A heartfelt welcome once more to guest writer Annmarie Miles, as she shares the story of her writing journey. Since she won Carousel Writers’ Competition one year ago, Annmarie has become the heart of our writers’ centre and is a shining example of all that Carousel wants for its writers… I was very excited … Continue reading
Category Archives: Carousel Guests
Guest posts from other writers who are at different ages and stages of their writing journey
Criminally inspired
Carousel Creates Guest Blog – Susan Condon When I heard that Louise Phillips, author of Red Ribbons, was running a Crime Writers’ Workshop at Carousel Creates Writers’ Centre I knew I would have to attend. Although I’d been to Carousel a number of times before, on Saturday, 20 April, when I arrived for the workshop, … Continue reading
FINDING A STORY – a guest post by Catherine Brophy
We are delighted with the news that our dear friend Catherine Brophy has recently published her third novel. Catherine has led a number of ‘Storytelling’ workshops at Carousel Creates Writers’ Retreats and always brings out the best in our writers. ‘Burning Bright’ is set in the years of the Celtic tiger. It’s told in the … Continue reading
A Gem in the Scone – Free Writing
A Gem in the Scone is a guest blog, where folk who come to Carousel Writers’ Café can share whatever ‘gem’ they’ve found while writing and chatting over coffee each Wednesday. Our first contribution is by Annmarie Miles who learned about the concept of Free Writing. Get your FREE Writing here… That’s what I thought … Continue reading
A New Resource for Writers – The National Emerging Writer Programme (NEWP)
Our latest guestpost is by Anmmarie Miles, a regular visitor to Carousel Creates who is a busy blogger with both a personal blog and a fiction blog. She is also an Emerging Writer member of Writing.ie As I’m sure you know, the vision of Carousel Creates is to give us all a place and the … Continue reading
CLIMB ABOARD THE CAROUSEL…
Last weekend saw the creation of something very special… On Saturday the 1st of December, Carousel Creates was officially launched by none other than Crime Writer Louise Phillips. A wonderful morning’s writing was followed by a hearty (and chatty) lunch and an afternoon writing workshop facilitated by Louise. Recently nominated for Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book … Continue reading
