by Meg | Jan 27, 2015 | Fiction|Poetry, Open, the speakeasy, YeahWrite
Find truth in the lie Lisa from cheapbohemian talks with yeah write’s Arden Ruth this week over at who’s on fourth. From the get-go Lisa confesses that her love for telling lies as a child probably led to her love for writing. While she writes more...
by Meg | Jan 13, 2015 | Fiction|Poetry, Open, the speakeasy, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Fiction | poetry challenge is open — tell us a story You showed up to write. That’s what matters. The other day, my husband sent me a link to a wonderful essay about how important it is to create—that the outcome is less...
by Meg | Dec 30, 2014 | Fiction|Poetry, Open, the speakeasy, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Tick-tock: the fiction and poetry challenge at yeah write is open Join us in saying “buh-bye” to 2014 and “hello, gorgeous” to 2015 as we celebrate this last unmoderated week at yeah write. We won’t...
by Meg | Dec 16, 2014 | Fiction|Poetry, Open, the speakeasy, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Tritinas: some good things come in threes Some of us are participating in Rowan’s December Poetry Slam by writing tritinas for this week’s fiction|poetry grid. (If you want to play along, just hop over to the yeah write coffeehouse...
by Meg | Dec 2, 2014 | Fiction|Poetry, Open, the speakeasy, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Make a Show of It “Show, don’t tell.” I’m reading Toni Morrison’s A Mercy and last night came across a passage that vividly spoke to this advice. In the passage, Morrison shared why Lina and Mistress...
by Meg | Nov 18, 2014 | Fiction|Poetry, Open, the speakeasy, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] “Yes, I’d like a serving of your best fiction and poetry.” Although I have been writing since I was a teenager and have spent most of my adult life doing some form of writing-related work, only recently have I...
