by Rowan | Jul 1, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Writing Help, YeahWrite, Year of Fearless Writing
Welcome to the Year of Fearless Writing! You write. I mean, that's why you're here. But how often do you say "I'm a writer?" And what's the difference between "I write" and "I'm a writer" anyway? Over the last five years, YeahWrite--besides being a great place to...
by Rowan | Jul 1, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Poetry Slam, Writing Help, YeahWrite
The 23rd poet laureate consultant in poetry (that’s the actual title) of the United States is as American as they come: Tulsa, Oklahoma, resident Joy Harjo is a member of the Muscogee Creek Nation. She’s the first Native American to hold the title, and...
by Nathan James | Jun 29, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Microprose, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
The Bard and the King Long ago, there was a kingdom with an insecure king. Oh, dear. The king hated to be shown as a fool, so he commanded a young and clever bard to gift all the writings in the town to a fire or suffer the consequences of his jealousy. The bard...
by Rowan | Jun 28, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Challenges Ever since Christine took over the voting post she’s been messing with me. She knows I like to follow up the voting post featured pic with a related picture for the winners’ post. So this week she snuck in and put this weird, vaguely obscene,...
by Christine Hanolsy | Jun 26, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
What’s up My kids have me listening to “oldies” lately—you know, songs from the ’80s and ’90s. (Ouch.) I find it remarkable a) how many songs I can still sing along with, word for word, and b) how relevant certain songs still are, even...
by Michelle Longo | Jun 22, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Silver Linings I’ve been working from the California Science Center in downtown LA all week (or from the nearby Starbucks) while my son attends a science camp. I’m not a “work-out-in-public” kind of person. I’m far too easily distracted...
