by Rowan | Mar 9, 2018 | Super Challenge, Winners, YeahWrite
Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end. That quote is from Seneca, but also from that one Semisonic song that you can’t get out of your head now. I can’t think of a better way to embrace the diversity of the final round’s...
by Rowan | Mar 9, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Maybe it’s the weekend. Maybe not. I got a surprise weekend in the middle of my week when a client blew a deadline by two days. The corollary is that I now no longer get a weekend on the weekend itself, but it was glorious to have those midweek days to write and...
by Rowan | Mar 2, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
March kinda snuck up on me Hey, who knew February only had 28 days? This week found me cursing the Gregorian calendar and frantically trying to wrap my February end-of-month details like invoices and those new Technique Toolbox and poetry slam posts. In my defense, it...
by Rowan | Mar 1, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Poetry Slam, Writing Help, YeahWrite
This month’s poetry slam is for the spellers out there. We’ve rhymed this year, we’ve scanned, but have we used spellcheck? We have not. So let’s start. (Fun fact: I once tried to talk my parents into moving because our home state didn’t...
by Rowan | Mar 1, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Writing Help, YeahWrite
“That’s great, honey. Where can I read it?” If those words from my mom make you cringe too, this month’s Technique Toolbox is for you. We’re going to talk about putting your words where my mom – or anybody’s mom – can get her hands on them. Whether you’ve got a great...
by Rowan | Feb 23, 2018 | Nonfiction, Super Challenge, YeahWrite
Well, that’s it: we’re down to the top ten writers of Super Challenge 7. Over the next 48 hours you’ll be writing for those actual cash prizes. I could say some stuff here about how you should be incredibly proud to just have made it this far, but...
