by Rowan | Mar 9, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Maybe it’s the weekend. Maybe not. I got a surprise weekend in the middle of my week when a client blew a deadline by two days. The corollary is that I now no longer get a weekend on the weekend itself, but it was glorious to have those midweek days to write and...
by YeahWrite Editor | Mar 7, 2018 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Cozied Up Yesterday I was in Napa, CA, and now I’m in the middle of a nor’easter predicted to dump 15 inches of snow in my Boston burb. Normally, I’d be a lot more bothered by this scenario, because dogs. But I decided to give myself the gift of...
by YeahWrite Editor | Mar 4, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Microprose, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Do Over So, January was 172 days long and February lasted only about 172 minutes. In all of that, I definitely lost sight of my writing resolutions and goals. How about you? Are you plugging along or in need of a reboot? I think it’s probably more fair to say...
by Rowan | Mar 2, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
March kinda snuck up on me Hey, who knew February only had 28 days? This week found me cursing the Gregorian calendar and frantically trying to wrap my February end-of-month details like invoices and those new Technique Toolbox and poetry slam posts. In my defense, it...
by Rowan | Mar 1, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Poetry Slam, Writing Help, YeahWrite
This month’s poetry slam is for the spellers out there. We’ve rhymed this year, we’ve scanned, but have we used spellcheck? We have not. So let’s start. (Fun fact: I once tried to talk my parents into moving because our home state didn’t...
by Rowan | Mar 1, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Writing Help, YeahWrite
“That’s great, honey. Where can I read it?” If those words from my mom make you cringe too, this month’s Technique Toolbox is for you. We’re going to talk about putting your words where my mom – or anybody’s mom – can get her hands on them. Whether you’ve got a great...
