Lara O'Brien
New Writing Workshops start September 20th Wed.
Publishing is a business, writing is an art. When we share our stories together it is communion. (the sharing or exchanging of intimate...
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Lara O'Brien
- Jun 4
- 2 min
1,000 words before Coffee
A fortune-teller once told me that I knew my husband in a past life. That we were married and had died in a ditch of hunger together....
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Lara O'Brien
- May 30
- 1 min
Writing on a beautiful island ...
Good morning, The summer bell tent is nearly ready, the boys are laying the platform. It's big ... but the platform will eventually be...
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Lara O'Brien
- May 27
- 2 min
Off the Hooks and Reels ...
I'll be honest, I woke often in the middle of the night wondering how we'd meet expectations after the first fantastic Hooks & Reels...
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Lara O'Brien
- Apr 4
- 1 min
Writing on the Beautiful Island of Vinalhaven in Maine.
I have an affinity for small islands and our new home of Vinalhaven is the absolute perfect place to get away from it all and take in the...
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Lara O'Brien
- Mar 23
- 3 min
The Celebration of Life for Daragh Aherne Clarke
The Bonny Men gave a beautiful tribute to our dear friend, Daragh Aherne Clarke, (who passed away so suddenly last week) on St Patrickās...
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Lara O'Brien
- Mar 8
- 1 min
Write Your Short Story
I'm offering two Saturday Workshops; May 13th and May 20th 10-1pm 80 EUR For anyone who was ever thinking of writing and presenting a...
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Lara O'Brien
- Feb 20
- 2 min
HOOKS & REELS
HOWTH Writing Workshops go off the hook. BIG and joyous news: we are taking the writing out of the workshops and into the community with...
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Lara O'Brien
- Feb 11
- 2 min
I Wait For Him
I waited for him to visit me in my dreams. I wasn't in a hurry. I've heard friends speak of lost loved ones returning, of a blink of a...
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Lara O'Brien
- Jan 30
- 1 min
New Year, New Writing Workshops.
We are out the gate and off to the writing races. This new year has been a busy one already with Workshops and collaborations with...
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Lara O'Brien
- Oct 19, 2022
- 1 min
Person to Person
We are gathering in person to write from November 8th Tuesday for 6 weeks. Write to prompts or bring you Work In Progress for solid and...
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Lara O'Brien
- Aug 16, 2022
- 1 min
New Workshop Coming Soon.
Sign up now for a September start. Time doesn't suit? Email me to see if there is an ongoing group you can join. We have US groups (10am...
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Lara O'Brien
- Jun 26, 2022
- 1 min
Testimony from the past...
Dear Team, I am delighted to have the opportunity to talk about Lara OāBrienās contribution to the arts on the island of Martha's...
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Lara O'Brien
- Jun 6, 2022
- 3 min
Space
By Lara O'Brien The idea of a space, a room to write in successfully, is captured throughout history. Virginia Woolfās quote 'Every woman...
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Lara O'Brien
- Jun 5, 2022
- 3 min
Menopause and Grief
Recently I began, for the first time, to observe my body, sincerely. And by body, I mean mind, predominantly. Because the confusion...
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Lara O'Brien
- Jun 2, 2022
- 1 min
Writing 'The End' on your memoir
Knowing when to write āthe endā in memoir takes time and thought, and can end with new beginnings. The End is not the end, it is the...
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Lara O'Brien
- Jun 1, 2022
- 1 min
āWhether you want to put your first word on paper, or bring your writing to the next level.
A guest post by Helen Lahert. āWhether you want to put your first word on paper, or bring your writing to the next level, I would...
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Lara O'Brien
- May 26, 2022
- 2 min
Writing to your President and your community.
https://hyc.ie/gallery/albums/319-eire-6-restoration-and-unveiling-ceremony I am writing to complete my own memoir, part of an exercise...
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Lara O'Brien
- May 20, 2022
- 4 min
Writing while grieving...
Lara O'Brien - Writing Workshops & Retreats I planned to grieve my fatherās loss. I imagined it to be in the forest of Vinalhaven, a...
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