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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 ...

Write On! Features: The Evolution Of Wildlife Art – From Cave Paintings To Artivism by Michelle Sutton

04 March 2022 News, WriteOn Features

By Michelle Sutton Years ago, when I was an A-Level art student, while everyone else was choosing Pop Art, Surrealism, or Van Gogh for their coursework project, I chose to do Wildlife Art. My teachers tried everything to dissuade me. This was my first experience of art snobbery. When I introduce myself ...

Write On! Features: From Burnout To Powerhouse by Meriam Boldewijn

25 February 2022 News, WriteOn Features

By Meriam Boldewijn In 2003 I had burnout while taking care of my husband. He was a diabetic, on dialysis and finally had kidney-pancreas transplant surgery. Besides caregiving, I worked full-time and was also the cook, cleaner, driver and more. Not only that, but he had so many other surgeries that ...

Writer Of The Month: Ola Awonubi

21 February 2022 News, WriteOn Features

Introduced by K.J. Quinn It’s an honour to welcome Ola Awonubi as February’s Writer Of The Month. Ola has been writing since 2008, when she studied for an MA in Creative Writing at the University Of East London. Since then, Ola has published three novels, two novellas, a book of short ...

Write On! Features: Inspiration, Nature, Writing, And Residences by Mab Jones

18 February 2022 News, WriteOn Features

By Mab Jones 'Inspiration’ is probably the most tricky thing to tap into as a writer. We know what research is; we understand the need to practice, to read, to experiment with new techniques. But inspiration seems like a random, arbitrary happening; something that isn’t directed by us but comes to ...

Write On! Features: Conflict by Sean Webster

11 February 2022 News, WriteOn Features

Conflict thrives. If I could buy shares in conflict, I would. Like charity shops and bookies in a ghost town, conflict is everywhere: in the public world of vaccination, restriction, uncertainty and political agenda, and in our private world of light and shade. I’ll be 50 next year. I have ...

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