Writing Irish

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You've heard of the Fighting Irish. But what about the Writing Irish? This group is for Wild Geese members who like to read, write, talk about writing, or er, write about writing. Also a place to discuss writers from Ireland or the Diaspora. 

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  • kimberly

    Here's the site to preview my book THE LONGING www.friesenpress.com/bookstore/title/119734000013105283.

    Hope you like it. You'll be able to purchase it soon!

    Thanks,

      Kimberly

    Mar 17, 2015

  • Claire Fullerton

    I believe I strike every chord in the Writing Irish group description above! I am one of those writers who thrills at the prospect of turning my spirit inside out in the pursuit of communicating via the written word. It is something I come to by sheer force of nature, and I view writing as a high art whose importance is nothing short of the most salient vehicle of which we are gifted in this cacophonous world in the pursuit of connecting with others.  From my myopic vantage point, it is my conclusion that writers make the world go round, and they come in many forms; there are those valuable writers who write to inform, to educated, to preserve history, and then there are those such as I that write to articulate beauty; to point out the obvious in case nobody's looking; to compare notes on this business of living; to simply say there is common ground in our individual uniqueness. As for the joy of finding this writing group, I can not really say what it is I hope to bring to the table; it's tempting to say that I have two books out ( one literary fiction set in Eire) and to provide my fellow Geese with my writers bio, but I'm thinking I'd like to write about writing, perhaps ask other Geese how writing feels to them. I've always thought when it comes to writers, it's not so much that one aspires to being one, it's more like they get in touch with the fact that they are...Slainte to all! I'm happy to be here! 

    Jun 22, 2015

  • David Lawlor

    I write because i love the process of teasing out a story, making it flow and trying to create characters and dialogue that are believable and which make the reader want to keep turning the page. I feel a certain unease at those times when I haven't written for a while. I suppose, like many of us, I have the bug. 'm glad to meet like-minded people

    Jun 22, 2015

  • John W. Hurley

    Hi All,

    Sorry for the delay in posting anything. But I just wanted to say that it's nice to meet you and great to see people interested in the "Writin' Irish". I look forward to some great discussions.

    John

    Jun 23, 2015