLife #HistoricalRomance #IndieAuthor #WriterFriendsMarch #WritersSupportWriters #WritingCommunity
March 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
#WriterFriendsChallenge Day 3—Setting Aesthetic
"A warm and lazy summer breeze comes in through the open windows, making the lace curtains dance."
Full response on my website—link in bio!
#ThisWritersLife #HistoricalRomance #IndieAuthor #WriterFriendsMarch #WritersSupportWriters #WritingCommunity
"A warm and lazy summer breeze comes in through the open windows, making the lace curtains dance."
Full response on my website—link in bio!
#ThisWritersLife #HistoricalRomance #IndieAuthor #WriterFriendsMarch #WritersSupportWriters #WritingCommunity
I'm all for realism about the #writinglife; this is #thiswriterslife today:
email: lots
write blurbs for autumn workshops
PhD examining, final report, invoice
prep meeting re new writing/teaching platform
upload Itchy Bitesize archive posts to Substack
tidy desk
laundry, shop, cook
How about you?
email: lots
write blurbs for autumn workshops
PhD examining, final report, invoice
prep meeting re new writing/teaching platform
upload Itchy Bitesize archive posts to Substack
tidy desk
laundry, shop, cook
How about you?
May 13, 2025 at 9:09 AM
I'm all for realism about the #writinglife; this is #thiswriterslife today:
email: lots
write blurbs for autumn workshops
PhD examining, final report, invoice
prep meeting re new writing/teaching platform
upload Itchy Bitesize archive posts to Substack
tidy desk
laundry, shop, cook
How about you?
email: lots
write blurbs for autumn workshops
PhD examining, final report, invoice
prep meeting re new writing/teaching platform
upload Itchy Bitesize archive posts to Substack
tidy desk
laundry, shop, cook
How about you?
A final image from #ListowelWritersWeek - the angels I met in @stjohnstheatre.bsky.social
Lor' knows, I'll take all the angel back-up I can get during a gig! 😇
(I'm afraid I don't know the artist's name.)
#thiswriterslife #poetry #tidal
Goodnight from the edge of Europe.
Lor' knows, I'll take all the angel back-up I can get during a gig! 😇
(I'm afraid I don't know the artist's name.)
#thiswriterslife #poetry #tidal
Goodnight from the edge of Europe.
May 30, 2026 at 10:56 PM
A final image from #ListowelWritersWeek - the angels I met in @stjohnstheatre.bsky.social
Lor' knows, I'll take all the angel back-up I can get during a gig! 😇
(I'm afraid I don't know the artist's name.)
#thiswriterslife #poetry #tidal
Goodnight from the edge of Europe.
Lor' knows, I'll take all the angel back-up I can get during a gig! 😇
(I'm afraid I don't know the artist's name.)
#thiswriterslife #poetry #tidal
Goodnight from the edge of Europe.
MILADY: Are you going to do one of those video thingummyjigs?
ME: Do you want to be in the photo or not?
MILADY:
#coverrevealday #tidal #newcollection #poetry #thiswriterslife @doirepress.bsky.social
ME: Do you want to be in the photo or not?
MILADY:
#coverrevealday #tidal #newcollection #poetry #thiswriterslife @doirepress.bsky.social
August 19, 2025 at 1:09 PM
MILADY: Are you going to do one of those video thingummyjigs?
ME: Do you want to be in the photo or not?
MILADY:
#coverrevealday #tidal #newcollection #poetry #thiswriterslife @doirepress.bsky.social
ME: Do you want to be in the photo or not?
MILADY:
#coverrevealday #tidal #newcollection #poetry #thiswriterslife @doirepress.bsky.social
Fabu editor asked for cover ideas for book #2 while we're in first round edits.
Meanwhile, book #1 drops on Sept. 16 (A Murderous Business check it out! bit.ly/AMurderousBu... ) so doing promo.
Meanwhile meanwhile, I'm mulling a potential book #3 and a different book altogether.
#ThisWritersLife
Meanwhile, book #1 drops on Sept. 16 (A Murderous Business check it out! bit.ly/AMurderousBu... ) so doing promo.
