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Bridget Walsh
My second historical novel is ready soon!
Indie author and self publishing my second historical novel.
Bridget Walsh
The Irish Rebellion of 1848. #amresearching #irishhistory
My research on the failed Irish rebellion in 1848.
Bridget Walsh
Book Orders in the US and the #Irishdiaspora #historicalnovel #indiewriter
August 2022 is looking like a slower month for my book orders. These are the total orders since I self-published my first novel back in...
Bridget Walsh
Summer book sale for lovers of the Irish story.
Irish historical novel recounting the story of two intrepid young women, living through the Famine years.
Bridget Walsh
Progress in the US with my first Indie-pub'd novel.
Developing as an Indie writer and publisher of Irish historical novels.
Bridget Walsh
Inspiration: The graveyard. An extract.
Inspiration for a setting in my novel about the Irish Famine, 'Coming Home.'
Bridget Walsh
Serendipity and historical research #amwriting #irishhistoricalnovels
It started with a short drive. I was in Ireland last week to babysit my grandsons. My daughter, Fran, was going to a wedding in Rome with...
Bridget Walsh
Novel endings and influences #amwriting #irishhistoricalnovels
Revising the end of my novel, I felt the ending was a bit too drawn out, not just for me and the characters, but for the reader. I...
Bridget Walsh
Indie-pubb'd novel (part 2) - data and next steps #historicalnovels
I've had a very successful KDP free e-book promotion. It's fascinating to see where copies of 'Daughters of the Famine Road' are now. It...
Bridget Walsh
Daughters in Exile - Emigration and Transportation. (2 min read) #irishhistoricalnovels
I'm editing the second historical novel in a trilogy about the Irish Famine years. Annie Power and Jane Keating both left Ireland in the...
Bridget Walsh
On titles: Exile - 1847, Home - 1848.
Just reading an excellent article about Antony Gormley. ‘I’m inviting people to explore the conditions of their own living.’ (Guardian...
Bridget Walsh
Developing characters: Jane Keating
Jane, will live a long life. Born in Galway in 1830, she will be almost eighty-six years old on the 24th April 1916, and she will witness...
Bridget Walsh
As an Indie author, it’s now time I started to broaden the reach of my novels.
#HistoricalFiction So, yesterday, I signed up with #Ingramspark. The self-publishing arm is similar to KDP, but Ingramspark are also...
Bridget Walsh
Where do you get your characters' names from? (three minute read)
My daughter, Nancy, asked me why I had chosen the name, Jane, for one of the two protagonists in my first self-published novel,...
Bridget Walsh
While writing: Do you get in a knot with your chronology?
13th April 2022. Two minute read. .My problem with writing the final chapters, and scenes, was to get both women, one dead and one alive,...
Bridget Walsh
Self-publishing my first novel. Part Two. (4 min read)
How many times did you re-upload your manuscript? I uploaded mine at least three times. Here's why, and here's the screen-shot of my...
Bridget Walsh
Emigration - My character’s imagined journey from Quebec to New York in 1846.
The Journey My protagonist, Annie Power, and her siblings, left Ireland in June 1846. In 'Daughters of the Famine Road,' they had planned...