by YeahWrite Editor | Aug 8, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Who knew Did you ever write a story that won’t leave you alone, proof it, give it to beta readers, and then weeks or months (lolsob) later, after you’ve submitted it to a bunch of places and received rejections, you notice that there’s a huge...
by YeahWrite Editor | Aug 5, 2020 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
[Ed’s note- The YeahWrite editors extend our sympathies to those affected by the catastrophe in Beirut. It is our urgent hope that the injured heal and that the missing are returned alive to their loved ones. You are in our hearts this week and we grieve with...
by YeahWrite Editor | Aug 1, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Microprose, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Stop Bee-ing A Jerk, 2020 Earlier this week, I landed in the emergency room with anaphylaxis. I’ve had fairly severe local reactions to bee and wasp venom my entire life, so I knew this was a possibility at some point, but 2020 is really trying to go down in...
by YeahWrite Editor | Jul 29, 2020 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Kissing Chicken Today is both National Chicken Wing Day AND National Lipstick Day. Does this mean chickens have lips? I didn’t think so. But you don’t need to kiss a chicken on the lips to read and vote on the grids! Or to comment – don’t...
by YeahWrite Editor | Jul 25, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Vacationing from the pandemic Yeah, it’s weird, but it’s happening. I take a break every year around now to hang out with my family and friends in northern Michigan. There’s usually about 30 of us in assorted cabins around a lake, but this year...
by YeahWrite Editor | Jul 22, 2020 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
In the Weeds Every day, I hike with my dogs along a wooded trail which in two places opens up into a meadow. The weeds have gotten so tall on either side of the trail that I can no longer see my dogs if they choose to venture in there. Heck, in some places the brush...
