Geraldine O'Neill
- ️Wed Aug 05 2015
My 11th book due out August 2015 – A Letter from America
Why Writers Need A Good Editor
Editing – When I was told to lose the pyjamas! I’m often asked if I think a self-published author needs a professional editor. I’ve also been asked if after writing 11 novels, whether I feel I still need an editor. My short answer to both questions is DEFINITELY! I have been with my Irish Publishers – Poolbeg – since 2001…
Thoughts on Writing and life in general … Hi there! A warm welcome to my blog. Delighted you found me! I’m a Scottish-born writer living in County Offaly in Ireland over 20 years. I have had 10 novels published in Ireland, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa and other countries abroad, and my 1lth book will be published in…
Reaching 2015 and joining heroines like Oprah and Annie Lennox on reaching 60!
Happy 2015 to everyone! It’s a special year for me as I turned 60 on January 10th. How do I feel about it? A quote from OPRAH WINFREY (one of my heroines) sums it up: “Sixty. I’m turning 60 this month! I’m so glad I’ve lived long enough to say those words and celebrate their meaning, I’m turning 60. I’m…
My Experience of Writers’ Groups
The thing about writing is that it has to be done all alone. Whether we write by hand or computer, in the study or on the kitchen table – writing has to be done all alone. And when we have written something – who do we show our work to? Who do we talk to about characters and plots that…
Choosing Names For Your Characters
Every new book comes with a cast of new characters, and choosing the right names for them is very important. Also, when you are on your 11th novel – as I am now – and having named hundreds of characters, the list of names you haven’t used before starts to dwindle! Having said that, I really enjoy finding my new…
How many words do you write per day?
I was asked this question on a forum recently – and it’s something writers are constantly asked. For me, the answer varies day to day. For anyone who doesn’t know my work – I’m a fiction writer with 10 published books + short stories + magazine/newspaper articles. I also have several unfinished novels etc. I am a full time writer…
Location in Novels – How a birthday celebration led me to yet another location for my novels ….
I’ve spent the last week re-visiting the beautiful streets in The French Quarter of New Orleans. And tonight I will be enjoying another visit to my favourite jazz bar, and will probably finish off the evening back in the Bourbon Orleans Hotel listening to the beautiful soulful voice of Eudora Evans The re-visit has been wonderful, and I am enjoying…
When the camera thankfully does lie …
In Hilda Ogden (old Coronation St. charlady for non-watchers!) cleaning mode today – up since crack of dawn getting house ready for magazine photographer then encountered one disaster after another…. Woke up with a lovely stye which I’ve been trying to disguise with eye makeup (constantly applying then deciding it looks too much like a black eye and removing it…