by Rowan | Apr 19, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Hoodies While Stacie was looking at hooded skunks, I was looking at Mount Hood. With editors in both hemispheres and all over two continents (although I’m holding out for my move to Antarctica, go away spring) sometimes it’s hard to touch base at a time...
by Rowan | Apr 12, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
A little peace and quiet The dog had surgery Monday and has spent most of the week doped up on her bottomless prescription of narcotics (I legitimately don’t understand the difference between the anodyne principles for pets and those for cancer patients, but...
by Rowan | Apr 5, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
You may say I’m a dreamer… It’s Friday, and once again I didn’t get enough sleep during the week. But it’s for a good reason: I spent some of those extra hours chasing a real-life dream of mine. If you dream of being a writer, that dream...
by Rowan | Apr 1, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Poetry Slam, Writing Help, YeahWrite
April is National Poetry Month, and you know what that means! Actually, no, you don’t, because honestly we are not well-organized adults all the time and for at least the past few years we’ve dropped the ball on doing something cool for National Poetry...
by Rowan | Mar 29, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Hey, honey… Now that I’ve got your attention, let’s talk about all the cool stuff coming up, ok? It’s about to be April, which means a new poetry slam and a new post in our Year of Fearless Writing series. Those both go live on April first, but...
by Rowan | Mar 22, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Nie moje małpy, ale mój cyrk: they may not be my monkeys, but this is my circus (as an aside, I’m pretty proud of myself for retaining enough Polish to be able to adjust the original proverb, nie mój cyrk, nie moje małpy, to match the headline despite not having...
