BRIDGET WHELAN writer

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Shall I Stay or Shall I go? Mrs Finnegan Has a Big Decision to Make

We are ONLY 28 days into a New Year and change of prodigious proportions is afoot. But first let us be CLEAR that now is the time to draw a … Continue reading →

January 28, 2026 · 15 Comments

Don’t Start with Back Story – How to Work out How much the Reader Should Know and When

Start the reader in “the room where it happens” advises Allison K Williams in a craft essay published in Brevity, the free online literary journal of concise non-fiction. She has … Continue reading →

January 26, 2026 · 3 Comments

What I was Reading When I was in Hospital…

THIS BLOG has been pretty patchy over the last few months. This is why. In November I went on a week long holiday to the island of Malta with two … Continue reading →

January 19, 2026 · 8 Comments

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