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Thoughtful Tuesdays: Misunderstanding Places

11 February 2025 News, Thoughtful Tuesday

By Eithne Cullen This month, we continue with our theme of misunderstandings and I’ve selected quite a mix of pieces for you. But I’ll start with a little explanation of my thoughts. During Lockdown, I had the pleasure of attending some online creative writing sessions. The programme (facilitated by Claire Steele and ...

Showcase: Misunderstanding + Blockheads + Where’s Tony + When The Small Creatures Wake

22 January 2025 News, WriteOn Showcase

Hello, readers. This week, I’ve been reminiscing on how some misunderstandings, once understood, turn out to be quite funny. When you look back on times you’ve been misunderstood and realised how easy and humorous it was to misunderstand you, does it make you laugh? I think the backbone of a ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Misunderstandings

14 January 2025 News, Thoughtful Tuesday

By Eithne Cullen Welcome to my Thoughtful Tuesday page for January 2025. For many people, a New Year means new beginnings. That’s certainly the case for us as we embark on our new theme: ‘Misunderstandings’. I have some lovely pieces to share with you relating to that theme. You may know that ...

Showcase: One Way Ticket + Not It + Spawns Of The Devil + The Bride

08 January 2025 News, WriteOn Showcase

Hello readers and welcome to our first 2025 Showcase! I’m Holly, a former Monday Moments editor, tentative writer and cat-fosterer living in Kent. Most importantly, though, I’m the editor for January’s Showcases. Our theme is around Misunderstandings and I imagine there must have been a lot of them over the past ...

Showcase: What Is Raspberry Tart + Agree To Disagree + Christmas Dinner + Undefined Expectations + Christmas Reflections

23 December 2024 News, WriteOn Showcase

Welcome to my fourth and final Showcase for December. I’ve loved putting these pages together and I hope they have entertained and informed you in some way. My thanks go to Editor Madeleine F White and her Deputy, Claire Buss, for holding my hand throughout the process plus, of course, ...

Write On! Features: The Write On! Team Share Their 2024 Wins & Losses

20 December 2024 News, WriteOn Features

Edited by Claire Buss Every year, I invite the Write On! regulars to share their creative wins and losses over 2024. It always amazes me how we are suddenly in December and I often panic – did I do enough this year? Have I achieved what I wanted? Do I need ...

Showcase: Why Don’t You + The Older Lady And Mirrors + Headspin + Metamorphosis + Being Ines

18 September 2024 News, WriteOn Showcase

Hello again, I’m Lisa Scully-O’Grady and welcome to my third Showcase on the theme of change. This week, I wanted to talk about changes in relation to the body, women’s in particular, as I can see this is a big topic of interest for you. I’m sharing some wonderful poems, ...

A Showcase Of Art

21 August 2024 News, WriteOn Showcase

It’s August 2024 and as per usual, the Write On! team are enjoying a short summer break. With this in mind, and as the founding Editor, I’m picking some of my favourite Showcases from the past few years. Though they are higgledy-piggledy in terms of season and themes, one thing ...

Monday Moments: Connecting Inner And Outer Voices

05 June 2023 Monday Moments, News

Introduced By Amber Hall Continuing this month’s theme of ‘Hearing Voices: Inner Voices, Outer Voices And Connected Voices,’ I’ve been thinking about the ways writing helps us connect our inner and outer voices. It’s often easy for us to get lost in our thoughts, but writing – even if it’s left ...

Monday Moments: Relationships – What We Say vs. What We Mean

06 February 2023 Monday Moments, News

Introduced By Amber Hall Hello, readers. Well, we survived the January blues! With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, I thought I’d focus on relationships for my page this month. Our theme continues to be ‘Contradictions: everything has two sides,’ and I think there’s a lot to be said for this in ...

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