May 2024 – Pen To Print

Write On! Features: ChatGPT Part 1 – Is Generation Z Trying To Save Us From AI? by E.M. Blake

17 May 2024 News, WriteOn Features

by E.M. Blake (This is part one of a three-part series.) “Woah, slow your roll, we’re not going to take it seriously. We see AI as a new meme opportunity,” Tennessee born MFA student Catherine Sheffield says. She was one of five people I interviewed for this three-part series on ChatGPT, a natural ...

Showcase: Poison Ivy + Tall Buildings + Rolling Shoulders + The Devotee

15 May 2024 News, WriteOn Showcase

Edited by Lucy Kaufman Welcome to my third Showcase in May. This week spans Mental Health Awareness Week, Brain Injury Awareness Week and National Women’s Health Week, so it's an appropriate time to be continuing our investigation of our Write On! theme of Overcoming and my personal exploration of Transcendence. In ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Continuing To Overcome

14 May 2024 News, Thoughtful Tuesday

By Eithne Cullen Welcome to May’s Thoughtful Tuesday page. Continuing our theme of Overcoming in this issue, I have an eclectic mix of writing for you to enjoy. Let’s start with some good news. If you’ve been reading Write On! from the start, you’ll know I interviewed Barbara Nadel for the very ...

Write On! Interviews: Author Tharik Hussain

12 May 2024 News, WriteOn Interviews

Write On! interviews author Tharik Hussain Tharik Hussain is an author, travel writer and journalist specialising in Muslim heritage and culture. His debut book, Minarets In The Mountains: A Journey Into Muslim Europe, won the 2022 British Guild of Travel Writers' Adele Evans Award. It was also shortlisted for the Edward ...

Showcase: Panther Run + Dream Babies + Knitting Pattern Of The Day + Dream + My House Of Dreams + Pretty Bubbles

08 May 2024 News, WriteOn Showcase

Edited by Lucy Kaufman Welcome to the second of my five showcases for May, on the theme of Transcendence. This week we are exploring Transcendence via our dreams. When we dream, we create whole dreamscapes and alternative worlds to our own, populated by people we do and don’t know, where anything ...

Monday Moments: Overcoming Through Self-Compassion and Solidarity

06 May 2024 Monday Moments, News

Introduced By Amber Hall Hello readers! This month, our theme continues to be ‘Overcoming’, and I’ve been thinking about how writing – or anything creative, for that matter – can be an act of overcoming in itself. We rarely get to see creativity unfold. Instead, we’re shown the final version; a re-draft ...

Write On! Features: Echo Chamber by Gertcha Cowson

03 May 2024 News, WriteOn Features

by Gertcha Cowson Gertcha Cowson, AKA Gertcha The Disabled Poet, is a working class Barking-based poet who belongs to no one genre, yet has a hand in all! Originally using his scribbles as a self-therapeutic exercise, Gertcha has written over a hundred poems and pieces of prose and is finally ready to ...

Showcase: Salad Days + Destination + For Grannie + The Moon And Me

01 May 2024 News, WriteOn Showcase

Edited by Lucy Kaufman Welcome to the first of my five showcases for May, brought to you every Wednesday via Write On! Extra. I’m Lucy Kaufman, Screenwriting and Playwriting tutor for Pen to Print, and am delighted to be showcasing the work of an array of exciting writers this month. Our current ...

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