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Write On! Features: Designing Book Cover Artwork by Ian Bristow

29 April 2022 News, WriteOn Features

By Ian Bristow When you think of your five senses, which would you say drives more of the decisions you make on a daily basis? What to eat? What to watch? What to wear? What to drive? And yes, what to read? If you said sight, I would place you with the vast majority of people. Humans are ...

Writer Of The Month: H. B. O’Neill

25 April 2022 News, WriteOn Features

Introduced by Iesha Denize. It’s my pleasure to introduce Writer Of The Month, H. B. O’Neill, a local man on a global mission. A pensmith with a purpose. A scribe who knows his destiny. A man determined to win the Booker Prize and bring it home on an open-top bus to ...

Write On! Features: Choosing What To Read by R J Gould

22 April 2022 News, WriteOn Features

By R J Gould Publishing a novel is a great achievement. In the twentieth century, the process required finding an agent who would then search for a suitable publisher. The competition was (and still is) intense, with agents taking on only a handful of new authors each year, selected from the ...

Write On! Features: My Journey Into Writing Creative Prose And Poetry by Gloria Maloney

15 April 2022 News, WriteOn Features

By Gloria Maloney My life experiences have brought me to where I am today, writing creative prose and poetry. As a baby in 1961, I was left in an orphanage, and at the age of two a loving family took me in. When I was six years old, they officially adopted me. To this ...

Write On! Features: Write On! Audio by Chris Gregory

08 April 2022 News, WriteOn Features

By Chris Gregory It's always a pleasure to be asked to write a piece for Write On! and especially when I'm asked to write about podcasting and the ways in which writers can use podcasting for inspiration, advice and to share their work. My audio production company Alternative Stories makes a ...

Write On! Features: Being An Author In A Small Publishing House by M.D. Neu

01 April 2022 News, WriteOn Features

By M.D. Neu I started my official writing career in May 2017 with my first contract from NineStar Press. Getting that first contract was such an exciting time. I couldn’t believe the news. Someone other than my family and friends believed enough in my writing to want to publish my work! ...

Writer Of The Month: Iesha Denize

28 March 2022 News, WriteOn Features

Introduced by Ola Awonubi. It’s an honour to welcome Iesha Denize as March’s Writer Of The Month. Herself a multi-talented artist and poet, she lists Phillis Wheatley, Derek Walcott, Wilfred Owen, Suzanne Cesairé and Rakaya Fetuga as her favourite poets. Iesha has a library of 1500-2000 books. I thought I was a ...

Write On! Features: Is The Publishing World Ageist? By Claire Pandora Gearty

25 March 2022 News, WriteOn Features

By Claire Pandora Gearty (Previously published online at bookclubbabble.com) If you’re a reader, the age of the debut author isn’t relevant, but if you’re a literary agent or publisher, it is. In simple terms, it’s all about the ROI: return on investment. New writers who are middle-aged and older don’t tend to think of ...

Write On! Features: How Women Writers Network Turned To Twitter To Support Women Writers

18 March 2022 News, WriteOn Features

By Women Writers Network If you haven’t already met us through Twitter, allow me to introduce you to Women Writers Network. We’re an international team dedicated to supporting our fellow women writers through our presence on Twitter. Over the last few years, our volunteers have promoted work by women writers from ...

Write On! Features: Pen To Print The Hard Way by Vic Howard

11 March 2022 News, WriteOn Features

By Vic Howard Printing and publishing have come a long way in the past 50 years. We have Rupert Murdoch to thank, if thank is the right word, for revolutionising the way newspapers are printed. Today, the printed word goes from computer to printing press without touching paper. Everything is carried ...

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