LIZZY SHANNON

I've driven over to an adjacent county a couple of times so far... there are a couple of places that play major parts in the book, and I...

Tomorrow it will be a fortnight that I'm back in Northern Ireland. I seem to have packed a lot into those two weeks. Two visits to family...

I have been back in Northern Ireland a week today. It really takes about that long to adapt. Not just physically but mentally, too. I...

Day Four back in Northern Ireland. Despite some serious computer technical difficulties, I've managed to pick up the writing again. It's...

I am back in Northern Ireland again. And back to the grindstone without delay: I have three weeks to complete the part of the book that...

This has been an interesting week, all around. I’ve been putting off all kinds of things while I write, and it reached critical mass last...

My penultimate day in Northern Ireland before heading back to the States. Yesterday we had much excitement at Robin Hill. I was out in...

My goodness, has it really been October 5th since my last blog entry? Well, I have a good excuse: I just finished writing a first draft...

Yesterday was one of those days. It started off well enough with a bit of car shopping, which is actually fun in Northern Ireland. When...

Life at Robin Hill has returned pretty much to the funny farm that I remember. This morning didn’t start out too well. I got a bit cocky...

A bit of a rollercoaster of emotions going on, right now. Dad hasn’t had a vacation in several years, so we decided that I could...

I just got back from visiting my brother Steve, and sister-in-law Moya in Inverness, Scotland. We packed a lot into a few days, and the...

1st week at Robin Hill, Northern Ireland I’ve been here just over a week, and it has gone by fast. I think Dad is happy to have someone...

One is always a bit under par after a transatlantic flight and a journey that you’ve been on for twenty-two hours. The last time I’d just...

Day 3, Northern Ireland, September 2, 2013 This morning’s blog presented a couple of challenges to even get started. I got up before Dad,...

Day 2, Northern Ireland 2013 The journey began at the unholy hour of 3:45am in Portland when I had to get up in order to get the 7:17am...

Phoned Dad in Northern Ireland at 1PM today as usual. The conversation went something like this: Dad: "Hello?" Me: "Hi Dad, it's me. How...

The annual Willamette Writers Conference rolled around again last weekend. It seems no time at all since the last one in 2012. I pitched...

I was very touched to find an email from Jay Lake in my inbox, the other day. Even in the midst of his health crisis he took the time to...

This past year I have been the most unreliable blogger in the world. Things became too personal in the aftermath of the Graves’ Disease...