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Ruth Finnegan

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Born
in Derry, The United Kingdom
December 31, 1933

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Ruth Finnegan Just keep writing, every day, however bad it seems to be - then suddenly it'll turn out good and be what you want to say (that's certainly what happen…moreJust keep writing, every day, however bad it seems to be - then suddenly it'll turn out good and be what you want to say (that's certainly what happened to me, specially with my novel, Black inked pearl, which somehow came effortlessly out of my unconscious, but I am sure wouldn't have if I hadn'd spent those the days and years of MAKING myself write for, say, at least anh our every day. WORTH IT! good luck to you! Ruth(less)
Ruth Finnegan Why am I so convinced that my dreams tell me of - somehow ARE - a reality that I don’t touch in my every day life!> I have to confess that my way of t…moreWhy am I so convinced that my dreams tell me of - somehow ARE - a reality that I don’t touch in my every day life!> I have to confess that my way of trying to deal with this mystery is to write my fantasy novels like ‘The black inked Pearl’.

I guess others of you have a similar mystery to face up to - do you also deal with it by creative writing? Or how?(less)
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FICTION AND ANTHROPLOGY

Have just realised that this 'Fiction and Anthrop' field that I had sort-of known about but hadn't noticed much - even thought a bit marginal to my normal concerns - is not only well recognised but exciting, growing.

AND shock horror, that I'm part of it!'

More later when I've absorbed the shock ...

Anyone else out there interested?

You don't have to count as an 'accredited anthropologist (ugh), Just Read more of this blog post »
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Ruth Finnegan Ruth Finnegan said: " This was great. I HAD to put it down from time to time due to other intrusive things but never wanted to. Having begun a little puzzled ( well that was probably the curiosity-raising-point) I increasingly warmed to the characters (specially the at fi ...more "

 

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"Finnegan and Schofield have created something truly rare: a work of nonfiction that reads like an epic, teaches like a textbook, and resonates like a psalm. From the first chapter, I was utterly immersed. It’s not often that a book so perfectly captu" Read more of this review »
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