Jilly Henderson-Long – Pen To Print

Monday Moments: Building Bridges Through Storytelling

07 October 2024 Monday Moments, News

Introduced By Amber Hall This month marks the start of our new theme, which is ‘Difference.’ We’re stepping into a different season here in the UK, with the past few weeks feeling noticeably more autumnal, so it’s a timely topic to touch on. But for my page this month, I wanted ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Place And Memory

10 September 2024 News, Thoughtful Tuesday

By Eithne Cullen In my previous pages looking at our theme of Change, I've featured writing about memory, faces and places and forgetting. For today's page, I've asked people to send something about place and memory. I’d like to start with a rather sentimental poem of my own, which examines the emotions ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Change

09 July 2024 News, Thoughtful Tuesday

By Eithne Cullen Welcome to my Thoughtful Tuesday page for July. I’m going to be sharing a lot of writing about change, our current theme here at Write On! I’d like to start with some writing about a massive change: the change of moving from one country to another, one culture to ...

Monday Moments: Dealing With The Dreaded Writer’s Block

03 June 2024 Monday Moments, News

Introduced By Amber Hall This month, we’re continuing with the theme ‘Overcoming’ and I’ve been thinking about how it relates to writer’s block – a dreaded phenomenon for most. Writer’s block is broadly defined as a psychological condition and can occur at any point in a writer’s journey. It’s something I’ve experienced ...

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 ...

Showcase: Water Babies + Thames + Calibrating A Diamond

27 March 2024 News, WriteOn Showcase

Edited by Jilly Henderson-Long For my last March showcase, I start by returning to the theme of Mothers and Women. I hope you’ve enjoyed the beautiful writing I’ve found for you in March. It’s been a powerful month of words and works and we’ve celebrated Women’s History Month, Mother’s Day and ...

Showcase: Alone + What Did They Take From You? + Speed Demon + Speaker For The Dead + Corpse In The Chard

20 March 2024 News, WriteOn Showcase

Edited by Jilly Henderson-Long Hi, I’m Jilly and I’d like to welcome you to my third March Showcase. Tomorrow is World Poetry day and, as a published poet, I’m keen to showcase some beautiful writing from our submissions folder, exploring how poetry works when compared to other styles of writing. After ...

Showcase: Dear Future Me + Rouhi’s Haiku + My Mother Was The Machine + Demeter’s Oasis

13 March 2024 News, WriteOn Showcase

Edited by Jilly Henderson-Long Hi, I’m Jilly and I’d like to welcome you to my second March Showcase. As a published poet and children’s book author, I've found courage to be a key attribute in my writing journey. With that in mind, I’d like to start with this amazing piece of ...

Write On! Features: How To Prepare For A Talk by Jilly Henderson-Long

08 March 2024 News, WriteOn Features

by Jilly Henderson-Long I've been lucky enough to do a number of talks at schools and writing groups. As a writer, I find this an exhilarating and fulfilling experience, yet only last year, prior to delivering two talks to two separate Year Four classes at a local school, I still found ...

Showcase: You Are A Special Lady + Alice Ayres + Baby + A Place Between + Who Knows

06 March 2024 News, WriteOn Showcase

Edited by Jilly Henderson-Long It's interesting that March hails both International Women’s Day on the eighth and Mother’s Day on tenth of the month. And this, my first Showcase, is just a few days before each. Being a 21st century woman is not easy by any stretch of the imagination, but ...

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