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A Fun Radio Interview

Hi there,
I’ve just been interviewed by lovely Lynsey Dolan on Dublin’s Country Mix 106.8 FM radio station. We chatted about a variety of things, but mostly about the radio documentary I made for Newstalk about the wonderful Hill of Tara. The documentary includes lots of fascinating chat re. the Sacred Feminine. If you scroll […]

Hi there!
You can listen to the radio documentary I made about the Hill of Tara on this website if you click on the icon thingy on the right hand side of the home page. Happy listening!
I watched a tv documentary about the poet Paul Muldoon the other day and found it strangely bracing. He’s […]

Hi there,
It’s a nice sunny day here today in Co. Wicklow, Ireland. The plants in my little patio garden look quite lush and the Honeysuckle bush is really big! Later on the summer it usually attracts lots of bees. It’s lovely to hear them humming.
I’ve given three writing workshops this month in Greystones […]

Eckhart Tolle

I haven’t yet read ‘The Power of Now’ by Eckhart Tolle though I was once a volunteer gardener at a Buddhist retreat centre and I had to try to ’stay in the moment’ while weeding, collecting slugs for relocation and lugging large wheelbarrows full of leaves to compost heaps etc. It was a silent retreat […]

Fun With Cakes

(You can listen to the Tara radio documentary I made if you click on the relevant icon at the right hand side of this page.)
I had a wonderful time last Friday. I was an extra on an ad which extolled the deliciousness of a certain brand of cakes. Loads of us extras were in […]

Cheese, Cake and Birds

(You can listen to the Tara radio documentary I made if you click on the relevant icon at the right hand side of this page.)
Two robins regularly visit my little patio garden. One of them is less shy than the other. In fact he has become fairly tame. This is because I sometimes […]

Someone I know who knows a lot about publishing has recommended this book: ‘From Pitch to Publication’. Apparently this is a detailed and accessible book by Carole Blake, one of Britain’s best-known literary agents. It contains information on what agents want, how to produce a successful synopsis, questions to ask a publisher before signing, and […]

F.Y.I.

I heard about this new website recently. It sounds interesting!
hostwriters.com
hostwriters.com is a new, user-generated webspace developed by the Verbal Arts Centre.
Have you got a masterpiece on your hands that no one else has read?
Do you want the world to see your work?
Do you want to get the support, advice and feedback from other writers and […]

You can listen to a radio documentary I made about the Hill of Tara on this website if you click on the thingy at the right hand side of this page. Happy listening!
And if you’re in Internet surfing mood you could also Google ‘A Living Word RTE Grace Wynne-Jones’ and you’ll find a number of […]

Hi!

Goodness, it’s 6th February and this is my first blog of the New Year. Need to have some lunch soon. And put out more food for the birds in the garden. There are loads of plants around my kitchen sink at the moment. I’ve given them a watering and they are enjoying the winter […]

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