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Glenys O'Connell Glenys O'Connell has been teaching creative writing at the adult education level for more than five years, and is proud that a number of her students have gone on to see their work published. She started her writing career as a journalist, and learned early that telling an editor you couldn't write the front page lead because you were waiting for inspiration was to risk an invitation for yourself (and your Muse!) to join the lineup at the local unemployment office. She's had literally thousands of articles published, and her first full-length romantic suspense novel was published in 2000. She has also written a number of children's novels, interactive CD's, and nonfiction books. She has had two plays produced, one of which won awards in the All-Ireland One Act Plays Festival 2003. She has written in many areas of adult nonfiction, from hypnotherapy scripts to travel articles, and is currently contracted to write a travel and culture book. Also in the works are a murder mystery novel, and a book on writing to be published later this year, titled Naked Writing: The No Frills Way To Write Your Novel! Glenys divides her time between suburban Ireland and remote and rural Eastern Ontario, Canada. Testimonials
"Excellent course and inspirational teacher. After a number of years of
no activity, Glenys motivated me, through this course, to get back to my
writing. This course was the catalyst that allowed me to complete my
play and start working on my first novel." - Patrick Hughes "Glenys’
Creative Writing course gave me good, practical tools and guidance on
how to structure different genres of writing and how to get your writing
‘out there’ but, more importantly, Glenys provided support and
encouragement with humor and compassion to give me the confidence to
‘put pen to paper’." - Claire Holdsworth "Glenys gave a good insight into the tools that are available to a writer to capture the reader's imagination and maintain their interest." - Michael McLean
"I attended a creative writing class taught by Glenys and I must say I thoroughly enjoyed it. I felt it was of great benefit to me. She is such a positive person and it is so obvious she loves writing and anything to do with writing. Her enthusiasm was so infectious that she instilled in me the motivation to write. As a published author with varied experience she can give great practical advice and honest criticism." - Una Keating Course: |
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