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Showcase: Tidal Waters + Misunderstanding + The Reading Of Grievances

15 January 2025 News, WriteOn Showcase

Happy Wednesday, readers! My day job is all about ensuring my company communicates clearly with our potential customers, and that we understand exactly what the customer is asking us to communicate. This is far more complex a task than it first appears. We are constantly misunderstanding each other and in ...

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, ...

Showcase: Am I Enough? + An Ideal Date + Twelve Days Of Christmas And The Difference Time Makes

18 December 2024 News, WriteOn Showcase

Welcome to my third Showcase following the theme of ‘Difference’. Often, outside forces can make us feel ‘different’ even if we’re feeling perfectly OK in ourselves. I'm using this page to expand on this idea. ***** Our first contribution, by Peter Roe, examines the complexity of emotions brought on by the act of ...

Showcase: The Bike Project + What Makes ME + Dagenham To Barking Banter + Grandma’s Christmas Cake

11 December 2024 News, WriteOn Showcase

Hello and welcome to my second Showcase for December. Things are hotting up out there, and I’m beginning to realise my Christmas card list won’t write itself! Time to crack on then with my first piece, written by Claire Buckle, detailing the work of a brilliant charity, The Bike Project, ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Nostalgia

10 December 2024 News, Thoughtful Tuesday

By Eithne Cullen Welcome to December’s Thoughtful Tuesday page. It’s that time of the year when we rush home to avoid the dark, think about Christmas festivities and, as the month closes, have some nostalgia for the year that’s coming to an end. My page today reflects quite a lot of these ...

Showcase: Difference + Blacke Dog + O Christmas Tree + Mabel Goes To Lunch

04 December 2024 News, WriteOn Showcase

Hello, everyone. I’m Clare Cooper, your Showcase editor for this festive month of December. I live on the South West London/Surrey borders with my long-term partner and I’m a freelance editor and writer, having previously worked on Woman’s Weekly magazine for many years, where I was Deputy Fiction Editor. Our current ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Recognising Difference

11 November 2024 News, Thoughtful Tuesday

By Eithne Cullen Welcome to November’s Thoughtful Tuesday page, continuing on the theme of ‘Difference.’ I was looking at an old photo with my granddaughter recently and was interested to see how she recognised family members, even though their appearances have changed: going from beard to clean shaven and from long ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Difference

15 October 2024 News, Thoughtful Tuesday

By Eithne Cullen Welcome to October’s Thoughtful Tuesday page. As I write, I’m seeing autumn creeping in to take the place of summer, and know that the dark days and nights, drop in temperature and blustery winds are here to stay for a while. I must get around to planting my ...

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