I Tried to get a Robot to Write for Motley. It was Terrible.
For many years now – we have been hounded by reports that no job is safe and that even, yes even, the creative arts do not provide a refuge from the inevitable rise of mass automation. Motley’s Niamh Browne investigates to see if Motley can source its writers from elsewhere. My first port of […]
Morning Coffee
MORNING COFFEE – Matthew Moynihan I drink in your eyes like my morning coffee rousing myself from my monotonous slumber. I frantically boil the kettle of your affections over and over spent steam rising and dissipating in my lungs. I’m done with the instant formulation. I let your joie de […]
Feature Editor’s Edit
Dear (unfortunate) reader, For those of you that don’t know me, my name is Méabh and I’ve been the Features and Opinion Editor for this year of Motley. It’s been a big one. When I first got the role, I was expecting to have to write lots and beg for pieces even more. I […]
Interview with writer Daragh Fleming
Angie Stratos meets ‘a 21st Century writer, one for the 21st Century readers’ Daragh Fleming to discuss his new collection of short stories, how social media has influenced literature, and the monetary value of books. I meet Daragh Fleming in a buzzy café. It’s on Winthrop Street, it’s open late, and it’s what […]
The Future Is Yours
So four issues of Motley, around 140 cups of hot chocolate and many nights of restless sleep later, here we are. For some reason, whenever the team and I start working on a new issue of Motley, I never cease to feel a sense of exhilaration and pride. This is an absolute testament to the […]
Motley Tries to Write a Novel
Look, we’ve all thought about it, and it can’t be that difficult, surely – there are only 26 letters in the English alphabet, so unless you want to get fancy with your punctuation, that’s very manageable. Surely. In my lifetime, I’ve made a start on over twenty novels. The only one I ever finished is […]