February has got off to a busy start for my writing.
In the first week I've met up with my writing group, hosted another Picture This, Write Now creative session with SCBWI Ireland, attended a webinar about Getting Published, had an acceptance, done some writing and been to the theatre. Stories have been at the heart of all of these activities.
Catching up with fellow writers last weekend we shared news and stories we've been working on.
I took the opportunity to do some further work on a story at our SCBWI Ireland creative space on Monday evening. This is a great way to connect with other writers across Ireland and it's good to schedule some time to write. I also enjoyed hearing what the others had been working on.
Duting the week I had a story accepted by Writing.ie for their Mining Memories section. You can read 'Through the Keyhole' here:
https://www.writing.ie/tell-your-own-story/morna-sullivan/
I also took delivery of a hardback copy of 'Sky Surfing' from the Dirigible Balloon - its even more gorgeous than the paperback edition.
You can order a copy of this beautiful anthology of poems for children here:
https://dirigibleballoon.org/shop
Last night we went on a long awaited theatre trip to see the National Theatre's production of War Horse in Belfast's Grand Opera House. It was magical, with phenomenal puppetry, effects and superb acting.
But at the heart of it was a really good story - Michael Morpurgo at his very best.
