They live In the shadows

I like to think that I am highly skilled and highly educated when it comes to Information Technology. I have a first class honours BSc in computing, attended numerous courses, built up more than 12 years of experience, and written articles in an IT magazine. But, you know what… I’ve taken it about as far [...]

I have no idea what I was trying to achieve when I wrote the following, but I kinda like it in a sick sort of way…
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He drop-kicked his empty cider can off a wall. Not satisfied with the damage done, he proceeded to squash the can with a Doc Martin. Still unsatisfied, he gave the [...]

I have been given the go-ahead for two more IT articles. It’s not gonna make me rich, but it does keep me in the “professional writer” frame of mind. One article will review BitTorrent clients for the Linux operating system. The other will review some software development tools, again on the Linux operating system.

Well, I had come accross the Flesch-Kincaid readability tests before - both the 0 to 100 and US grade school levels - but I never put them into practice or thought too long about them. But, can it be a useful tool for a writer?
I searched the web for some articles where people had applied [...]

As a published writer of anything - whether fiction, non-fiction, journalism, or whatever - there is that feeling of getting your 15-minutes of fame. “Look Mam, there’s my name in this glossy magazine. Look Dad, I actually wrote those words”. It probably sustains you for the next couple of articles (or short stories, poems, etc). [...]

Several times over the past few weeks I have begun to write what I hope will turn out to be long stories - novellas, novels, or whatever. However, I have found it difficult to commit to a long story once I have gotten about 5 - 15 pages in (when I mention page on this [...]

Writing is a solitary business. To get anywhere, you need to treat it like a proper profession with a fixed timetable and a place of work. If like me you have a full-time job taking up nearly 40 hours of your week (not to mention the hour spent in the car travelling and the hour [...]

I created a new web-site dedicated to creative writing in Ireland. Originally a site specific to writers in Cork, I expanded the site to target writers in all of Ireland.
I’m not exactly sure what I intend for the site. I’m hoping that a community will build up around the site and generate the content organically, [...]