by Nathan James | Nov 22, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, YeahWrite
no caption necessary Frazzled? Is that a good word to describe the world right now? After a few weeks of avoidance and preoccupation I’m coming back into writing regularly again. I’ve taken to journaling. Somehow I’d forgotten from back in my junior...
by Nathan James | Nov 1, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, YeahWrite
Hurry up and wait. I love the first day of November. It’s the day the gates open and thousands of writers around the world storm onto the novel-writing racetrack for NaNoWriMo or NaBloPoMo after expending so much time prepping and outlining. It’s the day...
by Nathan James | Oct 18, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, YeahWrite
Showing up for the race As the super challenge participants warm up for their next marathon this weekend, I’m cooling down after a frenzied week of reading and commenting on the entries for the first round, a task I would never have thought I’d be doing if...
by Nathan James | Oct 4, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, YeahWrite
The stories we tell ourselves at night Last night I dreamt I was Gulliver and my cats were Lilliputians strapping me down with rope and then we were in a basket attached to a hot air balloon floating over Lake Michigan. My partner is on tour right now and I have the...
by Nathan James | Sep 20, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, YeahWrite
Stage fright First a reminder: Registration for the yeah write super challenge is open, this time with 100% more fiction! Early registration closes soon. Don’t wait! Now for some nonfiction: I sang solo for the first time ever last weekend.* It was at a karaoke...
by Nathan James | Sep 6, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, YeahWrite
Labor Day micro challenge Here in the U.S., it’s Labor Day week (September 5, 2016), and we thought we’d take advantage of the holiday to mix it up a little with a micro challenge. Let’s call it Throwback Tuesday, to early 2016. If you’re looking for...
