Evie Gaughan, Author at Women Writers, Women's Books http://booksbywomen.org/author/eviegaughan/ Wed, 04 Jul 2018 15:15:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 The Magic Of Storytelling https://booksbywomen.org/the-magic-of-storytelling-by-evie-gaughan/ https://booksbywomen.org/the-magic-of-storytelling-by-evie-gaughan/#respond Fri, 06 Jul 2018 10:06:43 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=23448 I’ve always loved fairytales; the sense of the fantastical, the danger, the magic. When I was young, I grew up reading Grimm fairytales alongside Irish folklore, so the Children of Lir sat happily alongside Hansel and Gretel. I am happy to say that I never really outgrew my love of folk and fairytales and in […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/the-magic-of-storytelling-by-evie-gaughan/feed/ 0 23448 Cover Story https://booksbywomen.org/cover-story-by-evie-gaughan/ https://booksbywomen.org/cover-story-by-evie-gaughan/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2018 08:57:41 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=22147 When my publisher asked if I had any ideas in mind for the cover of my new book, I’m not sure they were prepared for the Pinterest board I’d been adding to steadily for over a year!  I had eleventy-million ideas and couldn’t begin to think how they could all be distilled down to one […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/get-a-real-job-by-evie-gaughan/feed/ 3 18668 Viewpoint: Gender Bias In The Literary World https://booksbywomen.org/viewpoint-ongender-bias-in-the-literary-world/ https://booksbywomen.org/viewpoint-ongender-bias-in-the-literary-world/#comments Sun, 30 Oct 2016 06:22:03 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=16997 In a recent interview with the critically acclaimed Irish author John Banville, he was quoted in The Irish Times as saying “I have not been a good father. No writer is.” Granted, it may be a bit unfair to quote people out of context, but the twitter-storm blew a fury nonetheless. I was heartened to […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/viewpoint-ongender-bias-in-the-literary-world/feed/ 7 16997 The Cinderella Complex – Waiting For Mr. Write https://booksbywomen.org/the-cinderella-complex-waiting-for-mr-write/ https://booksbywomen.org/the-cinderella-complex-waiting-for-mr-write/#comments Sun, 06 Mar 2016 10:48:10 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=15009 How many of us have secretly hoped that we will be ‘discovered’ by some hot new literary agent or plucked from writer obscurity by a medium to large publishing house who will alter the course of our writing careers F-O-R-E-V-E-R? Go on, admit it. We’ve all day-dreamed about being the writing world’s equivalent to Kate […]

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