by Michelle Longo | Jun 5, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Jumping hurdles When I was in the early stages of writing my memoir, I got to a certain point and I couldn’t move. It was my own life story and yet I couldn’t figure out how to tell it. It wasn’t a lack of words or...
by Michelle Longo | May 29, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Some weeks are big It was quite a week for me. I turned 40, I became editor-in-chief here at yeah write, I held a plank for a minute and two seconds, and I made some progress on my memoir and a long form fiction project. Is it luck...
by Michelle Longo | May 22, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Greetings from Nashville! I live in New Jersey, right outside Manhattan, which you can probably imagine is very different from the South. I knew within minutes of deplaning that I was far from home when we asked for directions and a...
by Michelle Longo | May 15, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Oh, is that where I left it? Late last year, I stopped writing. Wait, that’s not entirely true. My day job requires some writing but it’s mostly about insurance so let’s file that under “Doesn’t...
by Michelle Longo | May 8, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Is it Sunday again? When I went from nonfiction editor to managing editor a few months ago, I lost track of the days because I wasn’t writing a post here anymore. This is my second week on the kickoff post. Here in NJ where I...
by Michelle Longo | May 1, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Sha na na na na When it’s time to change, then it’s time to change. (Brady Bunch earworm, anyone?) The Bradys got it right though: It’s not just for the seasons, it goes for everything. And it’s time for yeah write to make some changes. I am...
