Should an author thank his fans for buying and reading his books? Sir George Stephen, a nineteen-century barrister and writer, thinks not. Here’s the explanation (slightly edited) from his book The Adventures of a Gentleman in Search of a Horse, published in 1835. As all authors who arrive at the honor of a second edition, […]
Here’s a thought that came to me based on a reaction to one of my poems. I think that’s something any writer can relate to. Having someone explain one of my poems to me makes me understand it better. It also makes me like it less.
Yesterday I went to my first book launch party. The party wasn’t for one of my books. If that would have been the case, I would have been too drunk today to write a blog post. Something like that would have been a huge cause of celebration and, in true Romanian style, I would have […]
This post is in the “Notes to self” category – where I try to say something useful in one hundred words or less. I chose to keep it brief because right now I’m feeling at a loss of words with the ignorance and narrow-mindedness I often notice. Here we go. If you think that choosing […]
A few days ago, I went on Souldier Girl’s blog and came across this quote: “I don’t write poetry. I write you.” I loved it and felt inspired to write a poem, only … I couldn’t. I had too many ideas going through my mind and couldn’t make them fit together. I struggled with it […]
I wrote the story behind I don’t write poetry here. What was supposed to be a simple poem turned into a few days long struggle whose end result I trashed and then changed my mind about it. Here are those rescued verses. I don’t write poetry By Ada Ireland I don’t write poetry … […]
Elmore Leonard’s 10 Rules of Writing is exactly 1,055 words long. I know that because I’ve just finished copying it into a Word document. It took me about thirty minutes. I first heard about it from a writer friend. I also read about it in Stephen King’s On Writing so I decided to buy it. […]
I love Rumi’s poetry. Many times it leaves me in awe with its simplicity, beauty, and raw power. This week I found some passages that bothered me. For the most part though, I think it’s the kind of writing that can’t leave anyone untouched. Here is an example. I want to be where your bare […]
I was in a dark mood when I started this poem. I got stuck after the first two stanzas and decided to mow the lawn instead. As usual, physical effort got rid of some of the gloom. Hence, the verses about mind tricks and getting drunk. I still like how it turned out: half serious, […]
Not long ago, Periodically Demented (my friend PD) posted a link to a very emotional poem: My Yesterday written by Souldier Girl. That poem inspired PD to write a series of short stories about abuse, emotional damage, and healing. The stories are not edited but are well written and very powerful nonetheless. That’s because PD has […]
Ada Ireland is a pen name I came up with for myself. Unashamed Writing is a name I came up with for my blog.
The pen name is fake. The writing on this blog is real ... as close to real and truthful as I can get it to be. Read More