Meanwhile meanwhile, I'm mulling a potential book #3 and a different book altogether.
#ThisWritersLife
A Murderous Business 9781250356482 - Macmillan
A sharp, captivating historical mystery about two queer women in turn-of-the-century New York, for fans of Lavender House and A Most Agreeable Murde...
bit.ly
August 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Fabu editor asked for cover ideas for book #2 while we're in first round edits.
Meanwhile, book #1 drops on Sept. 16 (A Murderous Business check it out! bit.ly/AMurderousBu... ) so doing promo.
Meanwhile meanwhile, I'm mulling a potential book #3 and a different book altogether.
#ThisWritersLife
Meanwhile, book #1 drops on Sept. 16 (A Murderous Business check it out! bit.ly/AMurderousBu... ) so doing promo.
Meanwhile meanwhile, I'm mulling a potential book #3 and a different book altogether.
#ThisWritersLife
Looking forward to going on a mini tour with this anthology next month. It's going to be mighty! Hope you can get to the launch or a reading.
My thanks to editors Susana, Sandy, and Margo, for pulling me into this wonderful poetry lifeboat.
#thiswriterslife #poetry #Titanic #anthology #unsinkable
My thanks to editors Susana, Sandy, and Margo, for pulling me into this wonderful poetry lifeboat.
#thiswriterslife #poetry #Titanic #anthology #unsinkable
March 18, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Looking forward to going on a mini tour with this anthology next month. It's going to be mighty! Hope you can get to the launch or a reading.
My thanks to editors Susana, Sandy, and Margo, for pulling me into this wonderful poetry lifeboat.
#thiswriterslife #poetry #Titanic #anthology #unsinkable
My thanks to editors Susana, Sandy, and Margo, for pulling me into this wonderful poetry lifeboat.
#thiswriterslife #poetry #Titanic #anthology #unsinkable
As I left the Kingdom of Kerry tonight, heading north, the N21 going south was like the final shot in Field of Dreams: 1 line of dipped despondent headlights until I turned off for the tunnel at Limerick.
#thiswriterslife #allirelandfinal #mayo vs #kerry
#thiswriterslife #allirelandfinal #mayo vs #kerry
July 27, 2026 at 12:25 AM
As I left the Kingdom of Kerry tonight, heading north, the N21 going south was like the final shot in Field of Dreams: 1 line of dipped despondent headlights until I turned off for the tunnel at Limerick.
#thiswriterslife #allirelandfinal #mayo vs #kerry
#thiswriterslife #allirelandfinal #mayo vs #kerry
It's a joy to have a new poem up on the Poems and Pictures page at the Mary Evans Library.
#ThisWritersLife
www.maryevans.com/poetry.php?p...
#ThisWritersLife
www.maryevans.com/poetry.php?p...
www.maryevans.com
October 10, 2023 at 1:45 PM
It's a joy to have a new poem up on the Poems and Pictures page at the Mary Evans Library.
#ThisWritersLife
www.maryevans.com/poetry.php?p...
#ThisWritersLife
www.maryevans.com/poetry.php?p...
Barely awake after a couple of hectic days in Capital City, and this lovely thing happens!
My thanks to Mícheál McCann for his reading of the poems in TIDAL and his review in today's Irish Times.
I am a happy lapin. @doirepress.bsky.social
#thiswriterslife #newcollection #tidal #poetry
My thanks to Mícheál McCann for his reading of the poems in TIDAL and his review in today's Irish Times.
I am a happy lapin. @doirepress.bsky.social
#thiswriterslife #newcollection #tidal #poetry
October 18, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Barely awake after a couple of hectic days in Capital City, and this lovely thing happens!
My thanks to Mícheál McCann for his reading of the poems in TIDAL and his review in today's Irish Times.
I am a happy lapin. @doirepress.bsky.social
#thiswriterslife #newcollection #tidal #poetry
My thanks to Mícheál McCann for his reading of the poems in TIDAL and his review in today's Irish Times.
I am a happy lapin. @doirepress.bsky.social
#thiswriterslife #newcollection #tidal #poetry