Traditionally, the 6th of January, Nollaig na mBan, was the day when the woman of the house would finally put her feet up after all the turkey basting and sprout peeling of the Christmas period and her husband would take …
writing
The novelist’s noose
A history of writer’s block and why it strikes when it does
In 1804, Samuel Taylor Coleridge lamented that “completely has a whole year passed, with scarcely the fruits of a month. – O Sorrow and Shame…I have done nothing!” Coleridge was most productive throughout his twenties, after which he suffered from …
Making good art
In an interview with Griffin Hansen, Orlaith Holland uncovers one student’s process of writing a novel
The kettle is on. It’ll be my fourth coffee of the day. All of the windows are wide open, summer air creeping in, born of our Irish heat wave. Although I’m in my kitchen, I’m dressed neatly, as if I’m …
Lit Soc’s Literary Lock-in: A writer’s haven
Rory Gallagher attempts to breach the writers’ block threshold at Lit Soc’s Literary Lock-in
Last night I had the pleasure of going to one of the Literary Society’s Literary Lock-ins, a hangout session for those who write or are interested in starting. Located on the fifth floor of the Arts Building and running from …