Welcome to White Ink
I've had a little makeover
Hello, welcome, it’s been a while…
You may have noticed I’ve had a little makeover here. First of all, I have renamed my substack, it is now White Ink with Anna Wharton, and I have this beautiful new logo courtesy of my pal, Sam.
Isn’t it pretty? (You can find Sam’s etsy shop here where she sells lots of other pretty things).
So why have I called this space White Ink? Well, firstly, I’ve been drawn to this name for some time, it is a writing term, coined originally by Hélène Cixous, and to her it meant feminist writing, it was, she said, the way that all women write of the female experience, with their breast milk, or that of their ancestors – it is the ink we women use to pass down our stories. I liked that.
It also has that ghostly quality about it, don’t you think? What else do I write in but white ink, I am quite literally a ghost on the page, and yet the words wouldn’t make it there without me.
So White Ink it is. It allows me to write about the feminist topics I feel most passionately about, it gives me the opportunity to write more about fiction and non-fiction, and it creates a community that embraces all of these topics that I love, as well as news from The Book Room, my online bookshop.
What we have to look forward to in the very near future is my Twelve Days of Christmas Writing Advice. This year twelve brilliant authors are sharing over the Christmas Advent their best non-fiction writing advice – you won’t want to miss it.
But here’s what makes White Ink so special — Write With Me Club, my new and exclusive online creative writing group. This is your chance to meet with me, a Sunday Times bestselling, Orwell Prize longlisted author every single month to discuss your writing journey, whether that is in memoir, non-fiction or fiction –– all for the price of one (slightly expensive) coffee a month.
Becoming a member for just £5 a month (even cheaper if you go for the annual membership) brings you these fantastic benefits:
• Access to my full archive of material with tips and practical advice about writing
• Access to my full archive of guest author posts and all the writing craft wisdom they have shared
• Accountability — this is a big one that every writer needs no matter how experienced they are. Being a member of White Ink means we check in each month in my Write With Me Club to see how your work in progress is coming along
• A chance to comment on threads, notes, posts, and, in the not too distant future, each other’s work as I introduce workshopping
• But most importantly, the Write With Me Club itself, my monthly online creative writing group will give you help, guidance, new ideas, and a professional who you can call on for advice on your own writing, we might even have some special guests from time to time.
There is no better time to join than now.
If you’re going to make 2024 the year to finally write that book, making yourself a member of White Ink today is the best way to get started on that writing journey with a professional to guide you along the way. Nowhere else will you get access to all this for just a fiver a month.
So perhaps now you can see why I had a makeover. I do hope you’ll stick along for the ride and become a full member of White Ink. I’d love to see you in my Write With Me Club in the new year!
Anna x