by Rowan | Feb 26, 2016 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Yesterday, roses; today, lilies. More specifically, a charming little phrase that has fallen somewhat out of vogue in recent times: “Don’t gild the lily.” What does it mean, to gild the lily? Well. Here’s the...
by Rowan | Feb 24, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Vote for your favorite nonfiction, fiction and microstories here What’s in a name? Our ultimate question this week sent a lot of folks off in this direction, on all three grids. So as long as I’ve got your ear for a...
by YeahWrite Editor | Feb 23, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, the speakeasy, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Burn and fizzle Sunday was my two year blog anniversary. I remember that night after my first post. I couldn’t sleep; I kept thinking of better ways to phrase my sentences or fretting that I’d missed a typo. Even after...
by Christine Hanolsy | Feb 21, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Microprose, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] What’s in a name? Names are important—not just for people and places, but for things. Are you using the right word at the right time? Rowan talked about this in her voting post last week—which you all read, of course—but it...
by Rowan | Feb 19, 2016 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I don’t often post-mortem the grids. Not publicly, I mean. It’s not fair, right? I have access to all the inside information. J/K there’s no inside information- the editors read every piece with an eye to skill,...
by Rowan | Feb 17, 2016 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Vote for your favorite nonfiction, fiction and microstories here Balance. It’s not just what keeps you from falling over (well, most of the time), it’s an important ingredient in writing. For example, I love things like...
