by Michelle Longo | Jul 17, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Your writing practice You’re exploring what writing means to you. You’re calling yourself a writer. This is good. What’s next? What’s next is you write. You need to practice. You need to try new things, some...
by Michelle Longo | Jul 10, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Maybe someday? Last week we were talking about how we identify ourselves. I often hear people say they want to be a writer. (Fine. FINE. I still say it, too.) The implication is that we are not writers now. It’s just a...
by Michelle Longo | Jul 3, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] How do you identify? When it comes to your writing, how do you see yourself? Do you call it your hobby? If someone asks what you do, do you say your career first and then throw in that you “write sometimes?” Do you refer...
by Michelle Longo | Jun 26, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] What time is it? My favorite time of day is between 2:00 AM and 6:00 AM. No one else is awake and the world is still. I can think without interruption. It’s a beautiful thing. The worst part? I never see it. Life doesn’t...
by Michelle Longo | Jun 19, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Near miss on a cluster-whoops So there I was, in bed with a book, exhausted. My phone buzzed with a message from fellow editor Arden letting me know my kickoff post was all proofed and ready to go… so I just need to write my...
by Michelle Longo | Jun 12, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Patience is a virtue I know it’s been a minute since we told you exciting things were coming. And… it’s going to be about one minute more. Seriously though, more like an actual minute. Later this week, we will be...