• Shanville Monthly - January 2022

    03 January 2022

    I normally post my monthly newsletter on the first day of every month, but this year I missed that deadline, partly because it was the Christmas season and I've been spending more time with my kids...

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  • My fave books of 2021

    02 January 2022

    I used to be a voracious reader in my teens, occasionally reading as many as 100 books a year. But in my twenties, when I began writing full time, I began reading less and less -- I was spending so...

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  • HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

    01 January 2022

    Happy New Year everybody!!!! I hope the year has started brightly for you all. I had a quiet night in last night -- I hit the sack before midnight -- and spent this morning on the grounds of my old...

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  • Screen Rant - Selma Hayek horror movies

    30 December 2021

    A couple of months ago, ScreenRant listed and ranked, from worst to best, "every" horror movie featuring the fabulous actress, Selma Hayek. I stuck quotation marks around "every" because she's only...

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  • A satirical Saga

    29 December 2021

    A YouTuber called RAT has been creating satirical short films of my Saga Of Darren Shan/Cirque Du Freak series. Each episode comes in around the quarter of an hour mark. The humour and language can...

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  • Good Ship Greenway

    27 December 2021

    I went for a family walk this morning along part of the Limerick Greenway, a 40km stretch of smooth walking and cycling path through the countryside. We drove to Rathkeale, which is the start of...

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