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 party). To use a metaphor: in the wrestling ring of life I’m more the referee than the man in chartreuse diapers beating his chest. So I got on the plane with a lot of trepidation. Have I learned yet how not to fade around more assertive personalities? Will I be able to find my tribe in such an overwhelming atmosphere?

The answers, I’m happy to report, are that I have and I did. And what’s better is I came away from the convention reinvigorated. Churning out post after post like we sometimes do, it’s hard to see the larger picture. Writers and bloggers like us are changing the world. We’re inspiring others. We’re realizing the power we hold with social media, and I’m so proud to be a part of it.

If you decide to seize some of that power, be sure to read the submission guidelines before you press Post. Have a favorite yeah writer or two? Why not ask them to be your writing partner? Everyone needs another set of eyes to point out the typos, content errors, and ungainly phraseologies in our posts. Stop by the coffeehouse and make some new friends!

Prompt up!

Prompt up is our optional weekly writing prompt for the fiction|poetry challenge! Here’s how it works: we choose a sentence prompt from last week’s winning nonfiction post and announce it in the kickoff. It’s your job to use that prompt in your poem or story and then run with it. The prompt is just a springboard, though: feel free to use it as your first sentence, move it, change it, or float down it to other territories.

This week’s prompt comes to us from Amy Bee at Lion by the Tail: I was haunting my life.

Wait! Where’s the poetry slam?

We’re taking some time off from our nonfiction know-how and poetry slams to focus on the super challenge this summer. However, you can always check out our archives if you’re needing a little more inspiration this week. Happy writing!

Check out Sunday’s post which kicked off the week here at yeah write. Our email subscribers can also join us in the yeah write coffeehouse at its home on Facebook.

Yeah write super challenge!

The third round of our first nonfiction super challenge wrapped up last Sunday. Good luck to all our finalists!

Feeling left out? Don’t worry, the next super challenge coming this fall will be for all you fictioneers out there. Sign up for our mailer today to get the announcements! We promise not to spam you.

Yeah write #278 fiction|poetry writing challenge is open for submissions!

Basic yeah write guidelines: 750 word limit; your entry can be dated no earlier than this past Sunday; fiction or poetry only.

How to submit and fully participate in the challenge:

1. In the sidebar of this week’s post, please grab the code beneath the challenge grid badge and paste it into the HTML view of your entry
2. Follow the InLinkz instructions after clicking “add your link” to upload your entry to this week’s challenge grid
3. Your entry should appear immediately on the grid if you don’t receive an error message
4. Please make the rounds to read all the entries in this week’s challenge
5. Consider turning off moderated comments and CAPTCHA on your own blog

Submissions for this week’s challenges will close on Wednesday at 10pm ET. Voting will then open immediately thereafter and close on Thursday at 10pm ET. The winners, as always, will be celebrated on Friday.