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Thoughtful Tuesdays: Misunderstanding Seasons

11 March 2025 News, Thoughtful Tuesday

By Eithne Cullen Welcome to Thoughtful Tuesday. March is the month of misunderstandings, madness, mad hares and blustery days. Today’s page moves away from some of the misunderstandings the end of winter and the arrival of spring might bring. There’s quite a tradition of writers looking for places of calm and peaceful ...

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: Penguin + Truth + Two Stews Apart + I Am Eve + Sunset On Sheringham Beach

28 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 ...

Write On! Features: Now Your Work Is Organised

19 July 2024 News, WriteOn Features

by Mary Walsh My last feature gave you the story of me trying to organise my work. Have you done yours yet? Are there still nooks and crannies filled with odd bits of writing? Have you retrieved all this precious treasure and bullied it into some sort of order? I hope ...

Thursday Connectors: Menopausal April

25 April 2024 News, Thursday Connectors

By Farzana Hakim Hi, it's Farzana, your host, with our second segment of Thursday Connectors for all things Menopause. Last month’s page was hugely popular and I’m glad so many women felt heard and seen. I advocate for women’s voices and I’m therefore glad to be back again this month with ...

Write On! Features: Reflections On Our Creative Year by the Write On! Team

29 December 2023 News, WriteOn Features

Edited by Claire Buss The simple act of looking back, taking time to reflect, can be so motivating in moving forwards. It’s all too easy to think I didn’t do everything therefore I failed but life just doesn’t work that way. What’s important, especially for a creative person, is to honour ...

Showcase: Forging Roots At Christmas + Christmas + Christmas Eve + Christmas Special

20 December 2023 News, WriteOn Showcase

Edited by Palak Tewary Dear Readers, Embracing the spirit of the holiday season, I'm delighted to showcase a collection of pieces that echo the timeless themes of joy, goodwill, diversity and cherished moments. May these pieces enable you to find inspiration, warmth and a renewed sense of wonder. Here's to celebrating the magic ...

Write On! Features: Should Children’s Writing Be Sugar-Coating Their World? By Mary Walsh

08 September 2023 News, WriteOn Features

By Mary Walsh Originally published in Write On! Magazine, issue 11 When writing a book for children with a plot involving sensitive issues such as racism, sexual abuse, cruelty, neglect and death, do you sugar-coat it to make it appear ‘nicer’ or do you portray the world as it is, warts and all? In ...

Showcase: Guilty Pleasures + A Day Out + You’re Not Good Enough + Joe’s Garden + A Robot + In Search Of The Perfect Cake

05 July 2023 News, WriteOn Showcase

By Dr Afsana Elanko I'm really excited about this first of four Showcases in July, based on the theme of Literary Passions And Guilty Pleasures. The theme of guilty pleasures intrigues me: who decides what is a guilty pleasure? It’s just a perspective, an opinion, society’s opinion and, as such, there are ...

Monday Moments: Characters We Love To Hate

03 July 2023 Monday Moments, News

Introduced By Amber Hall This month marks the start of our new theme: 'Literary Passions And Guilty Pleasures.' I’ve been thinking about how we’re often most drawn to flawed characters in storytelling. These characters drive the plot forward, yes, but I think it goes a little deeper than that. I wonder whether ...

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