by Asha Rajan | Jun 10, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
If you want to learn, teach When the world was young and dinosaurs roamed the Earth (only ever so slightly hyperbolic), I did a teaching degree. I didn’t really know what I was doing, but I was eager and energetic and young. I didn’t teach in schools for...
by Asha Rajan | May 13, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
New highs – case numbers and procrastination For the first time during this pandemic, the state I live in is beginning to feel the pinch of high case numbers. We’ve been incredibly fortunate to date, and the combination of excellent management and natural...
by Asha Rajan | Apr 8, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Puzzle pieces I’ve been struggling with putting complete thoughts together in writing this week. My mind’s been full of snippets of stories; beginnings and middles and endings that don’t play nicely with each other. Combined with a series of rejections and...
by Asha Rajan | Mar 4, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
It’s the (not so) little things The world can feel overwhelming sometimes. The twenty-four-hour news cycle doesn’t do much to assuage that; leaping from one story of disaster and suffering to the next, with only advertisements to buy more, bigger, shinier...
by Asha Rajan | Jan 28, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Eating an elephant The old adage goes; how do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. When the task of writing and submitting work for publication feels too daunting, breaking that down into more manageable chunks helps me immensely. I can tackle each smaller task...
by Asha Rajan | Dec 24, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Omicron, oh omicron I live in a relative utopia. I’m not being facetious, or delusional. For the last two years, as Covid19 and its offspring have ravaged the world, life has been pretty much normal in my state. We’ve barely worn masks, had less than a...
