by Rowan | Jun 20, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Growing Season Summer has finally hit the Pacific Northwest – just in time for the solstice. WINTER IS COMING, Y’ALL. As usual, I can hardly wait. Still, we’ve got, I guess, our whole summer ahead of us, which will hopefully be long enough to grow...
by Rowan | Jun 15, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Finished! I’ve been rebuilding an old scooter all summer (or at least that’s what it feels like, although summer hasn’t technically started yet). First it was just a matter of siphoning out the old gas and adding new. Then it was replacing the...
by Rowan | Jun 11, 2018 | Classes, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Prompts. Love ’em or hate ’em, they’re at the center of most flash fiction writing. Whether you’re dealing with a genre (or two), character, object, image, or something else entirely, the competition or anthology you’re submitting to...
by Rowan | Jun 8, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Losing is just a statistic I was at the gym yesterday doing a timed workout with a small class. We had to do a certain amount of work on the stationary bikes, and then a set of movements with dumbbells, three times. One guy was struggling a little, and the class was...
by Rowan | Jun 1, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Lucky Seven I’m drafting what will be the seventh post or page we publish today. That’s our June poetry slam, the new Technique Toolbox (don’t miss this one), registration for our ninth (!!) Super Challenge, the post reminding you that you want to...
by Rowan | Jun 1, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Poetry Slam, Writing Help, YeahWrite
The Form of the Irish With the world’s eyes on Ireland and #repealthe8th lately, it seemed timely to explore an Irish poerty form for this month’s slam. Of course, when you’re working with a poetic form not originally intended for English, the...
