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Write On! Features: Events (What You Didn’t Know, You Need To Know) by MD Neu

04 November 2022 News, WriteOn Features

By MD Neu Well, we’ve done it! We're back to attending local and distant events. It’s been wonderful to get out there and see people, make contacts, sign and sell books, and have fun. Over the last couple of months, I’ve been to a few local events with plans for more ...

Write On! Features: How My Heritage Shows Up In Fiction by Carol Van Den Hende

28 October 2022 News, WriteOn Features

By Carol Van Den Hende One of the top questions readers ask about my Goodbye, Orchid series is, "How autobiographical is your writing?" The answer is not as straightforward as the question may appear. My fiction features a heavy dose of imagination, mixed with research, and sprinklings of personal experiences. The clearest links ...

Write On! Features: Responsibility vs Entertainment – Can A Writer Deliver Both? by Charis Odoki

21 October 2022 News, WriteOn Features

By Charis Odoki It can be difficult for writers to find the balance between entertaining and responsible writing, especially in a saturated market with extensive pressure on stories for financial success. So, what is it that makes a writer responsible or entertaining, and is it possible to be both? The ‘Entertaining Writer’ ...

Write On! Features: The Writing Process Or The Musings Of A Scatterbrain! by Ray Miles

14 October 2022 News, WriteOn Features

By Ray Miles My name is Ray Miles. Following a recent submission to Pen to Print, I was asked if I could do a piece on the writing process. I will confess now that it is a difficult subject for me, as my writing tends to happen ‘when the muse is ...

Write On! Features: Unlearning What Happy Should Look Like by Kimberly Ihekwoaba

07 October 2022 News, WriteOn Features

By Kimberly Ihekwoaba Are you happy? A question I hear more recently. I had to think hard to find an appropriate response. And I thought: Why are people asking if I am happy? It’s taking twice as long to complete my book. Am I lazy? I don’t have any desire to write. What’s wrong with me? I ...

Write On! Features: ReadFest 2022 Overview

30 September 2022 News, WriteOn Features

By Lisa Rouiller After hosting ReadFest online for a few years, things were a little different this September for our literary festival, with the team facilitating both virtual events and bringing live events back to our libraries, where it all began, 11 years ago! Kia Abdullah and Luan Goldie Nothing compares to ...

Write On! Issue 14 OUT TODAY

28 September 2022 News

Issue 14, Out 28 September Write On! 14 is out today and features an exclusive interview with the global publishing phenomenon that is Louis de Bernières. Based on Worlds Apart, this issue theme straddles a number of things. Some are obvious: the sci-fi fantasy heroines contained in Michelle’s Sutton’s Spotlight page, for ...

Write On! Features: Authors And Their Cats by Judith Robinson and Scott Pack

23 September 2022 News, WriteOn Features

By Judith Robinson and Scott Pack Writing is, by and large, a solitary pursuit, and one that is not always conducive to maintaining healthy relationships. Perhaps this is why many authors turn to companions who will tolerate their anti-social lifestyles, the hours spent at the desk, and the mood swings: from ...

Write On! Features: Writing My Autobiography by Jean Fullerton

16 September 2022 News, WriteOn Features

By Jean Fullerton The Writing Process Although I’ve written 20 novels over the past 15 years, writing A Child Of The East End, a very personal autobiography, was very different. Firstly, I discovered you can’t put every anecdote or event in, because there are just too many! Secondly, it’s essential in a novel, even ...

#ReadFest22 Begins Tomorrow: What’s On This Week?

04 September 2022 Blog

Tomorrow, Barking and Dagenham’s only annual literary festival, ReadFest, returns – prepare yourself for three blockbuster weeks of free events running from 5th September through to the 23rd September. This is our eleventh year running this festival, bringing you a wide-ranging selection of local, national and internationally acclaimed writers to entertain ...

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