by Nathan James | Aug 19, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Wedgie I forgot to put a writing competition into my calendar, and when I got the challenge email this past weekend I realized I had booked myself up and compartmentalized my writing time to an hour here and 20 minutes there. Honestly, I thought I’d have to pack it...
by Nathan James | Jul 22, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Artists Need to Celebrate and To Be Celebrated A few years ago a large writers conference invited me to read an essay I wrote. Being in the spotlight is not my thing. The idea of subjecting my work to a room full of peers gave me hives. When I told my partner about...
by Nathan James | Jun 17, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Random A friend recently said that if they were ever on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? they would use other writers as their lifeline because they always know random facts. It made me laugh. I’m not sure I’d be as well rounded as other potential lifelines,...
by Nathan James | May 20, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Heightened senses I’ve heard of writers needing to listen to a specific genre of music to get into the writing zone. I’ve heard of writers creating playlists to listen to in order to get into the mindset of a specific character. I’ve even heard of writers assigning...
by Nathan James | Apr 15, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Teatro ZinZanni Spoiler alert: If you have any interest in seeing this show, skip this intro. Or read and forget it immediately. Part of the fun was not knowing what to expect. The writing was a big platter of cheese. The actor/performers wandered around the hall...
by Nathan James | Mar 11, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Word Hurdle I guess it’s happened before. Words With Friends was a thing for a while, wasn’t it? And Codewords, maybe. But neither led to my Facebook feed being a never-ending register of game results. I joked that sometime in the future alien beings would...
