After my recent newspaper article in The Belfast Telegraph, I remembered that I’d previously had another article in the same newspaper two decades ago. Being the hoarder that I am, I hoked out (Northern Irish slang = searched for) the previous article, as dog-eared and aging as it now is (a bit like myself, perhaps!)
Since the weather has been gorgeous this week, it made for a lovely photo in the park with both news articles.
In my right hand is the article from 11th February 2002 where I did a modelling promotion while in my final year of university as a 21 year old archaeology and paleoecology student. I was approached while shopping on Royal Avenue, Belfast and invited to participate in the modelling shoot. This led to me getting signed with Style Academy Model Agency and later, long after my part-time modelling days ended, inspired one of the poems in my poetry collection, A Model Archaeologist, which is pictured below the newspaper.
In my left hand is an article published on 29th May 2023 about my writing process relating to my award-winning ghost horror novel, The Blue Man, which is pictured below the newspaper.
One news article that led to a book, and one book that led to a news article! Funny how life happens.
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