by 5u5p3nc3Auth0r | Sep 18, 2017 | Checkmate Clans and Castles, Cloak and Mirrors, On Writing
For authors of suspense, the political landscape has posed some interesting challenges. It has always been a popular theme to select an enemy government that our hero must infiltrate and take down, even if it’s done in bits and pieces. Consider Ian Fleming’s James...
by 5u5p3nc3Auth0r | Sep 18, 2017 | A Thin Slice of Heaven, Ghosts
An Irish friend once told me that any self-respecting castle must have at least one ghost and in Ireland where the veil is thin, ghosts abound. So when I came across a castle that is purported to be the most haunted castle in all of Ireland, I knew I had to explore...
by 5u5p3nc3Auth0r | Sep 18, 2017 | Checkmate Clans and Castles, On Writing
With politics and dysfunction dominating the news, more readers are turning to subjects that take them as far away from Washington government as possible. It is also inspiring authors – including me – to turn to the past. There is something comforting...
by 5u5p3nc3Auth0r | Sep 18, 2017 | Ghosts
Burt Castle was built during the 16th century in Ulster at the southern edge of the Inishowen Peninsula. Inishowen had been in the hands of the O’Doherty Clan for more than a thousand years and Burt Castle was only one of several castles that dotted the peninsula. It...
by 5u5p3nc3Auth0r | Sep 18, 2017 | Ghosts
The Inishowen Peninsula rests at the northwestern corner of Ireland, a wild, untamed landscape with craggy rocks upon which the Atlantic Ocean whips and the winds pummel. It lies within County Donegal, one of the nine counties of the ancient Irish province known as...