Don’t I live in a gorgeous city? First, a little importuning: I know, it’s a bit much coming from someone who’s had more than her fair share of luck lately. But I’d really like you to vote for me for best horror short story for It’s a Curse. Pretty please? And as long as you’re…
Category: Galway
Obsession: Guest Post at Trestle
I’m up on my publisher’s blog today with a piece on obsession. Yeah, you wouldn’t imagine it, eh? Me? Obsessed? Nah. Here’s the first part of it. Read the rest over at Trestle and feel free to share. K.A. Laity- “Obsession”- Guest Post, author of “Drunk on The Moon-It’s A Curse” ObsessionI seem to have…
BitchBuzz: Penguin’s Vanity Press
Great night out with colleagues at the tapas restaurant and then the French bistro. It’s supposed to get very cold tomorrow, so an excuse to hide inside. At least we’re not getting the much worse storms that are hitting Scotland — take care up there! Today’s column takes up the latest cynical move to fleece…
Converting Galway
Thanks to Michael, there’s a photo of me giving my talk at the Moore Institute yesterday. There was quite a good turnout! I suspect it was the sandwiches. The audience seemed to be receptive and laughed in the right places, always a good sign.I will put the talk on line when I get a moment….
Krampus and Digital Monks
Did the Krampus visit you last night or did Saint Nicholas fill your shoes with gifts? Happy Independence Day, Finland (let’s have a little Värttinä for that). My talk is today at the Moore Institute. It’s an update of my keynote address from April; I wanted to hit a lot of the same issues, but…
News, a Wish and BitchBuzz
Criminy: it’s December! How the time has flown by this semester, even though I haven’t been in class. My sympathies to my colleagues knee-deep in exams and grading. I know how it feels — and couldn’t be happier that I am not. Sorry! But it’s true. NEWS: It’s a Curse: Drunk on the Moon, Book…
Friday’s Forgotten Books: The Best of Myles
After the harrowing process of moving and desperately trying to unload many of my books, I have sworn to buy no more books and to adapt wholeheartedly to my gypsy life. Of course that lasted until I visited Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop, a Galway institution. I was there for a reading, but I couldn’t quite resist…
BitchBuzz and Over the Edge
I’m fighting off a cold that seemed to ride my coattails from London but if I’m feeling not too bad, I plan to head off to Over the Edge’s reading tonight at the library (where I am now mayor 🙂 and perhaps try out a new piece at the open mic if there’s room. A…
BitchBuzz: Jane Eyre’s Everlasting Appeal
A perennial favourite of mine, for sure — especially in the Dame Darcy illo’d version, I wax rhapsodic about the book over at BB: Jane Eyre’s Everlasting Appeal By K.A. Laity This month marks the 164th anniversary of the publication of Charlotte Brontë’s immortal Jane Eyre. Women love Jane—well, a certain kind of women love this heroine….
Talk About the Weather
Everywhere I’ve lived people have always said, “If you don’t like the weather, wait a minute.” Even in Houston, which flabbergasted me because nine or ten months of the year it is relentlessly hot and humid with only the regular 3pm brief thunderstorm to break the hellfire monotony. It was slightly more true in Michigan,…
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