I was delighted to be invited to speak at the International Dublin Writers’ Festival again. This year, the theme was the creative well, something essential to good writing, but a slippery one to grasp. In essence, it’s the part of you that feeds your imagination. If it’s kept at a healthy level, it will help ideas for your writing flow to you more easily.
With Laurence O’Bryan, Dublin Writers’ Conference organiser
The audience was lovely. After my talk, we had some fascinating chats about the writing process which is always a pleasure. When I was starting on my writing journey, I received generous help from established writers. Now, I love giving back my experiences – good and bad!
Whilst there, I filled my own creative well by visiting the Book of Kells, including the new digital displays with its floating images!.
Of course, a visit to the Long Room library in Trinity College was compulsory! A very impressive place…
And I loved this spiral staircase. It will doubtless appear in a future novel or short story!
And I couldn’t resist buying this beautiful mug as a souvenir.
Dublin is a literary city full of bookshops brimming with a comprehensive range of every kind of book. I was lucky enough to be invited to Katherine Mezzacappa’s book launch at Hodges Figgis.
I was sorry to leave Dublin, its writers and its atmosphere, but I hope to return soon!
Alison Morton is the author of Roma Nova thrillers – INCEPTIO, CARINA (novella), PERFIDITAS, SUCCESSIO, AURELIA, NEXUS (novella), INSURRECTIO and RETALIO, and ROMA NOVA EXTRA, a collection of short stories. Audiobooks are available for four of the series. Double Identity, a contemporary conspiracy, starts a new series of thrillers. JULIA PRIMA, Roma Nova story set in the late 4th century, starts the Foundation stories. The sequel, EXSILIUM, is now out.
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