by Stacie Dalrymple | Apr 17, 2019 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Pee-Yew I saw a hooded skunk in my yard today, which was a big surprise considering they are local to the southwestern US and no where near New England. I’ve been wondering all day how it made its way to far-away Massachusetts. The iNaturalist app only has one...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Apr 13, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Prey Drive I spied my first coyote of the spring in the woods today, or rather my dog Tango did, which means more are on the way. They tend to be very active as the new pups arrive, so it’s time to be a bit more vigilant and maybe let the daydreaming fall by the...
by Rowan | Apr 12, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
A little peace and quiet The dog had surgery Monday and has spent most of the week doped up on her bottomless prescription of narcotics (I legitimately don’t understand the difference between the anodyne principles for pets and those for cancer patients, but...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Apr 10, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Clothes Pile I need to get my act together and clean out my closet. Now (for the past 8 years) that I spend most of my time in sweatpants or yoga pants, I have way too many clothes. I put real clothes on only about twice per week, and by real clothes, I mean jeans or...
by Nathan James | Apr 6, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Welp, I am a Libra. Balance. It’s always in the back of my head when we choose the month’s fiction|poetry writing prompt themes. Are we trying to push you all out of your comfort zones with the prompts? Or are we just trying to give you building blocks so...
by Rowan | Apr 5, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
You may say I’m a dreamer… It’s Friday, and once again I didn’t get enough sleep during the week. But it’s for a good reason: I spent some of those extra hours chasing a real-life dream of mine. If you dream of being a writer, that dream...
