

Ted Dunphy
Aug 24, 20172 min read
How to Write a Book (3) Characters
Skull Murgatroyd lives at the other end of the village. He is hailed as a ‘real character’ by those who live at this end of the village....


Ted Dunphy
Aug 8, 20172 min read
How to write a book (2) - Genres
Someone asked me if I write erotic novels. I said, ‘No. What would my grandchildren say?’ When I started writing, I wrote stories. It was...


Ted Dunphy
Aug 3, 20172 min read
How to write a book (1)
A grand uncle of mine was killed three hours after WW1 ended. He died in an accident on a RAF airfield in France. I came across that fact...


Ted Dunphy
Jul 28, 20172 min read
Ardmore Festival
Ardmore Pattern Festival in county Waterford, Ireland, is in full swing this week finishing on Sunday 30th July which is the feast day of...


Ted Dunphy
Jul 26, 20172 min read
Waterford and Visitors
Waterford city welcomes visitors. They have been doing it since the Vikings sailed up the river Suir in the 9th century and the first...


Ted Dunphy
Jul 24, 20172 min read
Going Home
Most people have heard of Waterford crystal. The imagination, skill and ability of its craftsmen to turn liquid glass into amazing...


Ted Dunphy
Jul 18, 20172 min read
Feck the Dog
“If a chariot raced towards me, my dog could stop it in its tracks. She would knock a spear-waving man off his horse if he threatened...


Ted Dunphy
Jul 14, 20172 min read
Loving Animals
Some years ago I saw two men deal with an angry boar that was trying to kill them. The savagery and brute strength of the animal, its...


Ted Dunphy
Jul 12, 20172 min read
Killing our heroes
I almost killed a man this morning, deliberately. I am prone to creating mayhem now that I am a full-blown author. At the moment, this...


Ted Dunphy
Jul 11, 20171 min read
The wounded soldier
I was asked why the protagonist in my new book Snuff O’Brien’s Private War is a disabled former soldier. I create characters for a range...


Ted Dunphy
Jul 7, 20172 min read
Creators of the Future
It was my birthday last week. I am well on that side of the dividing age that says I stand falsely accused of being one of the...


Ted Dunphy
Jul 5, 20172 min read
"And the hunter home from the hill"
The Irish government was fearful when the Spanish Civil War ended in 1939. That surprised me. I thought they would have been glad to see...


Ted Dunphy
Jun 6, 20173 min read
Getting to the Heart of It - Vote Tessie
Badger Blenkinsop bowled into the pub announcing to the uninterested group of men in the bar that he had been sworn in and deputised to...


Ted Dunphy
May 10, 20171 min read
Don't Poke The Fire
Video Blog - Ted Dunphy sits by the fire at The Why Not Pub in Worcestershire where he was inspired to write 'Don't Poke The Fire