My mystical connection to Ireland is through ley lines, revealing personal significance and guiding their journey towards understanding and purpose amidst ancient landscapes and personal experiences.
Leave a CommentBeing the best version of yourself is sometimes being just good enough. Whether in my profession, love, or writing, that’s all I can be
Leave a CommentWhat would your life be like without music? I often wonder what my life would look like stripped of Irish music, and the thought feels like imagining a world without breath. The ballads and rebel songs are not just melodies to me—they are memory, defiance, and belonging stitched into sound.…
Leave a CommentWriters must counter society’s loss of empathy in today’s world. Literary fiction can rebuild humanity through nuanced characters, resisting division.
Leave a CommentBreaking the fourth wall in 1st-person narration: a bridge between writer & reader. As a therapist, I see it as a shared dialogue, a plea to be heard, blending intimacy with introspection.
Leave a CommentIreland isn’t just a setting in my stories—it’s a living, breathing second character, its wild cliffs and fog-drenched hills whispering tales of grief and resilience that shape every word I write. What draws me to this land is its raw, untamed spirit, a place where history seeps from the stones,…
Leave a CommentIn fifth grade, I was a voracious reader, devouring every book I could find. But Ms. Usie, with her quiet alchemy, turned me into a writer. A good teacher unlocks something deep within, and she did just that. My first story cast Father Christmas handing our class the North Pole’s…
Leave a CommentWriting as Landon McAlister, I carve a space for fiction—where myth, loss, and beauty breathe free from the weight of footnotes.
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