Inkwell Consultants
Vanessa O’Loughlin
Vanessa has recently developed the national writing resources website www.writing.ie with support from the Arts Council. It is a free online magazine packed full of information for writers of all genres. She is on the board of Irish PEN and is represented by Curtis Brown, London.
In 2007 she contributed to the best selling anthology Mums the Word, and in 2010 edited and compiled The Big Book of Hope, an eclectic collection of fiction and nonfiction from over 40 of Ireland’s best selling authors, media personalities, politicians and business gurus.
Vanessa writes crime under the pen name Sam Blake and has her own website www.bloodredink.com.
Vanessa is a regular presenter at literary festivals around the country including The Dublin Book Festival , Waterford Writers Festival, The Dalkey Book Festival, Boyne Writers Festival and the Mountains to Sea Festival giving her own comprehensive and inspirational Getting Published workshop. Through this workshop Vanessa has been able to provide invaluable advice to new authors, and place several writers with agents.
If you’d like Vanessa to speak to your writing group, organisation, event or festival, email: vanessa@writing.ie .
Vanessa in the Press
Vanessa appears regularly the press: The Irish Times, The Irish Independent, Irish Tatler, Metro Herald, Woman’s Way Magazine, Prudence Magazine, Wicklow People, Wicklow Times, West Cork People, The Harp (UK)
She also has been interviewed many times on radio including on RTE 1 Morning Ireland, RTE 1Today with Pat Kenny, Nova, 4FM, East Coast Radio, Dublin City Radio, Donegal Community Radio, Sunshine FM.
And has appeared on Ireland AM (TV3) and The Seoige and O’Shea Show (RTE1).
You can read feature articles here and here.
