Bridget Walsh
Progress in the US with my first Indie-pub'd novel.
Developing as an Indie writer and publisher of Irish historical novels.
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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...
Bridget Walsh
Self-publishing my first novel. (Two minute read)
It’s a strange experience to finally publish my first novel, Daughters of the Famine Road. I’m so pleased I can do this on Amazon KDP. I...
Bridget Walsh
Mixing created characters and a real woman from history. (2 min read)
Asenath Nicholson was an America philanthropist who toured Ireland twice in the 1840s. The first book she wrote, "Ireland Welcomes the...
Bridget Walsh
Character and plot: Agnes Mary Clerke
Imagine a small girl, six years old, living in Skibbereen, County Cork, in 1848, during the Famine Years. Her name was Agnes Mary Clerke,...
Bridget Walsh
Self-pubbing
So, my novel, ‘Daughters of the Famine Road,’ is now finished and on Amazon Books. Next up is marketing. I’ve been thinking about trying...
Bridget Walsh
Q. The World of your novel. Is it invented, or based in a real place? (Two minute read.)
A. I began to write my historical novel, ‘Daughters of the Famine Road,’ I started with locations in Ireland that I was most familiar...
Bridget Walsh
Self-pub editing (three minute read)
I’m just at the point of completing the final edit of my novel, “Daughters of the Famine Road.” I’ll upload it, today or tomorrow, on...
Bridget Walsh
My first novel
I signed up for my first ever cover design with Reedsy. com. Here's hoping my investment will result in a beautiful cover for my novel...
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