Homepages is out and you should buy it, because it will improve your life in measurable ways. You can buy it here. There’s wackiness going on with the postage prices so what you want to do is buy it in bulk. Buy enough and you can build a tiny fort for yourself. Or for homeless people, who have some kind of vested interest in this thing, I don’t know. I had glazed over at that point. Someone mentioned writing and the instinct took over. Like a shark on rollerblades. Only, he probably doesn’t know an awful lot about rollerblades so he tends to fall over a lot and slide off in random directions, and all things considered he would be much better off ditching the fancy footwear and sticking with what he knows. That is a metaphor.
Writing writing writing.
The final changes have been hammered out on Anything But Simple, an anthology of poetry and fiction from the graduates of UCD’s creative writing MA (including y.t. and certain others). The launch is planned for 6pm on the 20th of October in UCD. We have wine. Join ussss.
Catherine is looking for submissions from bloggers and photobloggers for an anthology to be published in the run-up to Christmas, with 75% of the proceeds going to Focus Ireland. A worthy cause and a nice opportunity to see yourself in print. Submission guidelines are here.
If you have writerly aspirations you might also feel like throwing in an entry for RTÉ Radio One’s prestigious Francis MacManus Award. They’re looking for 1,800-2,000 words (my native length – chess!) and there’s €3,000 and a trophy for the overall winner. In addition, the three winners and some of the shortlisted stories will be read on air. Closing date is the 27th of October.
Bonus: Nothing to do with writing, but this is the greatest trailer for anything ever. I’d never heard of it before today but by golly I want it.
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