by Christine Hanolsy | Apr 22, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Connections I reconnected today with a friend from my hometown. We weren’t super close growing up, but we’ve known each other since kindergarten and we ran in the same friend groups. We sang in the school choir together, we both did musicals. It’s...
by Christine Hanolsy | Apr 5, 2022 | YeahWrite
Happy birthday, YeahWrite! Last year we celebrated our 10th birthday with all of you, and we had so much fun that we thought we’d do it again! Please join us on Friday, April 29 and/or Saturday, April 30 for a casual get-together complete with a Q&A...
by Christine Hanolsy | Mar 28, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Super Challenge, YeahWrite
Not your average writing competition Seven years ago, a few of the YeahWrite editors put their heads together to design a writing competition that would be as much fun to run as it would be to enter. It took a little tweaking here and there, but we think we’ve...
by Christine Hanolsy | Mar 18, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Person, place, thing I’m reading Fonda Lee’s Jade City right now. It’s a modern second-world urban fantasy, where jade bestows near-magical gifts on its wearers and rival clans jockey for position and power. One of the things I love about this book...
by Christine Hanolsy | Feb 11, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Celebrations My eldest turns 13 this week, and the family has been trying to figure out how to mark the occasion. Sleepovers are out, indoor birthday parties are out, and outdoor parties are tricky in the Pacific Northwest in February. (Who really wants to eat ice...
by Christine Hanolsy | Jan 7, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Now what? Writing the thing is the first step; editing and polishing it is the next. That’s why this year we’re running a workshop series all about editing! Our new Scarlet Quill Society is the place to go for any writer who wants their work to be the best...
