Patsy Middleton – Pen To Print

Showcase: Meanings + Annoying List + Shot! + A Woman’s Voice, A Woman’s Words + Just To Say Thank You

31 May 2023 News, WriteOn Showcase

By Amelia Cave As May draws to a close, the pieces I’ve selected for this month’s final Showcase emphasise voices in all forms: from the voices we hear aloud to those within ourselves. The first piece I would like to present is by Julie Dexter. Meanings Ink on fresh paper, flowing from the pen's nib ...

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 ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Contradictions In Poetry

11 April 2023 News, Thoughtful Tuesday

By Eithne Cullen Welcome to my Thoughtful Tuesday page for April. It’s National Poetry Month and I’m sure you’ll know, by now, that poetry is one of my loves. So, I’ll be sharing some lovely poems (along with prose) on my page today. We’re still looking at the world of contradictions here ...

Showcase: The Poem + The Bookshop + After The Fall + Conflict Of The World

01 March 2023 News, WriteOn Showcase

By Palak Tewary Dear Readers, This month, as I pick up the reins as your Showcase editor, I have some wonderful submissions for our theme ‘Contradictions.’ As a writer, I find this theme extremely exciting; to have two opposing ideas, yet finding a common theme between them is a fascinating space to be ...

Showcase: Auschwitz 1 + Auschwitz Birkenau + And I Cried + Through Doorways We Come + I Forgot Your Birthday

01 February 2023 News, WriteOn Showcase

By Zara Relphman Hello, readers. My name is Zara, your showcase editor for February. I'll be bringing you some wonderful submissions on ‘Contradictions’. A great theme, as it offers creative freedom. Where does your mind take you when you think of contradictions? I go to a place of love and hate ...

Showcase: Weeds Unwilled + Sonnet II + Respect The Ding

04 January 2023 News, WriteOn Showcase

By Dan Cross As a former editor of Write On! Showcase, I'm delighted to be back as this month’s guest editor and to kick off 2023 with such an impressive selection of talented and diverse writers and poets. What an extraordinary privilege it is for me to read such creative, insightful, ...

Write On! Features: Re-Evaluating Our Creativity by the Write On! Team

30 December 2022 News, WriteOn Features

By Claire Buss As the end of 2022 draws nigh, our thoughts turn to the things we have achieved in the past year as well as the things we didn't, which in turn fuels our plans for the year about to begin. A cyclical process that many of us are extremely ...

Showcase: Being Myself + Madly In Love With Thunder Storms + Clouds + Tread Gently On This Earth

09 March 2022 News, WriteOn Showcase

Hi, it’s Juneha Chowdhury, your Showcase Editor for March. Having recently interviewed a poet and talked about 'the nature of things', my showcase this week has a strong nature and poetry theme. Whether it’s the nature of us or the natural world, there’s something about nature that often inspires creativity. The ...

Write On! Interviews: Writer Patsy Middleton

27 February 2022 News, WriteOn Interviews

Write On! interviews writer Patsy Middleton Patsy was a finalist in the Pen to Print Book Challenge 2015 and 2016 with her debut novel, Colonel Erdington’s Daughter. Apart from writing historical fiction, Patsy also writes sketches, adaptions of plays, and lots of thought-provoking poetry. WO: How would you describe your writing to someone ...

Showcase: The Escape + The Regiment + To Her Forty-Something Sibling + Deceiving Appearances + Your Beauty + I Honour You

26 January 2022 News, WriteOn Showcase

January's Showcases are introduced by Write On! regular, Mirabel Lavelle. As we move into the end of the first month of the new year, we look ahead at the challenges we face. The diverse pieces of work I chose for this showcase highlight various struggles. They display different sources of perseverance ...

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