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Thoughtful Tuesdays: Food For Thought

By Eithne Cullen 'Food For Thought'… there’s a theme to work with. I'm certain at the time of writing we will have plenty of submissions on this theme. Everyone loves food: talking about it, preparing it, eating it and oh, yes, photographing it! The first time I saw someone photographing her food ...

Monday Moments: Food For Thought

Introduced by Holly King Food, glorious food. The first thing that comes to mind from our theme ‘Food For Thought’ is my dad. The poster boy for chewing properly and eating slowly, he is always the last to finish his dinner. But he also seems to enjoy it the most, taking ...

Friday Feature: Dear Fellow Writers

Dear Fellow Writers, Before I go ahead and explain my writing career to date, I wonder if you might allow me to introduce myself to you. You could say I began writing many, many years ago at school, since I was always jotting ideas down. As the years went on, I ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Building Bridges

By Eithne Cullen When we discussed the theme of 'Building Bridges' at our weekly meeting, it was obvious it opened up many different ideas for all of us: we thought about relationships, peace and reconciliation. One definition tells us it means to establish a relationship (as to foster understanding and appreciation of ...

Monday Moments: Building Bridges

Introduced by Holly King This week we’re ‘Building Bridges’ and the first thing I think about bridges (asides from the darn Troll bridge in King’s Quest VII: The Princeless Bride), is resonant frequency. Bear with me here. In my Physics class, we used the example of bridges to explain ‘natural’ or ...

Friday Feature: What’s Wrong With Reading Comics?

Originally published by Neal Zetter on CCCP Workshops website on June 20, 2020  What's wrong with children (or anyone) reading comics? Nothing! Just because reading material includes pictures as well as words, that does not make it inferior. In fact, I wouldn't be a successful author/poet if I had not immersed ...

Thursday Youth Connectors: A New Day, A New Face

by Sameer Iqbal Hello, I'm Sameer and I'm new to the Write On! Extra community. You might be wondering why there’s a different face on the article today, expecting Farzana’s (my mum’s) picture with her bright yellow scarf and big smile, as she introduces another week with a new idea before launching ...