Liam O'Marascal
@joemarshallauthor.bsky.social
Irish 🇮🇪 Liam O'Marascal, from County Laois, immigrant and emigrant, writing Irish fiction about families, social injustice, and rural life. Woodworker by day, writer by night. Unbound Book Festival board member. Featured in Past Ten.
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My new manuscript, Swallow All the Light is finally ready to query.
In a community where locals believe nature avenges those who harm it, a woman's battle against patriarchy and class leads to ecological disaster.
#amwriting #irishfiction #ireland #historicalfiction #folklore #book #amquerying
In a community where locals believe nature avenges those who harm it, a woman's battle against patriarchy and class leads to ecological disaster.
#amwriting #irishfiction #ireland #historicalfiction #folklore #book #amquerying
Delighted my short story was long listed at Frazzled Lit. Looking forward to submitting more.
December 6, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Delighted my short story was long listed at Frazzled Lit. Looking forward to submitting more.
The power of art.
December 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The power of art.
Second short story in my collection finished. Really happy with this one. I'm very much enjoying the process of writing these. It's a wonderful distraction before I dive headlong into the third novel. I also feel I learn as much from a 2000 word short story as half a novel.
#amwriting #shortstory
#amwriting #shortstory
November 17, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Second short story in my collection finished. Really happy with this one. I'm very much enjoying the process of writing these. It's a wonderful distraction before I dive headlong into the third novel. I also feel I learn as much from a 2000 word short story as half a novel.
#amwriting #shortstory
#amwriting #shortstory
After you stop using the Duolingo app, it becomes that psycho ex that stalked you across your digital landscape, pestering for attention and validation like it has a serious personality disorder. Go get your own life, Owl.
#LanguageLearning #french
#LanguageLearning #french
November 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM
After you stop using the Duolingo app, it becomes that psycho ex that stalked you across your digital landscape, pestering for attention and validation like it has a serious personality disorder. Go get your own life, Owl.
#LanguageLearning #french
#LanguageLearning #french
After telling an editor that I'm not a short story writer, I challenged myself to write one this weekend. Not only did I enjoy the process, I'm really proud of the result. I learned so much about precision in language and getting small sentences to do many things at once.
#writing #fiction #editing
#writing #fiction #editing
November 3, 2025 at 1:37 AM
SWALLOW ALL THE LIGHT
An isolated farmhouse
A secret inheritance
A trapped wife plotting to kill her husband with an ancient Irish curse.
Nelly Malloy unleashes an ecological disaster when she encourages her husband to import sick rabbits into Ireland in 1953.
#PitDark #A #LH
An isolated farmhouse
A secret inheritance
A trapped wife plotting to kill her husband with an ancient Irish curse.
Nelly Malloy unleashes an ecological disaster when she encourages her husband to import sick rabbits into Ireland in 1953.
#PitDark #A #LH
October 30, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I just found a Frustrated Writers group on Instagram. That could be a long lonely tunnel into a dark place. Yep. Not clicking on that.
#writing #unpublished #querying #frustratedwriter #story
#writing #unpublished #querying #frustratedwriter #story
October 28, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I just found a Frustrated Writers group on Instagram. That could be a long lonely tunnel into a dark place. Yep. Not clicking on that.
#writing #unpublished #querying #frustratedwriter #story
#writing #unpublished #querying #frustratedwriter #story
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Writer @jmcm.bsky.social gives such generous support to the writing community in Ireland, through Frazzled Lit & the creative community sessions she organises - please consider supporting her in raising the funds she needs for a learning opportunity gofund.me/6663f9001
Donate to Get me to the University of Limerick Winter School, organized by Jennifer McMahon
Hi, my name is Jennifer McMahon. I'm an Irish writer, and have a p… Jennifer McMahon needs your support for Get me to the University of Limerick Winter School
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October 9, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Writer @jmcm.bsky.social gives such generous support to the writing community in Ireland, through Frazzled Lit & the creative community sessions she organises - please consider supporting her in raising the funds she needs for a learning opportunity gofund.me/6663f9001
I don't write long hand, as the result is indecipherable. But I share her irritation.
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I don't write long hand, as the result is indecipherable. But I share her irritation.
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The nice people at @wikimediaireland.bsky.social are hiring an Irish Language Officer!
Check out wikimedia.ie
Check out wikimedia.ie
Wikimedia Community Ireland - Promoting Open Knowledge and Gaeilge in Ireland
Promoting Open Knowledge and Gaeilge in Ireland
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October 17, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The nice people at @wikimediaireland.bsky.social are hiring an Irish Language Officer!
Check out wikimedia.ie
Check out wikimedia.ie
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@aislingwalsh.bsky.social on the 30-year legacy of His Dark Materials and why Philip Pullman understands that “true evil is never about the distorted cravings of a single person.”
