LIZZY SHANNON

About a week ago I went to see Alien Covenant. A town a few miles away from Dundrum had sprouted a multi-screen cinema at some point, but...

I drove over to Ballynahinch today to meet my cousin for lunch. In the public car park, I parked in a space beside a stationary 4x4...

Almost six months have sped by and I find myself back in Northern Ireland again. It was actually quite a pleasant journey over, this...

It's been a time of reflection so far this year. I've recently had more time to practice my piano playing, and I dug out a couple of...

I have finally finished A Song of Bullets! It took several months longer than I'd anticipated, but is now completed after two years. The...

Hard to believe I'm back in Northern Ireland again! Time has this pesky habit of sneaking away from me. Last time I looked, it was the...

First blog of 2015! And Dad and his eccentricites already promise to make this a very entertaining year. This afternoon I was lost in...

The other day was blustery and rainy, and Murlough Nature Reserve had become a quagmire when Dad and I walked Cooper there. But our boots...

Last week I was in Belfast again, meeting up to bid a friend bon voyage before he headed home to Australia. For old time's sake we...

On Monday afternoon I headed to Belfast for a little last-draft research. This is the point in finishing off the book where I have to...

Back in Northern Ireland again. How does time zoom by so quickly? This time I traveled a different route with United Airlines...from...

I just updated my website, and when I got to the Blog page I realized I hadn’t entered anything since I got back from Northern Ireland....

A week back in Oregon and my suitcase still lies on my bedroom floor. Clothes spill from its gaping maw, and I have to climb over it all...

It’s hard to believe I’ve been back in Northern Ireland for three months, exactly. Where did the time go? Let me see... I finished the...

Yesterday I woke up at 6am with the sun streaming through my bedroom window, and couldn't get back to sleep. The morning beckoned; too...

I am once again scrambling to catch up with things, including this blog. And once again have a good excuse as to why I’m behind! All last...

I appear to be on a roll with exploding food. Following the other day’s impromptu stew IED, today I managed to create almost as much of a...

Recently, as part of the latest book I’ve been researching improvised explosive devices (IED’s). A most awesome person has been extremely...

I’m heading off on my research trip to Edinburgh in Scotland, tomorrow. I’m on schedule with the book, I’m happy to say. Have written a...

I had one of those wonderful, unexpected moments of laughing until tears came, just now. I'd ordered a friend's book, which arrived...