The Road To Lisdoonvarna
I’m going to Ireland tomorrow. This is something I have wanted to do since I was about ten years old and I first read The New Policeman by Kate Thompson, and it’s finally happening. I’m going to...
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A Call To Pens
This is an important announcement. Due to my RSI, I’m taking a complete break from writing for the rest of August. From September, I’ll go back to work on collaborative projects to which I am...
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August (Retrospect and Reminiscing #8)
August was a supremely atypical month for me, really. It involved lots of reading, exam results, very little writing, lots of TV, lots of travel, some kissing, far too much plotting, and Charley. Let’s...
View ArticleTravelling Through Time With Maggie Stiefvater
Today, we’re going to travel in time. Our time machine is the book Lament by Maggie Stiefvater. Go on, pick it up. It’s right there. Pick it up, open it, and breathe in that smell. That’s it. We’re...
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Little Pieces Of Peace
A quick note before I start the post proper. I’ve noticed my stats have been steadily declining in recent weeks, and I’m aware that there have been technical problems (subscriptions failing to send;...
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Death, Fairies, And Degrees
One of the reasons I chose to study Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic at university is because many of my ongoing novels and other writing projects have their basis in Celtic mythology and history,...
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Nobody Knows: My Degree Is Unteaching Me
All pictures in this post are illustrations from the 1912 edition of T.W. Rolleston’s “Myths and Legends of the Celtic Race”. Hi. Not dead yet. First exam is Monday, it’s the only one I feel even...
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Pitch Wars And Walking Tours
Quite often, when I don’t blog for a while it’s because I haven’t got anything to say. On this occasion it’s the opposite — it’s been a busy couple of weeks, as people who follow me on Twitter will...
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Is This The Way To Kilfenora? (Ireland 2016)
I promised I’d write about my trip to Ireland with Charley, but I didn’t intend for it to take until the day before I go away again (this time to Yorkshire with the university ceilidh band), so I’m...
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A Day of Rocks and Rain (Ireland 2016)
Hahaha okay. In my last post I said I would be back “probably tomorrow” with more tales of my trip to Ireland… and that was three weeks ago. I had some technical trouble, then I was without WiFi for...
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Back Online
Cornwall turned out to have very little internet. It also lasted a day longer than I expected, due to a detour to visit family friends that my parents managed to forget to tell me about. I’m finally...
View ArticlePreparing For Ireland
I should probably think of a ‘series title’ to append to the title of all my posts about my trip to Ireland this year, because there are going to be a lot of them. It’s a substantial trip (even if 16...
View ArticleRekindled Friendships and General Updates
I’m so glad I posted my last blog post. I was worried I’d regret it, but it’s been the opposite. Firstly, it was such a relief to (a) make a decision to move on and (b) get it all off my chest instead...
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Excitement & Fear: Miriam In Ireland, 2017
This is the first in a series of posts I’ll write while in Ireland, which I’ve titled as ‘Miriam In Ireland, 2017’. Not an original series title, but at least you know what you’re in for. I’m not...
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Pain, A Cane, and Gain
This is a scheduled post. Right about now I ought to be in Dublin. I’m probably lost, because I lack any sense of direction, and/or trying to resist the temptation to buy a lot of musical instruments...
View ArticleFarewell to Dublin: Miriam in Ireland, 2017
Today I leave Dublin and I’m Donegal-bound — after I make an excursion to the out-of-town Tesco to try and get some gluten-free bread. (I’m getting quite acquainted with Dublin transport: took the Luas...
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In The Glen: Miriam in Ireland, 2017
Despite my best intentions, I didn’t actually succeed in writing and scheduling posts to cover my trip to Ireland. I managed one — and that posted while I still had reliable WiFi, whereas now it’s in...
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Living With Strangers: Miriam in Ireland, 2017
One of the things I said about my trip to Ireland was that I would be reliant on the help and goodwill of strangers. Moreover, I knew I’d be sleeping in shared dorms with people I’d never met before,...
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A Sickly Return: Miriam in Ireland, 2017
My triumphant return from Ireland was marred somewhat by the fact that I woke up on my last day in Dublin feeling horrifically ill. It wasn’t entirely clear whether it was the flu or a nasty cold and...
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Nightmare Headaches and Men: Miriam in Ireland, 2017
As I might have expected, my reflections on Ireland are dragging out long after I actually got home. At this rate I’ll be blogging about it for the whole month, and I do actually have other things I’d...
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