Shanville Monthly - January 2022
03 January 2022I 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...
My fave books of 2021
02 January 2022I 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...
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
01 January 2022Happy 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...
Screen Rant - Selma Hayek horror movies
30 December 2021A 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...
A satirical Saga
29 December 2021A 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...
Good Ship Greenway
27 December 2021I 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...