Morna Sullivan
@mornawriter.bsky.social
Award winning writer in English, Scots and Ulster Scots. Avid reader. Keen baker. Crafter. SCBWI member, SCBWI Ireland Regional Advisor http://mornawriter.blogspot.com/
Looking forward to our first SCBWI Ireland session this autumn. It's good getting back into routines after the summer.
There's still time to register for our SCBWI workshop with Sara Grant next week. (The window for submitting your manuscript is now closed)
Lovely afternoon at Hillsborough Castle and gardens
Great night (despite the rain) watching Illyria outdoor theatre company perform 'The Three Musketeers' in Carrickfergus. Just love outdoor theatre 😀
**There's still time to register for our SCBWI Ireland session with Sara Grant next month - BUT - if you're seeking feedback on your manuscript at this session, you must register for the event and send your manuscript to me by 19 August ** www.scbwi.org/events/how-t...
How to Hook Readers from the Opening Page
Join us on Wednesday 9 September from 19.30-21.00. Is the opening of your work-in-progress as polished as it can be? Will it hook readers including agents and editors – from the start? Submit...
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Our next SCBWI Ireland online session takes place on 9 September 7.30-9.00pm (Dublin time) I'm delighted Sara Grant will join us for a special session 'How to Hook Readers from the Opening Page' You can find out more about the session here. This is going to be good! www.scbwi.org/.../how-to-h....
And it's in the best seller lists!! #haiku #amwriting
Lovely to come home from work to find my copy of The Haikuist had arrived in the post today. Thanks to Gail for compiling this fantastic anthology @micromancemagazine.bsky.social My haiku in this were inspired by summer beach days, just like we've been enjoying lately.
Lovely to come home from work to find my copy of The Haikuist had arrived in the post today. Thanks to Gail for compiling this fantastic anthology @micromancemagazine.bsky.social My haiku in this were inspired by summer beach days, just like we've been enjoying lately.
Just loving this gorgeous weather - love al fresco life
Fun, Frolicking, Friendship, Fascination and Flying: submission update from the Dirigible Balloon #PoetryForChildren 🎈 northernjim.wordpress.com/2026/07/17/f...
Fun, Frolicking, Friendship, Fascination and Flying
My best ideas often arrive from two different situations. The first is when I’m outside running/jogging/shuffling (never ever on a treadmill). The combination of oxygen-rich blood coursing through …
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Looking forward to this session with Sara in the autumn. It's going to be great!
Our next SCBWI Ireland online session takes place on 9 September 7.30-9.00pm (Dublin time) I'm delighted Sara Grant will join us for a special session 'How to Hook Readers from the Opening Page' You can find out more about the session here. This is going to be good! www.scbwi.org/.../how-to-h....
Great catching up with some of my writing pals this morning. There is so much talent round this table #kidlit #amwriting
Lovely to see everyone at our Belfast meet up this morning and catch up on their news. Thanks to Vicky for organising. Thanks also to Helen and Vicky for the photos
Lovely few days away in Newburgh. Always good to get back.
Absolutely thrilled to have won the short story category in The Federation of Writers (Scotland) annual competition with my story 'Pineepple Delicht' federationofwriters.scot/annual-competi…
Amazed and relieved that these beauties have survived all the recent rain and now the wind
Very excited to have my work included in this new anthology with such a fantastic line up of poets. Thank you @northernjim.bsky.social for all your work pulling this together!
Update announcement #ThirdAnthology #DirigibleBalloon #PoetryForChildren #KeepMeBreathing This is your Captain speaking ... northernjim.wordpress.com/2026/06/11/t...
Very grateful to all our @scbwiireland.bsky.social volunteers who organise our local meet ups
The next Dublin meet up for kidlit writers & illustrators is on Sat 27 June 11.00-12.30 in Chapters café Arboretum Urban Green. Please let Debora Adachi know if you are attending using the link below: Link to book: eventbrite.com/.../scbwi-du....
Looking forward to catching up with those in our local #kidlit community
Writers & illustrators of children's & YA fiction - we're having a coffee & chat on Sat 27 June in Waterstones cafe, Fountain St, Belfast 11.00-13.00. We'd love to see you
It's always good taking some time out to be crestive #amwriting
We had fun getting creative tonight on our SCBWI Ireland zoom session. Using prompts we developed some new material - who knows what it may develop into, but it's great writing something new 😄 #kidlit #amwriting