by Stacie Dalrymple | Feb 15, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Quiet as Mice Ambient noise camouflages the ringing in my ears. Honestly, I don’t know how long this has been going on since for over a decade, my husband has snored SO loudly that I can’t hear anything else when my body decides to wake up at 3am. When he...
by Rowan | Feb 14, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
The actual worst I have written approximately zero words this week except for this paragraph. Instead, I’m editing. My work, other people’s work, editing. So much edits. Do not make me look at more words please. Just scroll for the vote. Please. (If this...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Feb 12, 2020 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Orange You Glad? I know, I know. I AM that kind of person. But orange you glad that Sumos are back in season? And before you get on my case, yes, I know the oranges in the photo are not Sumos, but sometimes a person has to make do. Also, orange you glad it’s...
by Nathan James | Feb 8, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Tick Tock I participated in a writing contest a few weeks ago. The first three days of the contests was MLK Day weekend, and I didn’t write; I told myself I was “planning.” Tuesday rolls around and work explodes with deadlines and stress. I came home...
by Rowan | Feb 7, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Irony Y’all, I wrote the best intro paragraph. About saving your work, and momentum, and the popular vote, and then I don’t know what I hit but it’s gone and I’m such a consummate professional that I’m not even going to try to retype it,...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Feb 5, 2020 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Sweet Treat I wasn’t going to write about sweets but this photo is so pretty that I’m just going with it. I don’t have much of a sweet tooth anymore, which is a big change from when I was younger, but small beautiful treats like this are always very...