by Christine Hanolsy | Aug 16, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, YeahWrite
When is a weekend not a weekend? When you spend it at a conference. In my case, the Willamette Writers annual conference – my first ever, and a truly affirming experience. It’s easy to forget that there are people behind the words. Behind every short...
by Christine Hanolsy | Aug 2, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, YeahWrite
Party all the time This weekend I took my younger son to a four-hour-long birthday party. What on earth, I wondered, could entertain a dozen five-year-olds for four hours straight? It doesn’t take much, as it turns out. I have been to kids’ parties that...
by Christine Hanolsy | Jul 19, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, the speakeasy, YeahWrite
Truth or dare We all take inspiration from the world around us. I write mainly speculative fiction: what-ifs, could-bes, if-onlys. I love a good dystopian tale, and lately I’m getting some good fodder from the here-and-now. So what do you do when faced with...
by Christine Hanolsy | Jun 17, 2016 | Kickoff, Super Challenge, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Drum roll, please! I know, I know, we’ve been keeping you on tenterhooks for weeks and weeks, but we’re finally ready to pull back the curtain on a brand-new addition to the yeah write line-up: the yeah write super...
by Christine Hanolsy | May 4, 2016 | Microprose, YeahWrite
Greetings, Earthlings! Hello! Hi! It’s great to see you. Did you come by looking for the microstory challenge? Well, we’re shaking things up a little here at yeah write, and this means–among other things–that we’re no longer hosting a...
by Christine Hanolsy | Apr 27, 2016 | Microprose, Open, YeahWrite
Greetings Earthlings! My routine is broken. I mean, it’s not all bad. I finished a draft of something I’ve been working on for a million years – which is awesome – but now I have to switch gears and spend more of my time editing instead of...