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.
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
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
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.
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!
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.
Nothing beats the smell of fresh bread.
March 30, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Nothing beats the smell of fresh bread.
And though I saw adults here and there, it quickly became apparent that the majority of the 50 or so headstones were of young children, most less than five years old, each having one of five surnames. It's a reminder of how bad things were before modern childhood vaccines and medicine.
March 28, 2025 at 12:56 AM
And though I saw adults here and there, it quickly became apparent that the majority of the 50 or so headstones were of young children, most less than five years old, each having one of five surnames. It's a reminder of how bad things were before modern childhood vaccines and medicine.
English is clearly missing some words.
March 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
English is clearly missing some words.
@thewrengirl.bsky.social picked up a copy in Columbia MO today.
February 5, 2025 at 8:51 PM
@thewrengirl.bsky.social picked up a copy in Columbia MO today.
To celebrate our 10th festival year, Unbound Book Festival is hosting a fundraiser trivia night. Come test your bookish knowledge. Teams are capped at 6 people. Play trivia supporting Unbound on Thursday, February 20 at Hexagon Alley.
Register here: unbound-reg.brtapp.com/TriviaNightF...
Register here: unbound-reg.brtapp.com/TriviaNightF...
January 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
To celebrate our 10th festival year, Unbound Book Festival is hosting a fundraiser trivia night. Come test your bookish knowledge. Teams are capped at 6 people. Play trivia supporting Unbound on Thursday, February 20 at Hexagon Alley.
Register here: unbound-reg.brtapp.com/TriviaNightF...
Register here: unbound-reg.brtapp.com/TriviaNightF...
Leaving the pub in the village where my father was born, I paused on the bridge for several minutes and listened to the waters of the Brosna river. Such a beautiful, peaceful place. I didn't want the moment to end.
#ireland #westmeath #homesick
#ireland #westmeath #homesick
January 20, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Leaving the pub in the village where my father was born, I paused on the bridge for several minutes and listened to the waters of the Brosna river. Such a beautiful, peaceful place. I didn't want the moment to end.
#ireland #westmeath #homesick
#ireland #westmeath #homesick
When an AI asks you to correct an error, it's asking you to train it. You're trading your knowledge and skills for nothing. Those companies then translate this into trillions of $s in stock value. Next time an AI asks you for help, ask it how much your time is worth.
#AI #wallstreet #bigtech #Musk
#AI #wallstreet #bigtech #Musk
January 19, 2025 at 8:41 PM
When an AI asks you to correct an error, it's asking you to train it. You're trading your knowledge and skills for nothing. Those companies then translate this into trillions of $s in stock value. Next time an AI asks you for help, ask it how much your time is worth.
#AI #wallstreet #bigtech #Musk
#AI #wallstreet #bigtech #Musk
It will be this many books cold in Missouri on Monday.
January 18, 2025 at 11:03 PM
It will be this many books cold in Missouri on Monday.
Great....compounding fear. No, I'm okay, I'll be grand.
January 15, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Great....compounding fear. No, I'm okay, I'll be grand.
Paint a colour with words....
January 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Paint a colour with words....
January 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
January 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I found a photo while scrolling through past dates on FB for a writing project. 1973/74: My dad holds me in his @gardasiochana.bsky.social uniform outside the house he built with his bare hands. The project concerns a story about me and my son, but maybe the universe is telling me to think bigger.
December 30, 2024 at 11:39 PM
I found a photo while scrolling through past dates on FB for a writing project. 1973/74: My dad holds me in his @gardasiochana.bsky.social uniform outside the house he built with his bare hands. The project concerns a story about me and my son, but maybe the universe is telling me to think bigger.
Thank you Ireland for delivering a relatively sane result while the rest of the world loses the plot.
December 2, 2024 at 3:01 AM
Thank you Ireland for delivering a relatively sane result while the rest of the world loses the plot.
First snow in Missouri. More to come.
November 30, 2024 at 3:18 PM
First snow in Missouri. More to come.