Why Philip Pullman’s Books Are More Important Than Ever in Speaking Truth to Power
When we first encounter Lyra Silvertongue, neé Belacqua, she is hidden in a wardrobe and listening intently to her uncle, Lord Asriel, give a presentation to Oxford scholars on his findings about D…
buff.ly
October 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
@aislingwalsh.bsky.social on the 30-year legacy of His Dark Materials and why Philip Pullman understands that “true evil is never about the distorted cravings of a single person.”
Had a dream last night that I was trying to buy a cottage in Ireland, but couldn't understand the rules, or anything people said when trying to explain them. I had to ask them to repeat themselves over&over to both our discomfort. Is my mind trying to tell me I've spent too long in the USA? #dreams
October 14, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Had a dream last night that I was trying to buy a cottage in Ireland, but couldn't understand the rules, or anything people said when trying to explain them. I had to ask them to repeat themselves over&over to both our discomfort. Is my mind trying to tell me I've spent too long in the USA? #dreams
My new manuscript, Swallow All the Light is finally ready to query.
In a community where locals believe nature avenges those who harm it, a woman's battle against patriarchy and class leads to ecological disaster.
#amwriting #irishfiction #ireland #historicalfiction #folklore #book #amquerying
In a community where locals believe nature avenges those who harm it, a woman's battle against patriarchy and class leads to ecological disaster.
#amwriting #irishfiction #ireland #historicalfiction #folklore #book #amquerying
October 14, 2025 at 12:21 AM
My new manuscript, Swallow All the Light is finally ready to query.
In a community where locals believe nature avenges those who harm it, a woman's battle against patriarchy and class leads to ecological disaster.
#amwriting #irishfiction #ireland #historicalfiction #folklore #book #amquerying
In a community where locals believe nature avenges those who harm it, a woman's battle against patriarchy and class leads to ecological disaster.
#amwriting #irishfiction #ireland #historicalfiction #folklore #book #amquerying
@jessicaberg.bsky.social Hello Jessica. Can I ask if you know when you'll reopen for queries? I have an Irish rural noir that is a good match. Thanks, Liam.
October 13, 2025 at 9:15 PM
@jessicaberg.bsky.social Hello Jessica. Can I ask if you know when you'll reopen for queries? I have an Irish rural noir that is a good match. Thanks, Liam.
Am I the only one that finds chickpea skin revolting? Why don't they come skinned in the can? If you don't peel them, that's gross, whole thing looks like a mess of peeled blisters: disgusting when they come loose in your food.
September 16, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Am I the only one that finds chickpea skin revolting? Why don't they come skinned in the can? If you don't peel them, that's gross, whole thing looks like a mess of peeled blisters: disgusting when they come loose in your food.
Clarity, dear reader, is key. Take this abomination, for instance. How was this giraffe dissected? Horizontally? Vertically? The arse end of the beast or the full neck, chest, shoulders, and fore legs. I can't think of a less dividable animal than a giraffe! Try using a whole rhino next time.
August 25, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Clarity, dear reader, is key. Take this abomination, for instance. How was this giraffe dissected? Horizontally? Vertically? The arse end of the beast or the full neck, chest, shoulders, and fore legs. I can't think of a less dividable animal than a giraffe! Try using a whole rhino next time.
My twin boys are 18 today. I could not be more proud of these fine young men.
August 6, 2025 at 5:11 PM
My twin boys are 18 today. I could not be more proud of these fine young men.
Wife: you can only bring one book to Ireland.
Me: Of course, of course. See? One book.
Me: Of course, of course. See? One book.
June 28, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Wife: you can only bring one book to Ireland.
Me: Of course, of course. See? One book.
Me: Of course, of course. See? One book.
@manchanmagan.bsky.social are there any plans to release an audiobook? I would love to hear all these beautiful words spoken.
June 9, 2025 at 12:35 AM
@manchanmagan.bsky.social are there any plans to release an audiobook? I would love to hear all these beautiful words spoken.
Everyone should read Frogs for Watchdogs by Seán Farrell!
May 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Everyone should read Frogs for Watchdogs by Seán Farrell!
Whoever hangs the toilet paper with the leaf towards the wall is the villain. Just saying.
May 6, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Whoever hangs the toilet paper with the leaf towards the wall is the villain. Just saying.
Missing Dublin more lately.
April 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Missing Dublin more lately.
@minjinlee.bsky.social spoke at our Unbound Book Festival keynote last Friday. In her talk, she discussed having a thesis, or truth that anchors your novel. In Pachinko, it's: History has failed us, but no matter. She made these words the opening line of the book.
April 24, 2025 at 12:43 PM
@minjinlee.bsky.social spoke at our Unbound Book Festival keynote last Friday. In her talk, she discussed having a thesis, or truth that anchors your novel. In Pachinko, it's: History has failed us, but no matter. She made these words the opening line of the book.
Unbound Book festival stormed into Columbia last weekend. What a fantastic event! I'm proud to be on the board, and privileged to participate and meet so many wonderful people.
April 22, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Unbound Book festival stormed into Columbia last weekend. What a fantastic event! I'm proud to be on the board, and privileged to participate and meet so many wonderful people.