Oh Happy Daze ? suehealy

Oh happy days. I?m in Budapest for the season with my dearest, most supportive, most loyal friends ? in many ways, my family.? And I?ve reason to celebrate. A radio drama I wrote and am producing ?Cow?, ?has won full funding ?from the BAI ?Sound and Vision ?scheme. My production team will go into the studio, in Kilkenny, Ireland, the first week in February.

The drama is to be directed by renowned Irish director/playwright Jim Nolan. ?Cow? will also feature the talents of Waterford actor Michael Power, who recently finished shooting an episode of ?Game of Thrones? for HBO, Madeleine Brolly, a veteran of BBC Radio 4 drama and Geraldine Crowley, a Dublin based actor who hails from Barrabehy, Co. Kilkenny. The soundscape will be managed and produced by BBC sound engineer, Eugene Sully. They?re a highly professional and talented team, I?m enormously lucky to have them on board and I?m sure their expertise will enhance my little drama no end.

Catching up with dear friends, Dob utca, 22nd Dec. 2012

And on the same day I got word that ?Cow? was successful in the funding bid, I also heard that I?ve been shortlisted for the East of England?s Escalator Award ? on a proposal for a novel I?m writing. So, once again, Oh happy days!

Hey, this year has been challenging in many other ways. There has certainly been tough moments. But how lovely to go out on such an up beat note. And, I?m due to enter the New Year with an intense, focused period of writing on Inis Oirr, one of the Aran Islands, where I?m ?artist-in-residence? for January.

I?ve got a long list of projects to concentrate on whilst there, and am hoping it proves very fruitful ? if I don?t get blown off a cliff. The population is Irish speaking ? which will be a challenge, as I haven?t really? spoken Irish since I left school. Ufasach!? If you?ve ever seen ?Father Ted?, Inis Oirr is actually the island used as ?Craggy Island?, in the opening credits. Yes, I?ll probably turn up in the Kilkenny studio with a full beard and a grizzly bear in tow. But hey, it?ll be worth it.

Many thanks to you, visitors to my blog, for dropping by this year. I wish you all the best of the season and may you have much success in all your endeavours in 2013!

Liszt ter Christmas Market, sausage and paprika.

I've created this blog to pass on craft tips to both the novice and emerging writer and alert you to competitions or publishing opportunities. .................................................................................................................. ******BIO****** I am a native of Waterford, Ireland and a journalist and editor since 1992. I am an alumna of the UEA?s MA in Creative Writing. Since graduating in 2009, my short stories and drama have won the Molly Keane Memorial Award, the HISSAC Prize, the Sussex Playwrights? Prize, the Meridian Prize, the Waterford-Annaghmakerrig Award and the Ted O?Regan Arts Award. I have also been short-listed for numerous other prizes including the Fish Short Story Competition and the BBC International Play-writing Award (awaiting result). I recently won full BAI Sound and Vision funding for my radio play 'Cow', which will go into production in early 2013, and which I will also produce. Renowned theatre director, Jim Nolan will direct. My prose has been anthologized /published in seven respected literary publications. I currently teach creative writing to offenders, teach online and run a creative writing consultation service. Additionally, I am an Associate member of the U.K.'s Institute for Learning, the further education professional body and am a qualified TEFL teacher. __________________________________________________ View all posts by suehealy

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