Weekly Writing Challenges: Fiction|Poetry Archive
yeah write #280 weekly writing challenge kickoff
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] A great big exhalation Surely you know by now about our yeah write super challenge (and if you don't, well, it's over and you missed it). It was months in the making and then when the time finally came to announce it and get...
yeah write weekly writing challenge #279: popular vote winners and editors’ picks
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]My Thursday was not improved by biting into totally raw chicken at the barbecue. So I hope Friday's going to be better as we announce not one but two sets of winners. That's right, today we're not just cooking up the popular vote...
yeah write #279 weekly writing challenge is open for popular voting
Popular voting for the yeah write #279 weekly writing challenge is now open! Vote by 10pm ET on Thursday for your favorite nonfiction and fiction|poetry entries! Before you vote The feedback from the vote is great to have, but without your personal touch, we...
yeah write #279 weekly writing challenge is open for fiction|poetry
When is a weekend not a weekend? When you spend it at a conference. In my case, the Willamette Writers annual conference - my first ever, and a truly affirming experience. It's easy to forget that there are people behind the words. Behind every short story, every...
yeah write #279 weekly writing challenge kickoff
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Melting... You know those super annoying people who complain about the weather all the time? It's too hot. It's too cold. It's too windy. It's allergy season. There are too many bees or flies or mosquitos. It's snowing. It's...
yeah write weekly writing challenge #278: popular vote winners and editors’ picks
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]My writing partner and I changed things up this week. Usually I drive the plot and she does the character feelings. Usually I talk about the book to strangers and she cheerleads. But right now she's off at a writing conference...
yeah write #278 weekly writing challenge is open for popular voting
Popular voting for the yeah write #278 weekly writing challenge is now open! Vote by 10pm ET on Thursday for your favorite nonfiction and fiction|poetry entries! Before you vote The feedback from the vote is great to have, but without your personal touch, we...
yeah write #278 weekly writing challenge is open for fiction|poetry
yeah, that's kinda what it felt like I just came back from a blogging convention. It's probably no secret that crowds, networking, and giving speeches aren't really my thing. I'm not exactly an introvert; I just live mostly in my head (in there I'm the life of the...
yeah write #278 weekly writing challenge kickoff
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Something about life and lemons I'm sure it's actually based on a series of choices I've made, but I like to blame the universe for my current predicament: No one pays me to write only what I want to write. That means that my...
yeah write weekly writing challenge #277: popular vote winners and editors’ picks
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Well, we're gearing up for the final round of the super challenge - good luck to our round 2 winners - and you know what that means.... I'm totally procrastinating on Pinterest. I love this little competition we've got, from the...
