Aoife Clare

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Are you interested in Psychology, Philosophy, Archaeology and our place in the Universe?  My URBAN FANTASIES combine these topics in worlds that really aren't that hard to imagine.  You will find ROMANCE as well in both my Adult and Young Adult  novels.

'When the Sun is a distant memory, no-one is safe' - read more of my recent short story SUNLESS

"You can tell they're not human. They're too small and they scuttle, sideways like crabs." Check out more of my book excerpt: MAZES

I regularly update my blog with short stories, writing tips and poems. Please take a look, I value your feedback.

There's so much more to all of us than what we can see or touch. Expect a bit of psychic intrigue and some exploration of the subconsciousness and some scary stuff too along with a good dollop of romance of course.

EASY RECALL WRITING TIPS - The Famous Five - one of the most powerful tools for any writer, and don't forget the elusive sixth! Read more 

30 October 2010
Publication possiblilities are currently a minefield. The industry is in a state of flux. E-publishing and self publishing seem to have chucked in options that have a mass of ramifications for all who make a living from this business. What's the answer for authors? Some published writers have not been receiving royalties. Agents are being ignored. Is is safer to self publish and self promote?

12 September 2010
ref WordPress for Examples from Contributors from the monthly writing exercises from my newsletters. 

23 August 2010
Well what an amazing Conference. I made two successful pitches to an Editor and an Agent for two of my books so now to get to work to tidy them up and send them off. Fortunately they are accepting submissions by e-mail so need for that wretched postal performance with the self addressed envelopes to the States.
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W.I.P. The Pyre Song; I envision this related to some future work. I'll be adding verse and ideas and extracting over time - you can view this evolving at this site:

Who am I?
I am but one
Flung to burn
And in turn burning.
Whose will have I done?

• POEM: Planet Graffiti

    Messages are wide world hinted;
    Sand, dry feathered on the wet.
    Foam in tidal shallows scribbled,
    Starlight morsed. The moon imprinted,
    Silver tracked where the sun has set.

    Watch the way things fly and fall;
    Cards and petals, water, pebbles.
    Read the leaves the wind has scattered -
    Signals on a mud stained wall.