by Rowan | Apr 13, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Super Challenge, YeahWrite
Round One closes in: Day(s) : Hour(s) : Minute(s) : Second(s) Fictioneers and Friends! Welcome to Round One of the eighth Super Challenge at YeahWrite (that means we’ve been holding this challenge for two years, if you’re counting). I hope you’re...
by Rowan | Apr 13, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
National Poetry Month It’s the first week of Super Challenge 8 and we’ve spent a good deal of it designing prompts. As Spider Robinson once wrote, God is an Iron. Somewhere on the list of “writing prompts you didn’t want life to assign...
by YeahWrite Editor | Apr 11, 2018 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Noise Pollution I have been hearing chainsaws and industrial-sized leaf blowers all week. The snow is finally gone and everyone’s yard is littered with branches and other debris. I get that the cleanup must happen. I just wish I didn’t have to listen to...
by YeahWrite Editor | Apr 8, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Short and Sweet As I write this, I’m cramming to get four days worth of work done in one while also packing to head out to our first ever YeahWrite Corporate Retreat in Seattle this weekend. For example, I normally write this on Friday, but it’s only...
by Rowan | Apr 6, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Welcome to our ool. When I was a kid, those signs used to crack me up. You know the one? “Welcome to our ool. Notice there is no “P” in it. Please keep it that way.” It was a friendly and humorous way of stating the rules for folks who for some...
by YeahWrite Editor | Apr 4, 2018 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
The Doctor is Out I just spent two hours at urgent care because my teenage son picked a hangnail, which then became really infected. I have a Ph.D. in biology so sometimes I play doctor (for mild things, obviously) but this particular infection was not having my home...
