Welcome to the Team What a lovely way to start the New Year! We have not one, but two new members to welcome to the WriteMentor, behind-the-scenes, team! Though, of …
Behind the scenes
Review of 2021 I guess, first of all, I should start with how difficult this year has been for us all. It started in the worst possible way with the …
As we look ahead to how we’ll be able to best help our Hub members in 2022, we recently opened applications for our two writer-in-residence positions and were inundated with …
This post is a bit of a combo, with a brief summary of this year’s award first, followed by an in-depth share of how we do things behind the scenes. …
My WriteMentor journey starts with Spider-Man: Far From Home at the ODEON Metrocentre in Gateshead. I’d gone to the cinema to distract myself from the announcements of the WriteMentor mentor/mentee pairings. With …
Star Wars and Spreadsheets: What it’s like to work for WriteMentor Read More »
2020 has the been a YEAR, right? As you all know very well by know, I am a person who is hugely self-critical and takes every possible opportunity to review, …
As most of you know, we believe in complete transparency in everything we do, and I am always very honest and open about, well, everything. For the last 2 years, …
WRITEMENTOR CHILDREN’S NOVEL AND PICTURE BOOK AWARDS: SOME necessary CHANGES Read More »
We have exciting news for all of you! I’ve been thinking a lot this year about community and continuity. I’ve been thinking about loyalty and long-term learning and friendship. And …
WriteMentor Community Learning Hub: Meet our new (Virtual) Writers-In-Residence for 2021 Read More »
I’ve been thinking a lot over the last 4 months about how far we’ve come as an organisation, since I started a small, voluntary mentoring programme in late 2017. It …
In an attempt to demystify the behind the scenes goings-ons, as I always aim to do, during a novel award, herein follows the honest account of what we do, and …