by YeahWrite Editor | Feb 27, 2019 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Cool Beans I’m making heirloom bean soup tonight and if that isn’t exciting, I don’t know what is. Seriously, ever since I bought my Instant Pot (pressure cooker), I am digging how easy it is to make beans from scratch. And they taste SO much better....
by YeahWrite Editor | Feb 23, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Repairing my pants Those of you who have encountered NaNoWriMo will be familiar with the terms planner and pantser in reference to writing style. Planners, as the name implies, tend to map out the parameters of their story and have a clear idea of who their characters...
by YeahWrite Editor | Feb 20, 2019 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Snow Problem My Facebook memories are flooded with photos of me and my family escaping the cold during school vacation, which normally makes me happy, only this year we stayed home so instead I’m jealous of my past. It doesn’t help that we are getting up...
by YeahWrite Editor | Feb 16, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Sad Memoir I recently had a self-published memoir foisted on me by someone close to the author. After reading the first page, I couldn’t help but groan, which is a shame because I love well-written memoirs. I find it fascinating to read about the lives of...
by YeahWrite Editor | Feb 13, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Dog Gone I realize it’s not fall, but when I saw this photo, I had to choose it because the dog reminds me of the first shelter dog I fell in love with when I started volunteering last August. Chiclet wove his way into the fabric of my heart and nearly became my...
by YeahWrite Editor | Feb 9, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Mold I am a practical person. I am often teased in my family for including things like new sheets, a humidifier, a new pair of rubber boots on my Christmas wish list, and never anything fun. I also adhere pretty strictly to a routine. So much so that my cat Link...