by YeahWrite Editor | Jun 23, 2023 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Now is the Winter of my discontent Anyone who knows me even passingly knows how much I dislike the cold, grey days of Winter. In this hemisphere of the world, Winter is just setting in, and while the days are (mercifully) getting longer, the weather is still...
by YeahWrite Editor | May 26, 2023 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Words and words and words I’ve been reading (and writing) a lot of poetry recently. I love poetry. I love reading it and I love writing it. I also love cannibalising poetry techniques to use in my fiction and my creative nonfiction. You’ve probably heard...
by YeahWrite Editor | May 5, 2023 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
The nick of time? Phew, what a few weeks I’ve had! Between birthdays and broken wrists (not mine) it’s been go Go GO around here. Which, of course, means I haven’t had much time for substantial writing. What I have had time for is poetry. It...
by YeahWrite Editor | Apr 7, 2023 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Love, actually Confession time. I unashamedly love romcoms (yes, even the dodgey ones like the one in the header). I know, I know, I know. They’re too often cheesy and trite, and sometimes they’re downright problematic, but they’re my guilty...
by YeahWrite Editor | Mar 10, 2023 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Nothing. Nowhere. Once In a While. That whole “write what you know” trope we were taught in school is some bullshit. If everyone had followed that advice, we’d never have sci-fi or most, hopefully, horror novels. We’d never have Everything, Everywhere, All At Once....
by YeahWrite Editor | Mar 3, 2023 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
I smell a rat This morning, I found a rat in my garden. It was dead. I spotted it when I went out to water, before I took my (supposed rat catcher) dogs for a walk. I live in an area that’s often plagued by rats and mice and I have a fairly productive...
