by YeahWrite Editor | Aug 23, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Total solar eclipse? Check! I know this has nothing to do with writing or reading or voting. BUT I am a science geek so I feel compelled to tell you that, as someone who has seen quite a few annular (partial) solar eclipses, a total solar eclipse is the most amazing...
by YeahWrite Editor | Aug 22, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Open, YeahWrite
Changing Times It’s been a tumultuous week. My eldest child turned 18 years old. In the grand scheme of things, it’s not a big change, but technically, legally, he’s now an adult. It is weird for me, as his mother, to come to grips with the change....
by YeahWrite Editor | Aug 20, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Oof It’s been one hell of a week. I can only hope that in the midst of all the terrible things happening in the world, writing and YeahWrite in particular can be of solace to any of you who are suffering. As writers, our words are powerful. They can be the voice...
by Rowan | Aug 18, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
I’m back, did you miss me? Did you even notice I was gone? I just spent a week in the mountains with no internet but lots of storytelling (and bears there were bears real live bears they were right next to us). My dad and I still go backpacking together when we...
by YeahWrite Editor | Aug 16, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Heading towards totality I’m flying to Oregon this weekend to visit my parents and see a total eclipse of the sun for the first time. My nerd genes are quivering with excitement. What are you excited about? Reading and voting on the grids? Good! Popular...
by Rowan | Aug 16, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Super Challenge, YeahWrite
If money grew on trees, would it fall into my hands in the autumn? Money doesn’t, tragically (or actually when you consider how inflation works, that’s probably a good idea), grow on trees. But it does grow with each additional registration in the...
