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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 ...

Showcase: Calling Home + The Campus + Prime Location + I Love You + Barmbrack

06 September 2023 News, WriteOn Showcase

Hello and welcome to September’s first Write On! Showcase. My name is Thomas Nixon, and I’ll be taking you through this month with a wide array of creative fiction, each one embedded with passion and pleasure. Speaking of which, this month’s theme is all about literary passions and guilty pleasures, so ...

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! Interviews: Author Natasha Pulley

03 September 2023 News, WriteOn Interviews

Write On! interviews author Natasha Pulley Natasha says: Hi, I’m Natasha. I write historical fiction; normally there’s some magic in there too, but my most recent book, The Half Life Of Valery K, is different: it’s about a real nuclear disaster. It’s been shortlisted for the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize, ...

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 ...

Showcase: Two Sides To The Same Story + Happily Ever After + Pound Hugs

30 August 2023 News, WriteOn Showcase

It’s August 2023 and as per usual, the Write On! team are enjoying a short summer break. With this in mind, and as the founding Editor, I’m picking some of my favourite Showcases from the past few years. Though they are higgledy-piggledy in terms of season and themes, one thing ...

Write On! Interviews Gill Adams: Hull’s Best Kept Secret

27 August 2023 News, WriteOn Interviews

Lucy Kaufman from Write On! interviews Gill Adams Gill Adams has been my Facebook friend for some years now, but we’d never actually ‘met’. Yet, I feel I know her. Partly due to the openness of her posts, and partly because I’ve watched a version of her life in four seasons ...

Saturday Spotlight: New Book Releases August 2023

26 August 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: Legacy Journaling By Merle R. Saferstein

25 August 2023 News, WriteOn Features

By Merle R. Saferstein Shortly after reading The Diary Of A Young Girl by Anne Frank, I bought my first diary with a pink faux leather cover and a lock to keep my thoughts safe. I wrote in it periodically throughout my junior high school years and filled a few diaries. ...

Showcase: Deadly Twist + I Write

23 August 2023 News, WriteOn Showcase