Orla Diamantino is joined by Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin, aka Sam Blake, Ireland’s best-selling crime writer and winner of An Post Award for Young Adult Fiction. Vanessa is the quintessential ‘if it isn’t out there, then I’ll create it’ self-made achiever. She founded Inkwell Publishing Consultancy; Writing.ie – Ireland’s number one writers on-line magazine; Murder One – Irelands only Crime Writing Festival, and co-founded Writers Ink, an on-line private group offering writers of all levels a community full of mentorship, support, opportunities, and advice.

Vanessa is also the Chairperson of the Society of Authors, and shares details of a recent ‘copycat’ scenario involving Artificial Intelligence.

Listen back and find out how YOU can fulfil your dream of becoming a writer, all while listening to some of Vanessas favourite tunes!