tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-92126876473706066802024-03-14T04:23:21.127+00:00Geraldine Moorkens Byrne: Poetry, Fiction, Non-FictionBio: Geraldine Moorkens Byrne, Ireland. MYSTERY WRITER The Caroline Jordan Mystery Series. The Body Politic, The Body Count.
Short Stories, Ceremonies, Non fiction.
Poetry: Anthologies (inc Poems From The Lockdown, Where the Hazel Falls) magazines (Asia Geographic, American Dowser) E-zines ( Poetry Life & Times, Prairie Poetry). Some poems have been performed as theatre in Ireland Uk & USA. Collection of poetry "Dreams of Reality" is available on Amazon KindleUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger304125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9212687647370606680.post-23995000899298752022023-02-02T14:14:00.003+00:002023-02-02T14:14:49.264+00:00Inspiration strikes ! #crimefiction #mysterywriter #amwriting Today I was reading a headline in the British papers that seemed to come straight from a crime novel; the case itself is tragic, and current, and involves the loss of a real person, but the alibi presented by the accused is as twisty as an Agatha Christie plot.I take a lot of inspiration from newspapers. Not just alibis or details of crimes but often a seemingly innocuous story will Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9212687647370606680.post-45396105206197571942022-10-18T16:20:00.007+00:002022-10-18T16:20:56.538+00:00#bookreview The Reaper of Justice, Anne Frehill - #irishfiction #ireland #irishwarofindependence #revolutionaryIreland"Reapers of Justice" Anne FrehillSet during one of my favourite periods of Irish history, the revolutionary years between the Rising and Independence, Reapers of Justice is the story of a young schoolteacher, Sarah Murphy, in love with a freedom fighter, Sean . Through the story of their tumultuous love, we see the friction, upheaval and danger of those years juxtaposed against the strict Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9212687647370606680.post-55624312087473430102022-10-18T15:10:00.001+00:002022-10-18T15:10:13.057+00:00LIFFEY SOUND FM BOOKLINE INTERVIEW Join me on Liffey Sound FM on Sunday 30th at 11 am as I talk writing, books and Caroline Jordan with Teresa Quinn on the excellent Bookline programme. Listen Livehttp://liffeysoundfm.ie/sneak peak on Saturday 29thhttps://www.facebook.com/liffeysoundfmBOOKLINETeresa Quinn interviews local, national and international authors each week about their new releases. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9212687647370606680.post-60499924553325187242022-10-18T14:53:00.002+00:002022-10-18T15:48:19.972+00:00New Blog Series! Meet the Main Character - interviews with #characters from great adult and kids #books COMING SOON! A new blog series, where the main characters of great modern books, for adults and kids, answer all the questions we want answered! From grilling detectives to chatting with adorable monsters - these fictional characters will walk off the page and be interviewed.Follow the blog below or follow me on Facebook or Twitter @gerceltAUTHORS - If you'd like your main Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9212687647370606680.post-58892098126024420082022-05-08T18:09:00.003+00:002022-05-08T18:09:20.745+00:00Caroline Jordan's Ideal Trip to Dublin #TheBodyPolitic #CarolineJordanMysteries #Dublin #Ireland #IrishBlog #MysteryBooks A reader emailed me to ask, as they're visiting Dublin soon, what would be Caroline Jordan's Ideal Visit recommendations!Well in honour of such a fabulous question here's a blog post to answer, and I hope you enjoy it Amy.Now, we all know the last 2 years have brought a really hard time for the city centre, with a lot of really cool places have closed down. But there are still absolute gemsUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9212687647370606680.post-68906466437027172962022-04-07T09:57:00.005+00:002022-04-07T10:29:25.178+00:00Writing Book Three - a glimpse behind the scenes! The third book in the Caroline Jordan Mystery Series is The Body Beautiful. Taking up the Jordan PR story several months after the The Body Count, we find Paula Hughes preparing for her wedding. But what should be - according to all the romance novelists - a magical time is fraught with worries about her appearance. Paula has always been a little self deprecating about her looks, despite Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9212687647370606680.post-49298261050481515052022-01-27T13:07:00.003+00:002022-01-27T13:09:03.629+00:00Plague and Procrastination...#covid #writing #amwriting #WritingCommunity #Readers #Reading #ReadingCommunity Blank Pages Mocking MeWell it happened, Dear Reader. The plague has struck our house in the form of two wee boys. The youngest turned 8 on Friday and had a positive test on Monday. What a way to celebrate! The 11 yr old promptly joined in the fun. Symptoms ranged from sick tummies to hacking coughs with a few brief periods between where they felt ok. Thankfully both have had one vaccinationUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0Dublin, Ireland53.3498053 -6.260309725.039571463821154 -41.4165597 81.660039136178852 28.8959403tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9212687647370606680.post-80183718985830893952022-01-08T12:42:00.007+00:002022-01-08T12:45:38.417+00:00So what's New for 22? My plans for the coming year, including new #books and #podcastThe Year Ahead...Well I hope we all survived the festivities, or lack of them. Ours was a mixed bag - sadness because