by Christine Hanolsy | Feb 26, 2020 | Nonfiction, Super Challenge, YeahWrite
I say this every time, but judging the Super Challenge is one of the hardest and most rewarding parts of running the competition. So: let’s talk about math for a minute, ok? Mathematically, we can only advance 12 writers to the final round. (Ok, technically...
by Christine Hanolsy | Feb 21, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Finish lines I’m trying to be a better adult this week, which means cleaning up around my desk. I’m not an inherently tidy person, and my desk (and the floor, and the little table) have a way of accumulating the dozens of things my spouse hands to me...
by Christine Hanolsy | Jan 29, 2020 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
New story energy It’s funny, the things that inspire you to write. In my case, it was the January 20/20 Hindsight assignment. A short story turned into a novella and then into something that promises to be even bigger and better, and now that new story energy is...
by Christine Hanolsy | Dec 18, 2019 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Indomitable So in August, my kids and I started taking Taekwon-do together. It’s pretty physically intense, but before we were even allowed to start learning forms, attacks, and blocks, we had to memorize the five tenets of Taekwon-do: Courtesy, Integrity,...
by Christine Hanolsy | Dec 11, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Cutting through the fog Between the weather, school commitments, and the inevitable blur of the holiday season, my brain is feeling particularly foggy right now. Every time I sit down to write, it feels like walking blindly into the mist, and I’m too worried...
by Christine Hanolsy | Dec 6, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Glitter Season Sure, everyone has a favorite season. Pumpkin Spice season (hint: it’s not spiced pumpkin)? Beach season? Me, I like Glitter Season. It starts at Halloween (or Diwali in years when Diwali comes first) and ends right around the Lunar New Year. In...
