Since I began writing fiction in 2014, I have received help, encouragement, advice and friendship from so many other writers, all over the world. This writing community is a very special place, and I’ll never be able to pay back all the folks who have given freely of their time and expertise to help thisContinue reading “Paying it Forward”
Author Archives: Kerry Buchanan
Shy Halos
Corona = Halo From the Cambridge English Dictionary: Corona – a circle of light that can sometimes be seen around the moon at night, or around the sun during an eclipse… If you were to type the word Corona into a search engine, you would be flooded with results about the coronavirus pandemic and CovidContinue reading “Shy Halos”
Definitely NOT Ballynahinch Book Club…*
I began writing in 2014, sat at my farm kitchen table and tapping away on a stolen iPad (stolen from my husband, but stolen nonetheless). I was filled with inspiration, determined to put down in glorious technicolour the story that had been battering away at the inside of my skull for more than 30 years.Continue reading “Definitely NOT Ballynahinch Book Club…*”
Space to Write – All Downhill from here!
Gandalf spotted in the distance — photo and idea courtesy of Paddy Finn I was lucky enough to be awarded an Arts Council of Northern Ireland grant last year, a Support for the Individual Artist Programme award. Part of the money was budgeted for some time to escape the ties of home so I couldContinue reading “Space to Write – All Downhill from here!”
The Writer’s Journey
When I began my first novel in 2014, I was writing in a virtual vacuum. I tried Googling local writer’s groups and places to get critique, but there seemed to be very little out there. I’ve realised since that there probably was support, but it operated on a word-of-mouth basis. No good if you’re onContinue reading “The Writer’s Journey”