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Write On! Features: Encouraging The Future Of Writing by Jilly Henderson-Long

27 January 2023 News, WriteOn Features

By Jilly Henderson-Long Safeguarding The Future Of Writing Jilly wrote her first book at age seven. Her first published piece came when she was 12. As well as running Creative Writing groups, her work has appeared across a wide range of media. She's published three children's books and several poetry collections. Her hobbies include photography and reading. She lives in Westcliff-on-Sea with her husband Steve. They have eight ...

Write On! Features: How I Won A Publishing Contract Thanks To Twitter by Gail Aldwin

20 January 2023 News, WriteOn Features

By Gail Aldwin For anyone on Twitter, you may have come across online pitching events encouraging writers to compose a tweet using 280 characters to get their story under the eyes of literary agents and publishers. If the tweet is ‘liked’ there’s an opportunity to submit a query letter, synopsis of ...

Write On! Features: Predicting The Future With Sci-Fi by Vic Howard

13 January 2023 News, WriteOn Features

By Vic Howard For many years, my bookshelf was filled with spy thrillers. Then the Wall came down and Le Carré, Bagley, Ludlum and all the rest found themselves out of a job and me thirsting for a good read. Patrick O’Brian’s naval history tales helped a little, as did Philip ...

Write On! Features: Working With Children by Irina Goncherenko

06 January 2023 News, WriteOn Features

By Irina Goncherenko (A children’s writer and facilitator at early years playgroup. Mother of three. Youngest child: two years old.) “How do you do it? How do you work with the kids and have time for everything?” That’s the question I've often received in the last couple of years. The truth is – I ...

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 ...

Write On! Features: Mentoring Part Two – The Mentor Perspective by Claire Buckle

16 December 2022 News, WriteOn Features

By Claire Buckle When asked to mentor Amber on her short story, The Family, I was happy to accept. Then came the fleeting thought that, although my writing has appeared in magazines and journals, and I’d led creative writing workshops, did I have the qualities to be a mentor? The word ...

Write On! Features: Mentoring Part One – The Mentee Perspective by Amber Hall

09 December 2022 News, WriteOn Features

By Amber Hall I’ve always written. It’s my way of processing experiences (good and bad). I didn’t always have an agenda when I sat down to write; it used to be that my words were just for me. And that’s fine, to a certain extent. It’s a great way to develop ...

Write On! Features: Two Homes by Natasha Coyle

02 December 2022 News, WriteOn Features

By Natasha Coyle I have two homes. That tends to be the case if you’re a student who's decided to move out from the family home and relocate to your chosen university. I currently study at the University of Glasgow and I undertook my undergraduate degree at the University of Exeter. ...

Writer Of The Month: Gertcha Cowson

28 November 2022 News, WriteOn Features

Introduced by Ian Ayris I first encountered Gertcha’s writing a couple of years ago, in the form of some early pages from his book, Rocks In A Spin Dryer. As soon as I began reading, the feeling I had when I saw a mountain for the first time burst upon me. ...

Write On! Features: How Instagram Helped Me Grow As A Writer by Ellie M Blake

25 November 2022 News, WriteOn Features

By Ellie M Blake (c) Hired Gun Pitts Team performing at the Africa Aerospace and Defence Expo by Hermien Pellissier (Instagram: @hermienpellissier) Detours, distractions, despair, dalliances and delights – life is full of them. After leaving Australia, drifting nomadically across continents became my primary reason to spring out of bed in the morning. ...

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