Tuesday, November 8, 2022

Colonel Mustard’s Return?

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I have always loved the tone, quality and entertainment value of readers’ letters to The Times (“of London”). It was sort of a dream come tr...
Tuesday, October 11, 2022

Stamp of Approval?

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In a generous gesture to honor a humble writer residing on its soil, Ireland’s national postal service, An Post, has released a new commemor...
Sunday, October 2, 2022

Who’s Who?

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Madame Bovary, c’est moi . That is what 19th-century French novelist Gustave Flaubert is reported to have replied when asked if the title c...
Saturday, September 24, 2022

Traduttore, no Traditore?

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Sometime during the past few days, as I write this, my words are being or have been read out at a poetry festival. This is not something tha...
Monday, August 29, 2022

Time for a Cover Story

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At a similar point as this three years ago, I shared some of the influences that went into creating the story of The Curse of Septimus Bridg...
Wednesday, August 24, 2022

Shop Around

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   “The journalists. They’ve been here the whole time. They know there was no terrorist attack. We came to rescue the child you kidnapped. ...
Sunday, August 21, 2022

A Question of Order

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Besides questions about the title, the most common inquiry I get about the new book is this one. Since it’s a sequel, is it absolutely neces...
Thursday, August 18, 2022

Two a Day

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What else can I tell you about the new book? One source of additional information might be the interview I did with myself on my movie blog...
Monday, August 15, 2022

Answering the Musical Question

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Now that Last of the Tuath Dé has been released, I can’t wait to write and talk about it, you know, to give you some background and insights...
Friday, August 12, 2022

Today’s the (Tuath) Dé!

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It’s finally here. It seems like I’ve been talking about (and more to the point, working on) this book forever. And now it’s suddenly crosse...