

Ted Dunphy
Aug 24, 20172 min read
How to Write a Book (3) Characters
Skull Murgatroyd lives at the other end of the village. He is hailed as a ‘real character’ by those who live at this end of the village....


Ted Dunphy
Aug 8, 20172 min read
How to write a book (2) - Genres
Someone asked me if I write erotic novels. I said, ‘No. What would my grandchildren say?’ When I started writing, I wrote stories. It was...


Ted Dunphy
Aug 3, 20172 min read
How to write a book (1)
A grand uncle of mine was killed three hours after WW1 ended. He died in an accident on a RAF airfield in France. I came across that fact...


Ted Dunphy
Jul 5, 20172 min read
"And the hunter home from the hill"
The Irish government was fearful when the Spanish Civil War ended in 1939. That surprised me. I thought they would have been glad to see...