Blog Tour – Day Four. Story Chat – Short Stories and Ruminations

Posted on December 7, 2023 by Gloria

This is day four of my blog tour; helping to promote the recently published book, Story Chat Online Literary Conversations: Series of Short Stories and Ruminations.

Read the story behind Story Chat Online Literary Conversations here ➔ Day One – Day Two – Day Three

A quick recap;

Marsha Ingrao has taken the stories from her annual online writing programme, Story Chat, and put them together, along with some of the comments made by the Story Chat participants, to create this fabulous and unique book!

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Blog Tour Day One – Story Chat – Short Stories and Ruminations

Posted on December 4, 2023 by Gloria

This week I’m helping to promote a wonderful book, Story Chat Online Literary Conversations: Series of Short Stories and Ruminations.

The History Behind the Book

Story Chat is a unique online writing programme where several authors submit their short stories for publication on alwayswrite.blog. A community of bloggers and story lovers come together to read the monthly stories and offer constructive feedback to the authors. Not only do they chat with the authors, but to each other as well. They don’t always agree on certain aspects of the story, which makes it all the more fun and interesting.

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Book Club Discussion – Secrets in the Babby House

Posted on July 12, 2023 by Gloria

Are you a member of a book club? If so, do you meet virtually or in-person?

I attend a book club run by Pangur Bán Bookshop in conjunction with Craoibhín Ballina. We meet in-person once a month.

The book up for discussion last month was none other than Secrets in the Babby House written by me! I was absolutely thrilled when my book by chosen, a little bit nervous too. Will they like it? Will I be able for the criticism? Book club critiques aren’t necessarily constructive. These readers know what they like and they’re not shy about voicing their opinions.