Occasionally I write things that are not books, nor blog posts here, nor tweets. But very occasionally. (Mostly: book reviews, author interviews, thoughts on writing, thoughts on the universe.) Here are links to some of the bits ‘n’ pieces that are available online. Most are aimed at a general audience rather than a specifically YA one.

Pieces for writing.ie
What Irish Writers Did In College: Part 1 and Part 2 (2012)
The Real Anna Carey and The Real Rebecca (2011)
Why take a writing class? (2011)
A Day in the Life (2011)
Writing for Young Adults (2011)

Posts for The Anti-Room
Collected here (2011)

Reviews and articles for Inis magazine
Book reviews collected here (2010-present)
‘Unhappy Endings: Margo Lanagan’s Fantasy Worlds’ (Inis #39 – summer 2013, pp.22-25)
‘Making Stories Out of Stories: The Found Fiction of Melvin Burgess’ (Inis #37 – summer 2012, pp.6-9)
‘The Books That Brought Me Here’ (Inis #17 – autumn 2006, pp.23-25)

Piece for Writing4All
Writing Imaginary Books for Generic Teenagers (2010)

Contributions to the Irish Independent
Review: Young Adult: Love And Other Drama-Ramas by Sarah Webb (2011)
Writer: Claire Hennessy (2008)
Brainiac – How To Be One In Time For The Exams (2007)
What Type of Drinker Are You? (2005) [I feel the need to very firmly state that this does not reflect my current drinking habits. Bulmers? Good grief.]

Short stories
[forthcoming] ‘Crumbs’ (Crannóg, issue #33, summer 2013)
‘The Last Party’ (The View From Here, May 2013)
‘Catalyst’ (wordlegs Issue 11, 2012)
‘It Wasn’t The Suit’ (Necessary Fiction, August 2012)
‘Blue’ (wordlegs Issue 3, 2010)