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 …
Florianne Humphrey and Melissa Welliver interview one another about behind-the-scenes at WriteMentor, their roles supporting children’s writers, and what it’s really like to work for Stuart…
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 …