Author: eleanorokellylynch
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Lessons I Learned from Writing My First Book
I was thinking of writing a book for years – the time was never right, jobs to do, people to see, places to go. To-do lists. Work. Obligations. Children. Courses. Celebrations. Housework. There was always something that got in the way. It’s called life. I do believe though, that there is never an ideal time…
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Five Books That made Me Cry…
Books are a doorway into other lives, other worlds, other people’s stories. If the book grips our heart and squeezes it tight, we are invested, intrigued, immersed in the story. Often, we are not merely reading the story we are IN it, sitting there amid the action, listening and watching and waiting, breath held, to…
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Strong Women. Messy Lives. Real Stories
The advice has always been to write about what you know. I suppose the idea is that if it’s familiar to you it will have that ring of authenticity, something readers are drawn to. At the same time writers of fiction are encouraged to take risks, dip their toe into the unknown, be brave, don’t…
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The Voice That Says, ‘You Can’t’ is Lying
I’ve wanted to write a book since I was a child. As a twelve-year-old in secondary school, the head nun marched into our classroom one day and asked everyone what they wanted to be when they grew up. I didn’t hesitate when I said, ‘a teacher and a part-time writer.’ How she laughed – and…
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