by Asha Rajan | Sep 7, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Microprose, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Baby On Board! It’s okay, I haven’t launched headlong into midlife crisis, there’s no wistful longing for some whimsical memory of raising small children. No, we got a new puppy. Frank. I didn’t name him. He was Frank when we got him, and when...
by Asha Rajan | Aug 10, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Thunderstruck As I write this, a small dog shivers on my lap, burying her head into the fold between my belly and my thigh. Thunder claps overhead, rattling the windows. It’s Djilba; the fifth of six seasons in the Noongar (or Nyungar, Nyoongar, Nyoongah,...
by Asha Rajan | Jul 13, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Mission Possible We’re past the half way mark for 2019 (yes, that sobbing noise you’re hearing is coming from me) and it’s time to revisit your writing goals from the beginning of the year. How many of your writing goals have you achieved so far?...
by Asha Rajan | Jul 3, 2019 | Challenge, Microprose, Open, YeahWrite
Surprise! Hi everyone, it’s Asha. I’m excited to be back at the micro desk this month while Christine takes a well earned break. It’s been a den of disease at my place recently, with one person after another floored by the ‘flu. Aside from the...
by Asha Rajan | Jun 15, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Say it loud I was chatting with my playwright friend in Germany this week. (Isn’t the internet marvellous?) I’ve known this friend for nearly ten years–we met because our children were at school together–and our friendship has lasted moves to...
by Asha Rajan | May 18, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Democracy sausages As this kickoff post goes live, the majority of votes in Australia’s federal election will have been counted. We may have a new leadership; fresh-faced, enthusiastic, exuding that new government smell of hope and change. After six years of...
