Mary Walsh – Pen To Print

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 ...

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

19 April 2023 News, WriteOn Showcase

By Claire Buckle Welcome to my third April Showcase. Last week, I looked at how love in its various forms can be contradictory. This week, I thought it’d be interesting to examine memory. Recently, I attended an online writing workshop where participants had eight minutes to write about memory. Studies have shown ...

Showcase: Less Is Often More + An Old Man + Suitcase + Summer Heat

22 March 2023 News, WriteOn Showcase

By Palak Tewary Dear Readers, Contradictions add spice and flavour to our life, our experiences, and our understanding. Two things being opposites doesn’t necessarily mean that one is correct and the other wrong, and in this lies the absurdity of life. Often, while I've been reading a piece to bring to you, I've ...

Showcase: Without Them + A Working Mum + Things My Mother Taught Me + Mother Figures

15 March 2023 News, WriteOn Showcase

By Palak Tewary Dear Readers, As Rumi said: We are born of love; love is our mother. I believe there's no purer love than that of a mother. Mine has been confidante, supporter, friend and my biggest cheerleader all in one; she's shown me the mirror and has hoisted me up to reach the ...

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