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Crowdfunder Thanks

Crowdfunder Thanks

The Secret Rose Hall of Fame I want to thank the wonderful people who supported my crowdfunder project  to make, publicise and distribute my special commemorative two-in-one book, in replica of WB Yeats 1897 first edition of The Secret Rose. Friends and patrons, I am...
My Yeats Day 2015

My Yeats Day 2015

  On Yeats day 2015,  I travelled to Dublin to collect a first edition copy of WB Yeat's short story collection, The Secret Rose, from the lovely Tanya Collie of Broadford books. This first edition was purchased by a Mr Danny O'Sullivan as part of my crowdfunder...
WB Yeats Was An Indie Author

WB Yeats Was An Indie Author

  “I am what is called on the Internet a “superfan,” of WB Yeats and one of the things I most love and admire about this poet and teller of tales is the care he took with his books, not just in their writing —- he was an avid reviser and improver -—but in...
A New #Poem: Holding On

A New #Poem: Holding On

  Up beside yon ancient castle, where a knight stands in the hall. crumbling bricks square off a garden, the old chapel, under pall. Crooked graves all moss and lichen, brambled weeds now gate its wall. While the knight, once thought a warden, armour empty, holds the...
Do You Think Product or Process?

Do You Think Product or Process?

Ours is the creative age.  A recent study by IBM shows the number one characteristic employers now look for in future employees is creativity. But its application is much wider than work. Learning how to recognise, understand and harness our creative capacities is...
WB Yeats Was An Indie Author

Five Reasons to Support: Secret Rose

Here are five reasons to support Secret Rose, my crowdfunding project. 1) You'll be reviving WB Yeats as a writer of fiction.  These stories have been neglected and underestimated by the critics. In the introduction to the book, I explain why these dramatic stories of...