by Christine Hanolsy | Sep 5, 2018 | Challenge, Microprose, Open, YeahWrite
Something in the air tonight I live in the city now, but I grew up in the country. We didn’t have air conditioning; we had one box fan and lots of screens. There’s something about listening to the world fall asleep around me that is incredibly soothing. I...
by Christine Hanolsy | Aug 10, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Dog days of summer Hello, everyone! Christine speaking. Rowan is away on a well-deserved vacation, and that means I have the privilege of announcing this week’s winners! But first, I wanted to take a moment to congratulate all of you – not just the winners, or...
by Christine Hanolsy | Jul 4, 2018 | Challenge, Microprose, Open, YeahWrite
Lazy days I’ll admit it; I haven’t been writing much. I’ve been editing like crazy, but I haven’t been writing. I like editing just fine, but editing and writing activate different parts of my brain. I may get a great deal of satisfaction from...
by Christine Hanolsy | May 2, 2018 | Microprose, Open, YeahWrite
It’s my party No really, it is! May is my birthday month. and so this month’s challenge is all about me. I have been accused by some – and not without some basis in fact – of letting my writing slip from the lyrical into the florid. I pile...
by Christine Hanolsy | Apr 4, 2018 | Microprose, Open, YeahWrite
How time flies Can you believe we’re seven this week? I sure can’t. I started at YeahWrite four years ago, when the micro challenge – formerly known as the Gargleblaster – was brand-spanking new. Microprose may be YeahWrite’s youngest...
by Christine Hanolsy | Mar 7, 2018 | Challenge, Microprose, Open, YeahWrite
Let’s get spooky Maybe winter is finally on its way out here in the Northern hemisphere, but mornings are still misty-grey and mysterious. Sometimes, when I leave the house early and the traffic in my neighborhood is particularly quiet, it can feel like...
