by Rowan | Aug 4, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Winners
It was the best of weeks, it was the worst of weeks Phew. Microprose, amirite? I’m not kidding when I say it’s our hardest challenge, both from the writer’s end and ours. Like every week, we keep an eye on the grid. We read (yes, even when we...
by Rowan | Aug 2, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
It’s the most wonderful time of the year About once a year, I get to steal my favorite writing partner (and second-favorite editor) and go out for happy hour. Of course, all we end up doing is talking about work; I’d say that’s how much we love this...
by Rowan | Aug 1, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Writing Help, YeahWrite
In Misery, Stephen King wrote [Paul] understood what he was doing now as TRYING TO HAVE AN IDEA. TRYING TO HAVE AN IDEA wasn’t the same thing as GETTING AN IDEA. GETTING AN IDEA was a more humble way of saying I am inspired, or Eureka! My muse has spoken!...
by YeahWrite Editor | Aug 1, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Open, YeahWrite
Reorienting I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve written anything in the last year. See, a year ago last Sunday I had a baby. I am not the sort of person to do anything by halves, so every ounce of my energy has gone into keeping him alive and...
by YeahWrite Editor | Jul 30, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Microprose, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Here’s a Random Question Last week was Migraine Week here at YeahWrite. A bunch of us had them. I’m personally on Day 5 myself. I’d tell you the exact percentage of editors with migraines this week, but that’s a lot of mathing, and I just...
by Rowan | Jul 28, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Bear with me It’s a pun, get it? Sorry, my sense of humor isn’t what it might be: I’m coming off a three-day migraine punctuated by texts from my dad asking if I’ve finished the bear bells for our camping trip yet. See, bear bells are…...
