In 1993, "Everything To Me" (rock) won the Hastings Songwriters' Contest (UK) and Lorna was a finalist again in 1994 with "Every Beat Of My Foolish Heart" (pop) but two songs which Lorna kept hearing during that 1991 trip (Billy Dean's "Billy The Kid" and Michelle Wright's "He Would Be Sixteen") led her to start writing country songs also - a venture which moved forward in 1995 when she sent "I Dream In Black & White" to country artist Graham McHugh, then on Giant Records, Nashville, whose manager forwarded it to Warners for consideration for their, then, new artist Faith Hill. This song (subsequently used as the end song in an Independent short-film release in 2003) was the catalyst for a first songwriting trip to Nashville in 1996.

In her 7 years of "commuting" to Nashville, Lorna built up an impressive list of 'name' co-writers. ÝMeeting Bob Welch (ex Fleetwood Mac) at the offices of the NSAI (Nashville Songwriters Association) has proved fruitful - their first collaboration resulted in "Slow Down For A While" being a top 5 hit in Europe for UK country artist Sue James, which was nominated as "Single of the Year" in the 1999 UK Country Radio Awards, and was the title cut of top UK duo "Blue Orchid''s new CD in 2004, and again nominated as "Single of the Year".

Lorna credits a lot of her writing development to the NSAI and to www.songu.com; in particular. "The NSAI was practically my second home in Nashville as I hung out at their office and learned what I could. I also met great people like Bob Welch, through an introduction by Bart Herbison, the NSAI's director." The other main factor in her rapid development as a writer was as a member of Songu.com. "This is the best resources on the planet for songwriters and working through their courses accelerated my writing development greatly" says Lorna. (See http://www.nashvillesongwriters.com for Lorna's "Success Story" on the NSAI's webpage).

In 1997, Sue James debut CD "Five Stars And The Moon" was released to very positive reviews, such as "Sue's voice and Lorna's beautifully crafted songs add up to one of the finest all-Brit albums ever produced". (Dave Street, Southern Country magazine & BBC radio). 11 of the 12 original songs were written or co-written by Lorna and the success of this album led to Lorna receiving a "Country Songwriter of the Year" award in 1998. A UK tour opening for Charley Pride in 1998 was followed by festival appearances in the UK and on mainland Europe with Gail Davies, Jon Randall, Anita Cochran, Billy Joe Shaver and others.

Lorna had further country success in the UK and Europe, writing three #1s on the European independent Country Radio charts (2 for Sue James and 1 for Tim Raybon) with co-writers Steven McClintock ("I Could Almost Hear The Tears"), Sue Bennett ("Given Time") and John & Cyndea Wendell and Sue James ("Cold Hard Fax"). Five other top 20 songs with those artists and then Blue Orchid, an award winning UK duo followed, as did 4 nominations (in 5 years) for 'Best Song' in the UK Country Radio Awards, 25 independent cuts of her songs around the world (pop and country) and other measures of success. (see other sections).

In July 2004, after encouraging meetings with publishers, Lorna moved to Nashville on their advice, that to live there could only help improve her writing even more, and she was soon working with a number of signed writers and gaining interest from publishers and songpluggers. In July 2005, a year after moving to Nashville, Lorna had one wild day when she put an offer on a house, got a 'hold' with a song for Blake Shelton and was booked for an early show at The world famous Bluebird CafÈ with Canadian based co-writer Shelley Jacobson and guests, as part of the launch of Full Court Press Music Group, the publishing company that had just signed both Lorna and Canadian based Shelley, to their first staff writing deals. That show (in August 2005) was a sell out with people being turned away at the door and Lorna and Shelley's songs being very well received. Both girls invited some of their 'name' co-writers to play a song or two each and this stellar group included Bob Welch (ex Fleetwood Mac), Benita Hill (3 Garth Brooks' hits), Dwight Liles (over 400 CCM cuts) and Kathy Chiavola (bluegrass artist and singer on cds by Garth, Kenny Rogers, Vince Gill and a host of other 'names').

The end of 2005 brought a flurry of both pop and country cuts in the UK and Ireland with independent artists and her first Nashville cut on world renowned Bluegrass artist Kathy Chiavola. In January 2006 a welcome phone call brought news of Lorna's song "I'm Not Ready yet" (country) being selected as Song of the Month in the worldwide and highly respected Unisong song contest. (www.unisong.com ; ). Hopefully, this is going to be the start of another fruitful year for Lorna who's main aim now is to achieve that first elusive major label cut in Nashville.