Weekly Writing Challenges: Fiction|Poetry Archive
YeahWrite #336 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
Hop to it! Bunnies love my yard. Right now, outside of my window, I see three bunnies munching on the grass and eyeballing the sliding glass door as if at any moment two rambunctious dogs might rush out. Their caution is well-founded; my dogs enjoy a good chase almost...
YeahWrite #336 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Fiction|Poetry
Yarns Of Wool And Words Winter is a really unproductive season for me. I find the dark, cold days affect my energy and enthusiasm, and I struggle to maintain a reasonable schedule. When I'm in a writing slump like this, I try to exercise other creative muscles....
YeahWrite #336 Weekly Writing Challenge Kickoff
Going for the Gut We are about to start renovating our kitchen. We've lived here a little over seven years, and the kitchen has needed to be renovated for at least the last 20. At first, we thought we might be able to do it piecemeal. Update one thing here, another...
YeahWrite #335 Weekly Writing Challenge: Popular Vote Winners and Editors’ Picks
Fall in! If you know me at all, you know fall is my favorite season. Well, and winter. But mostly fall cause it means winter's coming. I got to wear a sweater most of the day yesterday and I was thrilled. See, for me, fall is a season not just of beauty...
YeahWrite #335 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
Unplanned Family Time For those of you on the edge of your seat waiting to hear whether my son successfully escaped Miami prior to Irma unleashing her wrath on South Florida: he did. I was both relieved and thrilled to have my family intact. Irma was a rough ride for...
YeahWrite #335 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Fiction|Poetry
The mind sludge and the don't-wannas After a long break to refill my creative wells and fine tune some existing work, I'm starting to shift back into the mindset of generating new writing. Trying to dedicate 30 minutes of writing a day after 32 days of editing,...
YeahWrite #335 Weekly Writing Challenge Kickoff
Good Grief, Y'all As I write this, more hurricanes are swirling and things are still burning. It's kind of hard to do anything right now without acknowledging all that's happening. It's hard to do anything because of all that's happening. We hope you and yours are...
YeahWrite #334 Weekly Writing Challenge: Popular Vote Winners and Editors’ Picks
I don't mean to sound alarmist, but I'm pretty sure this is the actual apocalypse. Everything that isn't on fire is underwater, and everything else is having earthquakes. Take care of yourselves and your families out there, people. You mean something. One...
YeahWrite #334 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
Not Again Hurricane Irma, the strongest storm in the recorded history of the Atlantic Ocean, is currently decimating islands in the Caribbean and on track to hit Miami, where my son is a student. My heart goes out to everyone already suffering and those in Irma's...
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