Amateur Distractions

Catherine Yiğit – Irish writer living in Turkey

  • Helping Yourself

    I love a good self-help book. They are terrific at making you feel that if you just do this one thing, all your troubles will resolve, your personality will improve and those millions you should be making will flow right to you. Overall the tone is hopeful, encouraging and enthusiastic, exactly what we need in…

  • Accountability

    I am going to use this blog for accountability in relation to my career as a novel writer. Big statement that. And arguably not quite true. I am a writer alright. I have technically written one novel. I have never sold a single word of my writing, so career is a little ambitious here. So…

  • A New Old Hobby

    It seems again that it is time to learn,In this untiring, crumbling place of growth Mirror In February – Thomas Kinsella Another birthday, another autumn. Another slightly impulsive leap into yet another hobby. This time I bought a cross stitch set and some books. This is a hobby I’ve had some success with in the…

  • Restoration or Something Else

    A trip to a Kemerdere with Pat Yale and how it looks after its renovation.

  • Celebrate All the Things

    Finally, after years of pointless hoping, I finally entered the Novel Fair run by the Irish Writer’s Centre.

  • Following Miss Yale

    A number of years ago my friend Pat came to visit Çanakkale. I was delighted to be able to take her to Troy and show her around the area.