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Write On! Features: The Journey To My Books by Hema Macherla

19 January 2024 News, WriteOn Features

by Hema Macherla I walked into Waterstones in 2008 and what immediately caught my eye was my book, Breeze From The River Manjeera, on the ‘We Recommend’ display shelf. I was so thrilled. At an early age, I'd watch my mother burning the midnight oil while she wrote her book. I mean it literally. Atmakur, the ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Beginnings And Endings

16 January 2024 News, Thoughtful Tuesday

By Eithne Cullen It’s great to be starting the New Year with the theme of Beginnings And Endings, and my January page is, naturally, looking at beginnings. Some of you may know I love a quiz. There’s a round I particularly like to show off in and that’s the opening lines of ...

Write On! Features: The Big Debate – The Enigma Of Success by Claire Buss

12 January 2024 News, WriteOn Features

by Claire Buss Originally published in Write On! magazine, Issue Three This is how the conversation goes: "So, what do you do, Claire?" "Oh, I'm a writer." "Really? Anything I'd have seen?" "Well… all my books are on Amazon so…" "Who's your publisher?" "Actually, I'm self-published." "Oh, right. So when are you going back to work?" Because of course, having ...

Monday Moments: Beginnings, Endings And Everything In Between

08 January 2024 Monday Moments, News

Introduced By Amber Hall Happy New Year readers! It’s my one-year anniversary as your ‘Monday Moments’ page editor, and I wanted to start by saying how grateful I am to be able to curate these pages each month. It’s a joy to read through our submissions folder and I’m extremely proud ...

Write On! Features: Embracing The Power Of The New Year To Finally Accomplish That Dream Goal by Lynne Golodner

05 January 2024 News, WriteOn Features

by Lynne Golodner At the start of a new year, many of us resolve to do things better, or differently than before. But that means we begin with a deficit, doesn’t it? Because, to be better, we have to know what was 'less than' in the previous year. What if, this ...

Saturday Spotlight: New Book Releases December 2023

30 December 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: 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 ...

Write On! Features: On The Perils Of Writing The Future by Gareth Southwell

22 December 2023 News, WriteOn Features

By Gareth Southwell Contemporary fiction writers struggle with a present that is always shifting under them. Diligent historical novelists wade through libraries of research to avoid committing some glaring anachronism or embarrassing inaccuracy. And so you might think that writers of science fiction and fantasy have it comparatively easy. The future ...

Write On! Features: Writing An Audio Play by Stephanie Weston

15 December 2023 News, WriteOn Features

By Stephanie Weston Do you know the problem with writing a comedy murder mystery? Mobile phones. I don’t mean that you keep checking yours when you’re supposed to be writing – although this could be the case – but that your characters need to be isolated from the rest of the ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Christmas Thoughts

12 December 2023 News, Thoughtful Tuesday

By Eithne Cullen Welcome to my Thoughtful Tuesday page for December. It’s hard to think about December without thinking about Christmas. Even people who haven’t grown up with the religious or festive nature of the Christmas season, see the lights, the decorations and the fuss going on all around them. So, thinking ...

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