The Story Behind Diary of a Sesh Hound

Roisin's story is an idea that has been percolating in my mind for over a decade, a story that followed the real and raw experiences of an Irish girls university experience, told in the same manner that we all lived it. Raw, unfiltered, filled with profanity just to name a few. It was a type of narrative I searched for again and again in the romantic comedy genre and constantly found lacking, regularly coming up short when I searched for the protagonist I could relate to within the pages. The polished and close to perfect narrators that come up again and again. I would toss and turn when I couldn't sleep, writing scenes in my head and creating personalities for the girls in her group. Deciding where Roisin was from, who her family was, what she studied, it kept me awake night after night, long before I ever decided to actually write her story.

During Covid, I thought this was my perfect opportunity to put pen to paper and start the process. I got 10,000 words in, had a slight rampage and deleted everything I had done and decided it was never happening. But within a few years the niggling sensation returned, the sleepless nights where I'd imagine the characters and their escapades, until finally an opportunity presented itself after having my second baby. Once my little girl started daycare, I made the bold choice to leave my job which would need to put me on gardening leave. Allowing me my very long notice period of three months to write - financially unburdened and totally focused. And so I did.

Within three months the first draft of Diary of a Sesh Hound was ready, and the span of another year to find time to edit, query, edit again (while being a mom of two and working full time) before then take the plunge to self publish. One of the best decisions I've ever made.