by Michelle Longo | Sep 17, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Going for the Gut We are about to start renovating our kitchen. We’ve lived here a little over seven years, and the kitchen has needed to be renovated for at least the last 20. At first, we thought we might be able to do it piecemeal. Update one thing here,...
by Michelle Longo | Sep 11, 2017 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
It Doesn’t Have to Be Perfect When I can’t think of what to write, I generally don’t stare at a blinking cursor. I know everyone says they do that, but I don’t. No blank pages, either. Instead, I just scroll through Facebook endlessly. The...
by Michelle Longo | Sep 10, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Good Grief, Y’all As I write this, more hurricanes are swirling and things are still burning. It’s kind of hard to do anything right now without acknowledging all that’s happening. It’s hard to do anything because of all that’s happening....
by Michelle Longo | Sep 3, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Microprose, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
It’s Way Too Early for This As I write this, it’s Wednesday. It’s only 2-cups-of-coffee-so-far o’clock, which means barely 7am. This post won’t go live for about 89 hours and, if the way things have been going is any indication, literally...
by Michelle Longo | Aug 28, 2017 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
Where Were You? Last week’s grid was light. It happens, I know. Were you drained or overwhelmed by the events of the world? Were you getting ready to send kids off to school? Maybe you were taking one last summer trip. Maybe you’re not in this hemisphere...
by Michelle Longo | Aug 27, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Are You Just Dreaming? Now, I’m not one to go posting inspirational messages and whatnot, but I guess I was having a sappy moment when I first read about Norma Heath so I made a note to write about her in an upcoming kickoff. Norma was, at one time, homeless, a...
