Writing
Some of my favorite books are those so very well written as to tell a story that
enthralls the reader drawing them into their personal fantastic story.   My favorite
authors take me on a journey of their own telling.... based on their own contrived
realities.

Here are some of my favorite authors:

James A. Michener  www.grandtimes.com/michener
Frank McCourt  Interview with Frank
James Joyce  The James Joyce Center
Morgan Llewellyn  Fantastic Fiction
John O'Donohue www.jodonohue.com
Nora Roberts www.noraroberts.com
Currently working on a current day novel that celebrates the live and adventures
of Granuaille O'Mhaille - an Irish Sea Pirate who lived from 1530 - 1603.  For more
information on Granuaille check out this link:  

Granuaille O'Mhaille

I do not grudge them: Lord, I do not grudge
My two strong sons that I have seen go out
To break their strength and die, they and a few,
In bloody protest for a glorious thing,
They shall be spoken of among their people,
The generations shall remember them,
And call them blessed;
But I will speak their names to my own heart
In the long nights;
The little names that were familiar once
Round my dead hearth.
Lord, thou art hard on mothers:
We suffer in their coming and their going;
And tho' I grudge them not, I weary, weary
Of the long sorrow - And yet I have my joy:
My sons were faithful, and they fought.

To hear this poem read by Bertie Ahern, former Toaoiseach of Ireland,
from the book Voices and Poetry of Ireland: click the link below: