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Writer Of The Month: Farzana Hakim

22 March 2021 News, WriteOn Features

Presented by Eithne Cullen I’m delighted to be introducing our Writer Of The Month, Farzana Hakim, who has been a writer friend for a long time. We met through Pen to Print and The Book Challenge and she’s had great success in that competition with her two novels. Today, she’s sharing ...

Friday Features: What Makes A Great Freelance Writer?

19 March 2021 News, WriteOn Features

By Alison Grade The obvious answer to this question is being a great writer. And yes, absolutely to be a great freelance writer you do need to be a great writer. Importantly, though, you also need to be great at being a freelancer and that’s the bit that's often overlooked or ...

Friday Features: The Typewriter Revelations: Overcoming Procrastination (come up with better title tomorrow) by Matt Wixey

12 March 2021 News, WriteOn Features

By Matt Wixey I'm a procrastinator. It's a miracle you're reading this at all, really. Some people are born procrastinators, some achieve procrastination, others have it thrust upon them. I don't think I was born a putter-offer; I actually arrived punctually, the only time that's happened in the intervening 33 years. But ...

Friday Features: Making Writing A Business – Assessing The Possibilities by Patrick Forsyth

05 March 2021 News, WriteOn Features

Patrick Forsyth explores how a writer can create and deal with money-making opportunities. Make no mistake: I am pleased to be writing this, I shall enjoy writing it, I am proud of my involvement with this magazine and I shall take some pleasure in seeing it published. I also like to ...

Friday Features: Writing Audio Drama: A Brief Introduction by Chris Gregory

26 February 2021 News, WriteOn Features

The job of the audio dramatist is to tell a convincing and compelling story through sound alone. Chris Gregory from the Alternative Stories And Fake Realities Podcast takes us through some of the basics of writing for audio drama. This article will be a very brief run-through of some of the ...

Writer Of The Month: Eithne Cullen

22 February 2021 News, WriteOn Features

By Julie Dexter This month Eithne offers us a collection of poems and two extracts from her novels. The first two poems each have a theme of ageing, though, they are vastly different in context. Metaphors and allusions within the first poem are tightly woven into the rhyme scheme featuring couplets ...

Friday Features: Consumer Vs Creator by Madeleine F. White

19 February 2021 News, WriteOn Features

By Madeleine F White I’ve spent most of the last 12 months not writing. There, I’ve said it. As Editor of Write On! and storyteller consultant for other clients I have, of course, written: things like press releases, emails and translations. But, other than some poetry and an audio drama script, I ...

Friday Features: A Love Story By Farzana Hakim

12 February 2021 News, WriteOn Features

By Farzana Hakim There’s always been this romantic vibe about me; even before my writer days. Ha ha… doesn’t it sound weird? But I reckon it’s because of the day on which I was born: 14th February. Without going into too much detail, my parents no doubt romanticised my arrival. I ...

Friday Features: Global Dreams – Publishing Internationally by Anika Scott

05 February 2021 News, WriteOn Features

When my phone buzzed, I was enjoying a chocolate sundae and cappuccino at the Italian ice cream café near the German town where I live. It was a couple of weeks after my debut novel The German Heiress had been picked up by publishers in the UK and US. That ...

Friday Features: Judge A Book By Its Cover by Carol Van Den Hende

29 January 2021 News, WriteOn Features

How Authors Can Inspire Great Design By Carol Van Den Hende, MBA Why design? When we consider storytelling, we usually think of the written or spoken words that make up the tale. However, we shouldn’t underestimate the power of book covers to evoke emotion and spark interest in a story. After all, humans ...

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