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Saturday Spotlight: New Book Releases September 2023

30 September 2023 News, Saturday Spotlight

By Claire Buss, Deputy Editor, Write On! At Write On! and Pen to Print, we want to help connect authors and readers, playwrights and audiences, so we've created a Spotlight page on the last Saturday of the month, showcasing some of the exciting new reads and plays available. The curated list ...

Write On! Features: Why I Left X And Joined Substack by James Marshall

29 September 2023 News, WriteOn Features

By James Marshall How to build an audience or “Why I left X and joined Substack.” I started creative writing five years ago and am aiming to get my first novel published next year. I had my first, frustrating, unsuccessful encounter with publishing a previous novel last year. I'm no expert in ...

Writer Of The Month: Frasier Armitage

25 September 2023 News, WriteOn Features

Introduced by Maggie Harris Meet Frasier Armitage, Pen to Print’s Writer Of The Month for September and a self-confessed Sci-Fi fanatic. I confess I don’t read much of that particular genre, but enjoy watching movies and there are elements of fantasy across all genres. And, of course, good writing is good ...

Write On! Features: From Bow To The Bookie – A Personal Journey In Books And Writing by Suzy Lines

22 September 2023 News, WriteOn Features

By Suzy Lines As a young girl, I was the one that was quiet, well spoken, who didn’t quite fit in. Having moved from the South to Bow, East London in 1981 at the age of five, I didn’t speak like the other kids (my Dad policing any H’s and innits ...

Write On! Features: Social Media For Creatives: Friend Or Foe? by Amber Hall

15 September 2023 News, WriteOn Features

By Amber Hall Originally published in Write On! Magazine, issue 15 Do you remember a time before the Internet? Before our thinking was shaped by social media? In the early days, we had Bebo and then Facebook. We tended to our pages nightly, racking up follower counts through increasingly tenuous connections. I think ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Literary Passions, Guilty Pleasures

12 September 2023 News, Thoughtful Tuesday

By Eithne Cullen Our theme of Literary Passions, Guilty Pleasures opens up myriad ideas about passion and guilt. When Dr Afsana Elanko sent me this amazing image, I straightaway thought of how food fits this theme so well. Like me, you might enjoy sitting and reading a cookery book or magazine, ...

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 ...

Monday Moments: Literary Passions As Self-Discovery

04 September 2023 Monday Moments, News

Introduced By Amber Hall This month, our theme continues to be ‘Literary Passions And Guilty Pleasures.’ I’ve been thinking about how reading and writing can be acts of self-discovery. Stories allow us to look outwards with a discerning eye, but they invite us to look inwards, too. Whether we’re drawn to a ...

Write On! Features: Self-Editing vs Hiring A Professional by Dan Cross

01 September 2023 News, WriteOn Features

By Dan Cross Originally published in Write On! Magazine, issue 11 Writing is our means of translating our boundless imaginations and ideas into forms others can make sense of. But if our words don’t communicate effectively, readers can end up confused and uninterested. Editing, then, is the act of making your writing ...

Saturday Spotlight: New Book Releases August 2023

26 August 2023 News, Saturday Spotlight