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Write On! Features: Finding Wonder by Victoria Hopkins

07 January 2022 News, WriteOn Features

By Victoria Hopkins Writing White Gold definitely instilled in me a sense of wonder, as my research led me into the depths of the Appalachian mountains and the discovery of a piece of British colonial history I had known very little about. It was 2015, and I had just moved from Stoke-on-Trent ...

Happy New Year From Pen To Print + Write On!

31 December 2021 News, WriteOn Features

Today, we look back at the highlights of both Pen to Print and Write On! magazine, as we celebrate our achievements in 2021 and look forward to what 2022 will bring. What a year for everyone! We started 2021 with an expectation that things would be a lot better than the ...

Merry Christmas From Write On!

24 December 2021 News, WriteOn Features

Wherever we find ourselves geographically, or in our writing journey, this lovely piece of Art by Tak Erzinger, At Home In The Universe, makes me reflect on how to create a sense of belonging during the uncertain times we find ourselves in. We writers are luckier than most: flinging our words ...

Friday Features: Before, During And After A Very Lockdown Christmas

17 December 2021 News, WriteOn Features

Edited by Claire Buss When I had the idea for this feature – looking back at Christmas before and after the COVID-19 lockdown – we didn't have the Omicron variant and plan C, D or whatever weren't looming. It makes this look at Christmas and how we spend our time even ...

Friday Features: What Inspires Me To Write by Mirabel Lavelle

10 December 2021 News, WriteOn Features

I am a young grandma, a teacher and the eldest daughter of a typical Maltese family. When I turned 20, I married my Sunderland sweetheart and emigrated to the North of England. It was November. I had to re-root in a very different environment to that of the traditional Mediterranean ...

Friday Features: As A Writer Of Our Times by Charis Odoki

03 December 2021 News, WriteOn Features

I would like to begin by proposing an approach to the end of the world. As writers, poets, authors, creators, artists, we need to prepare. Our world – not to be dramatic – is dying. It is churning at the stomach and the bile is coming out in waves that the news ...

Writer Of The Month: Claire Buss

29 November 2021 News, WriteOn Features

Introduced by Matt Wixey November’s Writer Of The Month is Claire Buss, who worked in a variety of marketing and administrative roles for over a decade, before being inspired to enter the 2015 Book Challenge after attending a writers’ workshop run by crime writer and Pen to Print mentor Ian Ayris. Claire’s ...

Friday Features: Creating Connection And Belonging Across Generations

26 November 2021 News, WriteOn Features

By 'Stories From Home' A quote from Nelson Mandela rings true when we think of the connection between grandparents and grandchildren. He said: “If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his ...

Friday Features: The Messy Business Of The Writing Process

19 November 2021 News, WriteOn Features

by Ian Ayris What Is The Process? If I could have an idea for a story, or a book, and just sit down and get it done in one hit - the words tumbling onto the page in the right order, a perfect representation of the images and the voices and ...

Friday Features: Cli-Fi

12 November 2021 News, WriteOn Features

By Dan Bloom - the American Literary Activist you never heard of... I'm sure most of you reading this have never heard of the term 'Cli-Fi' before. That's exactly why I am writing this. First of all, I need to tell you that it's an abbreviation for climate fiction: that is to say, ...

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