Aisling Orá
@aislingora.bsky.social
Irish writer enamoured of all things 한류. Drives on dark, winding roads with the music turned up loud enough to startle the sheep.
November 15, 2025 at 10:23 AM
November 8, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Happier days. (Now that I'm home Calliope has decided that he sucks and should die)
#Caturday #catsofbluesky #ragdollcat #britishblue
#Caturday #catsofbluesky #ragdollcat #britishblue
November 1, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Happier days. (Now that I'm home Calliope has decided that he sucks and should die)
#Caturday #catsofbluesky #ragdollcat #britishblue
#Caturday #catsofbluesky #ragdollcat #britishblue
I've been travelling for weeks and haven't any new photos (C&C stayed in Ireland) so enjoy this throwback of Calliope in Schipol Airport, 2021
#Caturday #ragdollcat #catsofbluesky
#Caturday #ragdollcat #catsofbluesky
October 25, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I've been travelling for weeks and haven't any new photos (C&C stayed in Ireland) so enjoy this throwback of Calliope in Schipol Airport, 2021
#Caturday #ragdollcat #catsofbluesky
#Caturday #ragdollcat #catsofbluesky
October 18, 2025 at 10:19 AM
October 11, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Calliope helps the lads with removing some bushes
#Caturday #catsofbluesky #catswithjobs #ragdollcats
#Caturday #catsofbluesky #catswithjobs #ragdollcats
October 4, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Calliope helps the lads with removing some bushes
#Caturday #catsofbluesky #catswithjobs #ragdollcats
#Caturday #catsofbluesky #catswithjobs #ragdollcats
September 27, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I swear, it was only empty for 30 seconds when I turned my back
#Caturday #catsofbluesky #britishblue
#Caturday #catsofbluesky #britishblue
September 20, 2025 at 8:22 AM
I swear, it was only empty for 30 seconds when I turned my back
#Caturday #catsofbluesky #britishblue
#Caturday #catsofbluesky #britishblue
September 13, 2025 at 6:56 AM
A novel about the left-behind families of Operation Sunshine (1958) insists it's time to come out. It's not helping that everyone I've told the story demands I drop everything and write it.
#amwriting #authorlife #northpole
#amwriting #authorlife #northpole
September 11, 2025 at 8:18 AM
A novel about the left-behind families of Operation Sunshine (1958) insists it's time to come out. It's not helping that everyone I've told the story demands I drop everything and write it.
#amwriting #authorlife #northpole
#amwriting #authorlife #northpole
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Just so we’re clear, Charlie Kirk shouldn’t be shot down while talking and kids shouldn’t be shot down in classrooms. It’s that easy. However, a lot of powerful people are okay with both things, so here we are, surrounded by bullets, blood, thoughts, and prayers.
September 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Just so we’re clear, Charlie Kirk shouldn’t be shot down while talking and kids shouldn’t be shot down in classrooms. It’s that easy. However, a lot of powerful people are okay with both things, so here we are, surrounded by bullets, blood, thoughts, and prayers.
September 6, 2025 at 12:47 PM
because I'm on deadline my head is a riot of (other) stories barging to get out
#amwriting #authorlife
#amwriting #authorlife
September 4, 2025 at 9:23 AM
because I'm on deadline my head is a riot of (other) stories barging to get out
#amwriting #authorlife
#amwriting #authorlife
August 30, 2025 at 9:23 AM
August 23, 2025 at 7:18 AM
I love-hate it when a single throwaway line from a friend sparks an epiphany that demands I completely rework the timeline. #amwriting #authorlife #write
August 19, 2025 at 7:36 AM
I love-hate it when a single throwaway line from a friend sparks an epiphany that demands I completely rework the timeline. #amwriting #authorlife #write
August 16, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Reposted by Aisling Orá
“Most writers enjoy two periods of happiness—when a glorious idea comes to mind, and when a last page has been written and you haven't had time to know how much better it ought to be”
J.B. Priestley
J.B. Priestley
August 14, 2025 at 11:02 AM
“Most writers enjoy two periods of happiness—when a glorious idea comes to mind, and when a last page has been written and you haven't had time to know how much better it ought to be”
J.B. Priestley
J.B. Priestley
18 months ago I'd never written fiction. Today, age 57, I'm 2.5 novels in, ready to query for the first. It's the hardest thing I've ever done. I can't imagine stopping.
Whoever needs to hear this: it's never too late.
#write #amwriting #authorlife #midlife
Whoever needs to hear this: it's never too late.
#write #amwriting #authorlife #midlife
August 12, 2025 at 9:36 AM
18 months ago I'd never written fiction. Today, age 57, I'm 2.5 novels in, ready to query for the first. It's the hardest thing I've ever done. I can't imagine stopping.
Whoever needs to hear this: it's never too late.
#write #amwriting #authorlife #midlife
Whoever needs to hear this: it's never too late.
#write #amwriting #authorlife #midlife
Reposted by Aisling Orá
On days when I feel like my writing career is going somewhere, I write. On days when I feel like my career is over, I write.
August 9, 2025 at 8:54 PM
On days when I feel like my writing career is going somewhere, I write. On days when I feel like my career is over, I write.
Sometimes you get exactly what you didn't know you needed and it changes *everything*
Thank you @lmack.bsky.social and @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social for yesterday's brilliant workshop "The Synopsis Disarmed"
#irishwriterscentre #novelfair #write #amwriting #authorlife
Thank you @lmack.bsky.social and @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social for yesterday's brilliant workshop "The Synopsis Disarmed"
#irishwriterscentre #novelfair #write #amwriting #authorlife
August 10, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Sometimes you get exactly what you didn't know you needed and it changes *everything*
Thank you @lmack.bsky.social and @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social for yesterday's brilliant workshop "The Synopsis Disarmed"
#irishwriterscentre #novelfair #write #amwriting #authorlife
Thank you @lmack.bsky.social and @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social for yesterday's brilliant workshop "The Synopsis Disarmed"
#irishwriterscentre #novelfair #write #amwriting #authorlife
August 9, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Yes, #ultraprocessed foods suck, but cooking "from scratch" requires significant labor. >50% of my non-work time = purchasing and preparing food.
Fresh food also costs more. People who can't afford it (time, money) depend on #UPFs to survive.
#foodjustice
Fresh food also costs more. People who can't afford it (time, money) depend on #UPFs to survive.
#foodjustice
August 7, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Yes, #ultraprocessed foods suck, but cooking "from scratch" requires significant labor. >50% of my non-work time = purchasing and preparing food.
Fresh food also costs more. People who can't afford it (time, money) depend on #UPFs to survive.
#foodjustice
Fresh food also costs more. People who can't afford it (time, money) depend on #UPFs to survive.
#foodjustice
Had a dream about under-reacting to something incredibly wonderful (because unresolved #trauma ). How much of that was me and how much the character I #amwriting ? #authorlife
August 6, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Had a dream about under-reacting to something incredibly wonderful (because unresolved #trauma ). How much of that was me and how much the character I #amwriting ? #authorlife