Join Ross, Sorcha and all the gang live in Dublin's Olimpia Theatre for Between Foxrock and a Hard Place! Of course I'm talking about the latest play from Paul Howard, The creator of Ross O'Carrol Kelly...Dublin's foynest rugger!! It's set to be a great production, with all the family getting together..and they're no ordinary family!!
We chatted to Paul about all things South Co. Dublin this week, and Sue may have even created a new character for the next book...lets just say Louis Vuitton bag in the dole Que! It's been 12 books since we all fell in love..or hate with Ross, and what started out as making fun has become an important social commentary! Bound to be a fantastic show!! http://www.rossocarrollkelly.ie/
This week GirlsTalkBack got chatting to Caroline Barry the creator behind the blog http://www.misspennydreadful.com/ . With 8 years of fashion behind her and 3 years of PR and event management Caroline decided to establish her blog, which is almost two years ago now!! Originally the idea was to make high street fashion and fashion language accessible to all. She saw it as a great way to write about all the wonderful clothes she herself couldn't afford as a student!In 2010 she threw a launch party in SPY nightclub in Dublin, which was a huge success and since then the blog has been reviewed in both the Irish Times and the Irish Independent.
Caroline features a lot of different things on the blog including the most successful posts which are the 'what I wore today' posts about whatever items of clothing she has bought or worn.
The meaning behind the name of the blog was because 'penny dreadful' was the name given to cheap Victorian era horror novels, so called because they cost a penny to buy! When Caroline started the blog she posted under a persona which is something she would recommend other bloggers to do as it allows them to be whoever they desire to be and say exactly whatever they want. Caroline’s persona was of course ‘Miss Penny dreadful’. She stated ‘It helped me to write since no one knew it was me’.
Blogging allows people to gain access to a platform which gives them a chance to voice their opinion but the only problem is...are people listening?? Caroline recommended getting all your friends to read you blogs and to plug it anyway you can...you would be surprised how powerful ‘word of mouth’ can be!! She is now proud to say that misspennydreadful has a loyal and steady readership and hopes it continues to grow and grow.
If you would like to get in contact with Caroline you can do so by following the link below and make sure to sign up to the blog for everyday fashion tips and fun reading:
http://www.misspennydreadful.blogspot.com/
Blogging all the way...that is what GTB think anyway :0)
