Tag: inspiration

• Books That Inspired My Writing Journey

  

  As part of the FULL SUN blog tour running this week, I’ve written a guest post for RANDOM THINGS THROUGH MY LETTERBOX blog site, giving a little insight into some of the books that have shaped my reading and writing over the years. You can read the article here: https://randomthingsthroughmyletterbox.blogspot.com/2025/03/full-sun-by-iain-kelly-blog-tour.html Narrowing the choice down to…

  Iain Kelly

  27/03/2025

  Books, creative writing, Full Sun, Literature, Media

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• ALL WE CANNOT LEAVE BEHIND – LIBERTON LOCATIONS

  

  Liberton, a suburb to the south of Edinburgh’s Old Town, is the main location for my new novel, ‘All We Cannot Leave Behind’, a historical thriller set in the years before and after the First World War – three children are missing, abducted from the poorhouse in the city. When a body is found near…

  Iain Kelly

  22/03/2024

  Books, creative writing, Fiction, Literature, Non-fiction, novel, photography, Writing

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• SPIN CYCLE

  She tapped her fingers on the worktop. If she could just figure out this ending. She picked up the cup. Empty. Time for a refill. The background noise abated as the spin cycle ended. The words were all there, it just wasn’t singing to her. This was the one, the one that would win her…

  Iain Kelly

  01/03/2023

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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• THE BARRA BOY INSPIRATIONS & LOCATIONS

  One week to go until the official publication day of ‘The Barra Boy’. I’ve been thinking back to the visit to Barra, almost 7 years ago now, that inspired the book. Although the characters and story are fictional, many of the locations are based on my memories of that visit. So, I’ve had a dig…

  Iain Kelly

  21/06/2022

  Books, creative writing, Literature, novel, photography, the barra boy, Writing

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• THE SECRETS OF A LADY

  The detective looked at the cluttered space. Perhaps the motive for killing a harmless elderly woman, known for her successful fiction novels, was hidden among the mess on this desk. He pulled open a drawer, careful to avoid the stains of red blood. Nothing there, but when he tried to close it, the drawer hit…

  Iain Kelly

  18/05/2022

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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