by Tina O'Rourke | Sep 11, 2023 | Short Stories, Writing Journal
880 words 3 min 31 sec reading time I met Storm Fairy so long ago that I have only fragments of memory. I hope you will forgive this abrupt telling to clear the way to where I stand today. One minute, I was on the promenade in Tramore. Watching white foaming waves... by Tina O'Rourke | Aug 4, 2023 | Notebook, Writing Journal
Today I want to talk about editing because it is not one of my strong points, and I assumed editing was all grammar focused. Once I eliminated that idea, I began to enjoy the process. After all, I can outsource the proof and line edit to someone good at that job. One...
by Tina O'Rourke | Jul 27, 2023 | Alice, Camping, Outdoors
Hi, and welcome back to my travel journal. Today I will go through the primary cooking equipment we use in our campervan, alongside a few of the go-to dishes we make. There has been a lot of trial and error in creating the perfect cooking setup for the camper. We... by Tina O'Rourke | Jul 19, 2023 | Notebook, Writing Journal
‘Overwhelmed by the beauty and mystery of everything, he rolled over and over and right off the deck of his boat and into the sea.’ Amos & Boris is the first book I have read by William Steig. As the creator of the infamous Shrek character, I am...
by Tina O'Rourke | Jul 18, 2023 | Short Stories, Writing Journal
823 words 3 min 17 sec reading time James sat down on the stone walkway just beneath the city centre bridge. He had been unceremoniously removed from the nearby shopping centre a few minutes earlier and had nowhere else to go that was safe at least. It was a Saturday,...
