by YeahWrite Editor | Aug 16, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Heading towards totality I’m flying to Oregon this weekend to visit my parents and see a total eclipse of the sun for the first time. My nerd genes are quivering with excitement. What are you excited about? Reading and voting on the grids? Good! Popular...
by YeahWrite Editor | Aug 15, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Open, YeahWrite
Under Pressure I don’t know about you, but I put a lot of pressure on myself to produce exquisite work. If what I create is less than stellar, I mentally flog myself. This is not necessarily a useful mental habit, but hey, I’m working on lightening up on...
by YeahWrite Editor | Aug 14, 2017 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
The Road to Hell You know how Stephen King famously said that he believes the road to hell is paved with adverbs? Well I think it’s paved with adjectives. (Actually, I think it’s probably just black top, but that’s neither here nor there.) His point...
by YeahWrite Editor | Aug 13, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Sharing Is Caring I feel like I’ve used that heading title before but I can’t remember. Oh well. Regardless, the sentiment remains. The Weekly Writing Challenges rely on you, our audience and participants, to spread the word. When you tweet, share links on...
by YeahWrite Editor | Aug 11, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
There’s a First Time for Everything I’m fairly certain that this is the first winners’ post I’ve ever written. But Rowan went and left the building* and now I’m here writing a winners’ post. My calendar tells me she’ll be back...
by YeahWrite Editor | Aug 9, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Whining I just returned from a week in wine country and now I’m whining because I want to live there right now! Even so, it’s good to be home and sleep in my very own bed. It’s also good to jump back in to YeahWrite! Let’s do it. Popular...