by Rowan | Jun 24, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I’ve spent the last six days on two separate mountains, and I’m not sure which I love more. The first three days I spent on Mount Hood with my writing partner, sequestered in a cabin and putting in 17-hour days editing...
by Rowan | Jun 17, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Well, my kid sister one-upped me in a big way by having a baby last weekend, but the joke’s on her – yeah write has a new baby too! We’re the real winners! Keep an eye out right here at 2pm today for the...
by Rowan | Jun 10, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Here in the Pacific Northwest, summer can’t make up its freakin mind if it’s coming or going. Two days ago it was an actual hundred degrees out; today it’s cool and raining. Makes no difference to my commute,...
by Rowan | Jun 3, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Some days you’re the windshield, some days you’re the bug. Right? I’ve been the bug all week, it feels like, or at least I caught the bug. The flu bug, that is. I’ve been flat on my back barely able to do more...
by Rowan | May 29, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, Poetry Slam, Writing Help
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”29470″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]The Amazigh (known historically as Berber) people have been around for a long time. Don’t believe me? Check out...
by Rowan | May 29, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Writing Help, YeahWrite
I spend a whole lot of time talking about editing. Edit your work. OH MY GOD PLEASE @#$@ING EDIT YOUR WORK. But what does that even mean, once you’ve run spellcheck and decided that you don’t want to write at the broken fifth-grade grammar level that is...