Belfast based purveyor of words working in prose and script.
The works so far - Underlined pieces can be accessed by clicking on them
Short story: Generation rent
Published in The Apiary Volume 6 edited By Dara McQuade
Radio:
Swimming Lessons for Butterflies.
Written by Mark Mullan, Performed by Seamus O’Hara. Commissioned and produced by BBC Storytellers project
Film: The Number of the Djinn.
Short film written by Mark Mullan and produced my Laura Heather Mac.
Currently pre-production/securing funding so details close to chest but watch this space.
The story so far.
As a youth severe undiagnosed dyslexia and academia’s cruelties saw Mark streamed into the sciences and take on a career as a chiropractor. After nearly a decade in the healthcare industry, Mark is now returning to the world that raised him - Storytelling. A bookworm before he could read, Mark’s decade as a chiropractor brought many pleasures but could never quite compete with his love for words, so his entry into the literary realm feels like a return home. But how exactly does one escape the health professions and begin to smith words?
A year and a half of travel blogs were succeeded by a first novel and the realisation that sitting alone at a desk making words dance was not enough. Writing in the dark without co-conspirators with whom to learn and grow was unsatisfying and without product. Mark went in search of the writing community and after a series of fortunate events involving a kindly poet, a motivational novelist and an encouraging nudge from one of Belfasts top script-writes, Mark began studying a Masters in Creative writing.
Queens University Belfast and the Seamus Heaney Centre welcomed him with open arms and from there the journey has picked up pace. He has appeared in print, on radio, in newspapers and is now working towards a first short film. Mark’s words are beginning to make their in the world way as he stands back and watches. Like a proud coach watching an athlete qualify for their first olympics, knowing they won’t get a medal this summer but that silverware beckons in the future.
And that’s us up to nai, the story runs on but please see left (or above if your on your phone) for works published thus far, and direct yourself to the bottom of the page for contact information.