one family member wasn't with us for xmas, and although he's safe and in the best care, it was upsetting versus the joy of being home with the boys for pretty much two solid weeks, broken only by a trip to visit family or visits from family. Conscious of the rising Covid Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Dublin, Ireland53.3498053 -6.260309725.039571463821154 -41.4165597 81.660039136178852 28.8959403tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9212687647370606680.post-65777199864092804142022-01-03T15:30:00.005+00:002022-01-03T16:57:16.452+00:00New Year, Five Simple Words #newyear #resolutions #parenting #creativity Five Simple WordsEach word has power, each sound carries magic for the New Year.The whole new year's resolution thing isnt for me at least not in recent years. I've done that, suffered the self recrimination and guilt, given up on the whole debacle. Instead, for the last 10 years I've chosen a word or phrase that I feel I'll live up to for the year. One year was "movement" and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Dublin, Ireland53.3498053 -6.260309723.098682228991887 -41.4165597 83.600928371008109 28.8959403tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9212687647370606680.post-64278482029132406552021-12-24T00:06:00.002+00:002021-12-24T00:06:39.394+00:00As we edge towards year's end....#xmas #books #writing #writinglife It's been one long strange year.Feeling the urge to take stock as this year grinds closer to the nadir of the wheel's turn. Indeed as of yesterday it passed that point and we're on way back to the light.It's not easy to sum 2021 up. Certainly the glib answer would be covid/stress that would kill a horse/fresh hell. But despite a terrible year in some ways, good things happened. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9212687647370606680.post-45652455433256672512021-12-17T15:37:00.002+00:002021-12-17T15:37:33.128+00:00Buying The Body Count on AMAZON #amazon #error #brokenlinks #buyeditionsonline BUY THE BODY COUNT on AMAZONAmazon have created an error and until it's fixed please noteto buy a KINDLE edition HERE USAto buy a KINDLE edition HERE UKto buy a PAPERBACK edition HERE USAto buy a PAPERBACK edition HERE UKFor all links including signed copies bio.link/germoorkensbyrneUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9212687647370606680.post-51218354112044947032021-12-15T10:50:00.003+00:002021-12-15T10:50:25.668+00:00The Body Count Publication Day! #book #booklaunch #newbook #crimefiction #murdermystery #mysterybook #irishwriter #ireland It's
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2012 and the banking scandals have hit Ireland hard; the Bank of Leinster finds
its image in need of emergency help. Which means Jordan PR Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9212687647370606680.post-43355612928925182312021-11-18T17:09:00.001+00:002021-11-18T17:09:25.184+00:00The Body Count pre-orders on #Kindle open now! MAD EXCITEMENT here!
Preorders have opened on KINDLE for The BodyCount, Caroline Jordan Mystery Book 2.It's 2012 and the banking scandals have hit
Ireland hard. The beleaguered Bank of Leinster desperately need an image
makeover - and this means Jordan PR are about to pitch for their biggest
contract yet. With her best friends and colleagues about to get married,
Caroline is Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9212687647370606680.post-22172514567981180602021-09-02T12:09:00.001+00:002021-09-02T12:09:18.286+00:00The Body Politic: Caroline Jordans's #Dublin in 2012 It's 2012 and Caroline Jordan is about to be embroiled in her latest mystery, The Body Count. So in previous posts we've explored Christ Church the area she works in and the area around Leinster House, the home of Irish Politics. but there's so much more to Dublin than buildings, or even pubs and restaurants.Dublin is a city justly famed for its characters, wit and unique outlook. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9212687647370606680.post-10695388226652411682021-08-27T10:19:00.006+00:002021-08-27T10:19:55.256+00:00Mael Bridge "A Brigit of Ireland Devotional" BOOK LAUNCH - I'll be reading #poetry at it #booklaunch #pagan #bridget #spirituality “A Bridget of Ireland Devotional”Join me at a FREE online Book Launch; a community celebration of Poetry and Devotional worksI will be reading poetry tomorrow night Saturday 28th 9pm Irish Time (1pm Pacific Time)To celebrate the launch of Mael Bridge’s long awaited book, A Bridget of Ireland Devotional,”You are welcome to join us on 28 August from 1:00-2:30 PM Pacific Time (starts 9:00 PM Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9212687647370606680.post-88684197632264754122021-08-25T14:39:00.000+00:002021-08-25T14:39:14.097+00:00Caroline Jordan's #Dublin : Merrion Square, #LeintsterHouse #GovernmentBuildings #TheMerrionHotel and more When she's not in her office in Christ Church, Caroline Jordan is usually to be found dealing with her political clients - first the late, unlamented Minister Fitzpatrick and now the leader of the Irish Government himself, An Taoiseach Michael T O'Mahony. This work takes her to a different part of Dublin City, the areas surrounding Leinster House, The Offices of An Taoiseach and Government Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9212687647370606680.post-32673029352496783092021-08-21T13:44:00.006+00:002021-08-21T13:44:59.321+00:00The final Stretch - when the end of the first draft is in sight! #writing #WritingCommunity #TheBodyCount #CrimeFiction #Mystery After days