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18/01/13: I've now taken down 'The Light and the Dark' as I've finished the first draft and am now rewriting it. Thank you to everyone who gave me some excellent feedback on it which I will be using in the rewrite.

I'd particularly like to thank JulietAnn who has read the entire manuscript and provided excellent advice. To Steve Hawgood, Mooderino, Marita Hansen, John Bayliss, pickarooney and keithyd who have all raised issues and provided excellent criticisms and insights for a rewrite.

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I am from Ireland. I'm 22. I read a BA in Classics in Dublin, and then an M.Litt in Classics at Edinburgh. I'm now a doctoral student back in Dublin and my thesis is concerned with the concept of suffering in Sophocles' plays, how it affects perceptions of life and how it influenced Nietzsche's philosophy and Yeats' poetry.

I've always enjoyed literature and the arts - I'm a regular theatre-goer at the Abbey Theatre, very much involved with the RIA and the IGS. I meet a lot of interesting people in the arts scene here in Dublin, not least of them Seamus Heaney.

And Dublin will always be where my heart is, and so much of it and how I feel about it comes into what I write.

I have a proficiency in 7 languages: Ancient Greek, Latin, French, German, Irish and Scotch Gaelige. I'm still keen to learn more, perhaps Arabic next - when I have time.

favourite books

All of Sophocles
L'Œuvre - Émile Zola
Germinal - Émile Zola
Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks
I, Claudius - Robert Graves
W.B. Yeats
Le Mythe de Sisyphe - Albert Camus
La Nausée - Jean-Paul Sartre
Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
Beyond Good and Evil - Friedrich Nietzsche
De Rerum Natura - Lucretius
The Iliad - Homer
Le Rouge et le Noir - Stendhal
l'Etranger - Albert Camus
Aristophanes
Rabindranath Tagore

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The Light and the Dark

J.M. Walsh

All is not what it appears to be.


Amidst the 1912 production of Yeats' 'King Oedipus' one of the actresses, Aisling, falls prey to the lusts of a young man. Only a hero can save her from him and the affections she has developed for him, but who will that hero be? At the same time, Ireland is battling with Britain in a race to produce the 'King Oedipus' and William Butler Yeats needs all of her help to produce the play first.

Based on a true story.

 

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rachel_mary wrote 2 days ago

I'll start out reading on authonomy and if I find the format irritati....

Lauren Grey wrote 3 days ago

Hi, good to hear that you have been productive, I wish I could say th....

Steve Hawgood wrote 16 days ago

I should have added I've had the reply from the editor referred to me....

Steve Hawgood wrote 16 days ago

Joe - wasnt looking for any reading so please dont. I still need to e....

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I wrote 22 days ago

An RCG review; I'm not going to follow the standard format, because I think that's useless for getting at the nub of things. I'm going to write an essay on my thoughts and impressions. I read three chapters. It was hard going for the most part and felt very convoluted. I've spent some time as ... view book

I wrote 35 days ago

Hi, I've read the seven chapters you sent me - I'm sorry it took so long, but I've been extremely busy; but I did it. I haven't noticed many changes in the rewrite, but it is still very good and I very much enjoyed it. The humour is excellent - subtle and clever. The narrative voice is excelle... view book

I wrote 44 days ago

Hi Steve, I reread the briefing - much better. John certainly sits into it much better - but still there is the problem with POV in places. You have John responding to what's being said with his internal - which has actually raised some concerns and adds to the tension. It's a good addition and I... view book

I wrote 47 days ago

An RCG Review; Alexandra, Sorry for the delay and thanks for not prompting me, life has been pretty hectic. I'm afraid I just didn't feel able to read more than the first two chapters - it didn't grip me and is lacking in many areas. But that said it's quite clearly a first draft, and once you... view book

I wrote 51 days ago

An RCG review; 1) Pitch – I thought the SP had no appeal. There was nothing intriguing about it. However, the LP was very good. It put plenty of questions in my mind. 2) Characterization – Generally speaking, I thought this was quite poor throughout. There was very little given to the reader a... view book

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