by YeahWrite Editor | Oct 8, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Writing when I’m not writing It’s been a tricky few weeks for me as I deal with the death of a close family friend and the grief and mourning that accompanies his passing. Naturally, that’s meant that putting words on a page has taken a back seat...
by YeahWrite Editor | Sep 10, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Shiny objects and bullish men Continuing the trend, I am also a huge fan of retellings. One of my first stories to get in the Top Three at YeahWrite back when we had a blog share was a retelling of Ariadne, who fell in love with the hero Theseus and helped him escape...
by YeahWrite Editor | Sep 3, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Mirror, mirror No joke, but I started reading a retelling of Little Red Riding Hood last week. When I saw what this month’s prompt was, I felt delighted at this bit of serendipity. Retellings are some of my favorite types of stories because reading one is like...
by YeahWrite Editor | Aug 27, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Doggy tales My husband recently saw a t-shirt with I like dogs and maybe three people written on it and almost bought it for me. Honestly, I’d have worn it everywhere. But the thing is, I like the people I meet when I’m walking my dogs. People are...
by YeahWrite Editor | Jul 30, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Writing Together, Alone Writer friends had invited me to work together in the past, but I never took them up on it. I always thought “My problem with writing is focus. Why would I meet a person for a writing date and add yet another distraction to the...
by YeahWrite Editor | Jul 23, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
I found my thrills This week I picked up a few copies of an anthology that I have work in. Another anthology, I should say. This isn’t my first, but the thrill of seeing my name in print, especially in a physical copy that I can hold in my hands and turn the...