of frantic writing, a wonderful and miraculous thing has happened. All the messy plot points began to resolve themselves into a coherent narrative and in 6 chapters I've gone from flailing around to writing the end of the book. There's a chapter or three to go yet, but I know who the murderer is and I know why. I have two subplots to tie up. and a few loose ends will need to be Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9212687647370606680.post-34084141567882539512021-08-14T12:03:00.003+00:002021-08-14T12:04:13.632+00:00Bedside Manners ~ #Alzheimers and the #FamilyCarer a new #poemseries Bedside Manners:Alzheimers and the Family Carer is a poem series exploring the relationship the Family Carer has with Alzheimer's - both the person for whom they care and the larger issue of the disease itself and how it affects every aspect of life.The role of the carer is often interpreted by
outsiders, framed in martyrdom or judged for any perceived heresy to the
doctrine of self sacrifice. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9212687647370606680.post-82534940458788909462021-08-14T11:48:00.012+00:002021-08-14T11:50:02.747+00:00New #Authors, New #Books to discover in August, all under $5 New titles and New Books to Discover in AugustPre-order USA Today Best Selling Author Molly Fitz's compilation of new authors, While the Cat's Away for only 99c! ALSO THE BODY POLITIC is only $1.99 on Amazon for AUGUST Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9212687647370606680.post-27566116864715730502021-08-12T15:12:00.001+00:002021-08-12T15:12:52.094+00:00Caroline Jordan's #Dublin: Christ Church, Winetavern Street, Dame Street, When you meet Caroline Jordan, in The Body Politic, you are thrown right into the deep end - she lives and works in a particular world, one of politicians, socialites, chic restaurants, and modernity, all grafted onto an ancient and enduring city. Dublin, Ireland to many people might conjure up some old world charm with pubs and historical buildings and shops boasting handwoven sweaters (orUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0Christchurch Pl, Wood Quay, Dublin 8, Co. Dublin, Ireland53.343512999999987 -6.271060225.033279163821142 -41.4273102 81.65374683617884 28.8851898tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9212687647370606680.post-46961975077534406462021-07-30T10:25:00.001+00:002021-07-30T10:25:24.778+00:00What Fresh Hell is this?#writing #crimefiction #fiction #irishwriting #irishdrimefiction #books #editing #marketingbooks So I used to think the main problem with writing novels was actually writing the damn thing. If I could get more disciplined, write more words, and generally do the adulting, then I will have a book. OK, obviously there would be pesky re-writes and editing but the most important thing would be accomplished. All I'd have to do then is send it to my publishers, a tiny micro publishing group, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Dublin, Ireland53.3498053 -6.260309725.039571463821154 -41.4165597 81.660039136178852 28.8959403tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9212687647370606680.post-87937142535082844802021-06-17T17:12:00.000+00:002021-06-17T17:12:01.604+00:00Sending out #books to #readers and #bookshops is a great feeling! Not gonna lie, one of my favourite things at the moment is the weekly posting of new orders out to readers. I'll never get over the thrill of seeing someone thought enough of my book to purchase it; I know how many books I browse, how carefully I choose, before buying a paperback and I appreciate the time my reader spends and the fact they are willing to take a chance on an unknown, new Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Dublin, Ireland53.3498053 -6.260309725.039571463821154 -41.4165597 81.660039136178852 28.8959403tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9212687647370606680.post-87769243685550676892021-06-04T17:10:00.000+00:002021-06-04T17:10:24.808+00:00The Body Politic is now available on Smashwords and Google Play Books #crimefiction #books #writing #ebook The Body Politic ebook is now available on Google Play Books and Smashwords, two great ways to read!For Smashwords check out THE BODY POLITIC EBOOK $4.95For Google Play Books check out THE BODY POLITIC EBOOK €3.95/$4.95Google Play Books offers a free sample before you buy, while Smashwords offers access to a wide range of formats from ebook to mobi. Choose whichever suits you andUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9212687647370606680.post-50440505986122253402021-05-19T11:05:00.005+00:002021-05-19T11:05:43.382+00:00 Keep up to date with new books, events and more! Subscribe to my mailing list on Http://WWW.CelebratingWords.ComMailing list form at the bottom of every page!Be in first to preorder at great prices, get event invitations, and updates Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9212687647370606680.post-49778381300587224172021-05-14T15:44:00.001+00:002021-05-14T15:44:09.572+00:00Words, more words, and then a few more words #writing #crimefiction #books #writingstories #writinglife So here's what my writing life looks like.I sit at the dining table, on an ancient laptop and throw words at an empty screen. It's a very public space; my ten and seven year old want snacks, help with homework, or to show their latest artistic masterpiece. My mother is 89, and would like to show me the latest cute dog video she has discovered on Facebook or Instagram. My 90 year old Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0