January 30th marks an anniversary in recent Irish history that most people living outside of Ireland and the Northern Provinces recognize only through a famous U2 song, Sunday Bloody Sunday. Unfortunately, the song is still misinterpreted as a “rebel song.” Nothing could be further from the truth. The band was aware of the controversial nature of Sunday Bloody Sunday, that its lyrics might be misinterpreted as sectarian, and possibly jeopardize their personal lives.

I had written in my very first entry on this blog that I had chosen an “easy” topic for my first novel, just to get a feel of the whole writing process. Well, the topic wasn’t easy at all and the quote “The best way to become acquainted with a subject is to write a book about it” became reality. At this time I know much more about Bloody Sunday than ever before and continue to find more information.

I have often criticized the lack of good literature explaining the events of Bloody Sunday untainted and comprehensible. I have been faced with the same dilemma, now that I am in the middle of writing chapter four of my novel “The Bleeding Hills”, where Bloody Sunday takes center stage.

Besides self-publishing and writing I also create my own covers and I had decided it would be best to use a photo related to Bloody Sunday.

It feels like I have an adventure ahead of me and modern technology allows me to record the stages of it. The adventure is writing my first novel, “The Bleeding Hills”.