Write a Short Story for Radio
Carried in Waves is a short story competition for radio organised by University College Cork. The brief is wide: the story can be on any subject, written in any style, … Continue reading
June 10, 2015 · 10 Comments
I’m not a poet, but I’ve read enough bad poetry to recognise what poets shouldn’t do…
I’m not a poet. In fact, one of the exercises in my guide to creative writing* is called the I-don’t-want-to-wrie-a-poem poetry exercise. The fact that I’m not a poet makes … Continue reading
July 19, 2014 · 3 Comments
News flash! Six months until you can enter this international writing competition – but you may need the time
I only became aware of Erma Bombeck a couple of years ago and I regret that I never read any of her newspaper columns. She must, though, be a very … Continue reading
June 11, 2013 · 1 Comment
BRIDGET WHELAN writer 