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Age of Secrets is LIVE!

Age of Secrets releases today! So, don’t delay! Pick up your copy now!  A barely remembered childhood. A search for a mystical treasure. Can a gentle man fill in his past and be reunited with his birthright? Ireland, 500. Fingin

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The Enchanted Swans is LIVE!

The Enchanted Swans releases today! So, don’t delay! Pick up your copy now!  A life of luxury shattered in an instant. Can a girl protect her brothers when they’re trapped in a centuries-long curse? Pre-Celtic Ireland. Fae princess Fionnuala lives

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Age of Saints is LIVE!

Age of Saints releases today! So, don’t delay! Pick up your copy now!  When every choice he makes unleashes disaster, can a boy make things right before he loses everything he loves? Ireland, 520. Nineteen-year-old Conall would move heaven and

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Call of the Morrigú is LIVE!

Call of the Morrigú releases today! So, don’t delay! Pick up your copy now!  A rising rebellion. Violence in the air. With the specter of war unleashed, can a young woman stand up against mythological mayhem in fleshly form? Ireland,

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Misfortune of Time is LIVE!

Misfortune of Time, book #6 in The Druid’s Brooch Series, releases today! So, don’t delay! Pick up your copy now!  Her pain spanning over 150 years, can a woman trapped in a loveless union escape without sacrificing her precious grandchild?

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Misfortune of Time is on Pre-Order!

Misfortune of Time, book #6 in The Druid’s Brooch Series, is available for Pre-Order! Release date is January 15, 2023! So, don’t delay! Pick order your copy now!  Her pain spanning over 150 years, can a woman trapped in a

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Misfortune of Song is LIVE!

Misfortune of Time, book #5 in The Druid’s Brooch Series, releases today! So, don’t delay! Pick up your copy now!  And if you do get a copy, it would be lovely if you could leave a review to share the

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Misfortune of Song releases November 7, 2022!

That’s right – for the first time since March, Misfortune of Song, book five in The Druid’s Brooch Series, will be available. I will have it as ebook on Amazon, on Kindle Unlimited, and as print at lots of venues,

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Trip Report – Northern Ireland and Ireland Aug/Sep 2022

For anyone who wants to read my FULL trip report from my Northern Ireland/Ireland trip August/September 2022, it’s now posted on my website. There are links to the FB photo albums at the top for each day. Eventually, I may

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Misfortune of Vision is LIVE!

That’s right – for the first time since March, Misfortune of Vision, book four in The Druid’s Brooch Series, is now re-released! Ebook on Amazon, on Kindle Unlimited, and as print at lots of venues, including Amazon and Barnes & Noble. UNIVERSAL LINK HERE!

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Misfortune of Vision will return August 1!

That’s right – for the first time since March, Misfortune of Vision, book four in The Druid’s Brooch Series, will be available. I will have it as ebook on Amazon, on Kindle Unlimited, and as print at lots of venues,

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Snippet Thursday – Saoirse’s Folly

#SnippetThursday #SaoirsesFolly Gripping the vial tight in her fist, she walked back out to the kitchen. Seamus had started the kettle for tea, almost as if this were a normal visit. Saoirse placed the vial on the table, mended after her

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Carrick a Rede Rope Bridge – what it’s like to walk across – YouTube

Would you walk across? I’ve walked a couple of times. Once it was behind a family with a child who jumped up and down, making the whole thing shake. Another time it was so windy they almost shut it down.

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The Enchanted Swans – new novel now On Contract!

HAPPY NEWS! The Enchanted Swans is now ON CONTRACT!!!  WOOHOO!!!!! . The Enchanted Swans is a novelization of the beloved Irish Fairy Tale, The Children of Lir. . In pre-Celtic Ireland, Fionnuala was a fairy princess, born to a life

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My Locations at the DragonCon Art Show

Labor Day Weekend is Nerdigras in Atlanta, Georgia! 80,000+ geeks and sundry nerds descend upon 5 downtown Atlanta hotels and have a geekfest. I will, as always, have my beaded jewelry and photoprints at the Dragoncon Art Show, located in the Hyatt, two

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Genesis of a Novel – The Scene List – Part IV

This is the next installment of a series of posts I’ve been writing, following the process of writing a novel from conception through publication and beyond. . I did the next step on Misfortune of Vision (Book 4 of The Druid’s

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The Genesis of a Novel, the Beginning – Part 1

This is the first installment of a series of posts I’ve been writing, following the process of writing a novel from conception through publication and beyond. Although I’ve already started on the process, I thought it might be interesting to

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Legacy of Luck is on contract!

The third novel in The Druid’s Brooch series, LEGACY OF LUCK, is now on contract for publication! The tentative release date is January 11, 2017, but of course that is subject to change. Blurb: Éamonn is a Traveler at a horse fair

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Mussendun Temple and Downhill Demesne, County Derry, Northern Ireland

Who wouldn’t want a library on a sea cliff, facing the North Sea? Well, not quite the North Sea, but Close! I had heard of this place from Michele Erdvig, who has a great forum and guidebook called Irelandyes. I knew

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Game of Thrones filming locations in Northern Ireland – Places in Ireland you must see before you die

Previous Post Next Post Northern Ireland has some fantastic and beautiful places. It is also an important place for Game of Thrones, which Source: Game of Thrones filming locations in Northern Ireland – Places in Ireland you must see before

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