by Michelle Longo | Nov 9, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
How Are You Holding Up? Now that the first week of November is behind us and we’re diving headlong into week two, how are you holding up? Are you still going strong on your November writing goals or have you already fizzled out? Or, are you like me, and never...
by Michelle Longo | Oct 12, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Another Writing Metaphor This morning, just like I do every day, the first thing I did when I sat at my desk was check my email. Overnight there were over 50 new ones. I sifted through, checking off for deletion what I didn’t need. When I was done, there were...
by Michelle Longo | Sep 14, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
When Other People Are Right I was talking with a friend a few weeks back about writing, among other things. Somehow, we got onto the subject of my book and some things that happened as a result of me not yet finishing it. Essentially I was complaining, blaming, making...
by Michelle Longo | Aug 17, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Time for School! School is back in session here in my little corner of SoCal. I’m proud of myself for resisting the urge to buy a thousand new notebooks and all of the colorful Post-Its. For me, the first day of school is tantamount to January 1. In fact, I...
by Michelle Longo | Jul 20, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Summertime Writing When I was younger, summer was a great time for writing for me. I had some free time on my hands and a little more room in my brain for thinking. Now, summer is filled with working and parenting. For the past two weeks, I’ve been traveling...
by Michelle Longo | Jun 22, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Silver Linings I’ve been working from the California Science Center in downtown LA all week (or from the nearby Starbucks) while my son attends a science camp. I’m not a “work-out-in-public” kind of person. I’m far too easily distracted...
