Crafting Ireland's Finest Thrillers

The great Jazz bass player, Steve Swallow once observed his career was 50% listening, 50% playing, like this discipline, writers too should immerse themselves; inhabit the world of reading and writing. Steven Spielberg always watches John Ford’s seminal work, ‘The Searchers’ before loading a strip of film, every writer too should have a ‘go-to piece’ for preparation; as in the words of the great American poet Kenneth Koch,  “You can’t lose anything of yourself by being influenced by a poet, no matter how strong. All you can do is learn from him [or her] how to do it. Just like by imitating the hand movements of great pianists.” Like Mr. Swallow, I listen and write and listen and write and listen and write, only after careful preparation. Like all good bakers, we work to avoid flat cakes…

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My best seller,  THE ROAD OF A THOUSAND TIGERS was a no 1 download on Kobo.

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His latest novel EAGLES HUNT WOLVES is OUT NOW!

photo - courtesy of Ger Holland http://www.gerhollandphotography.com/ 

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