by YeahWrite Editor | Jul 5, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Just add sparkle I hope my fellow U.S residents had a great holiday weekend and that everyone else had something to smile about too. If not, reading the grids should brighten your week! Popular voting for the YeahWrite #325 weekly writing challenge is now open! Vote...
by YeahWrite Editor | Jul 4, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Open, YeahWrite
Building up I’ve been wallowing in a mud hole all weekend. It’s the same mud hole I visit whenever a writing competition ends. These contests always make me grow; they show me how far I’ve come in writing fiction. They also gently remind me how far...
by YeahWrite Editor | Jul 2, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Microprose, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Every New Beginning Comes from some other beginning’s end. (You’ve probably noticed I often think in song lyrics.) I don’t know if I hate endings so much because I’m not a fan of change or the sadness that comes with the finality of things...
by Rowan | Jul 1, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Poetry Slam, Writing Help, YeahWrite
I want do-overs! Whether you call it a mulligan, a retraction, or a palinode, it’s human to err and even more human to want to correct that error. This month for our Poetry Slam at YeahWrite we’ll explore the palinode – the poet’s version of...
by Rowan | Jun 30, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners
Pardon my soapbox I’m going to take a minute off from writing about writing, and even writing about winning, to give everyone an important reminder. It’s almost Canada Day, and the 4th of July, and it’s midsummer, and next week is a microprose week,...
by YeahWrite Editor | Jun 28, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Lightning strikes! Massive thunderstorms rolled into the Boston area last night and boy did I have my share of excitement when a lighting bolt zapped our transformer, leaving us in the dark without power for nearly 5 hours. The fallout kept me busy all day today but...
