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An Unexpected Parcel

For me a prompt is simply an opening into a story. Use the prompt to brainstorm ideas, be abstract, don't go with your immediate or most literal interpretation. Don't hem yourself in. Give yourself some options to play with. And good luck.

Edel Coffey

ABOUT EDEL: Edel Coffey is an Irish novelist and journalist. She has worked as an editor with the Sunday Tribune and Irish Independent, and as a reporter and presenter with RTE. She is a regular contributor to The Irish Times, and Books Editor with The Gloss magazine. Both of her novels have been number one bestsellers in Ireland and her debut novel Breaking Point won the An Post Irish Book Award for Crime Fiction Book Of The Year in 2022. (photo credit: Ger Holland)


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