Tag: Maeve Binchy

Many years ago, my mother met Maeve Binchy at an event and they got on like a house on fire: two Dalkey women with a lot in common. From then on, as each new book was published, a copy was posted out to our house with fond wishes from the author, a lovely gesture that my mother very much appreciated. Always write as if you are talking to someone. It works. Don’t put on any fancy phrases or accents or …