by YeahWrite Editor | Dec 30, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
New Year, New View So we’re all looking down the barrel of 2023. I’ll tell you right now I do not believe in resolutions. If I want to change, I will. If it doesn’t stick, it must not be working for me. I don’t see the use in nagging myself for a month or two to make...
by YeahWrite Editor | Dec 23, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Happy Merry Bah Humbug Whether you observe religious celebrations at this time of year or not, it’s still a busy time. The end of the calendar year is often when contests are winding up, submissions windows are closing, and rejections or acceptances are flying...
by Arden Ruth | Dec 16, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Healthy Habits I’m sure we’ve all heard the ol’ saying that “Real writers write every day.” I used to ascribe to this, dragging myself to the keyboard each and every day, forcing terrible words out of me even though it was the last thing...
by Rowan | Dec 9, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Let it snow It snowed at my house this week. Before anyone jumps up to say that that’s nothing special and I’m only excited because I live in the Pacific Northwest where it’s more likely to rain than either snow or be sunny, I need you to know that I...
by Christine Hanolsy | Dec 2, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
A light in the dark My neighbors have all already hung their holiday lights [ed’s note: if you’ve been watching the Scarlet Quill Society meetings, you know I never took mine down. /rbg] . Me, I’m behind the ball on this one. It was raining on the...
by YeahWrite Editor | Nov 25, 2022 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Accountability I joined a writing accountability group made up of some IRL friends. They’ve cancelled both meetings that I said I could make. I offered to host a makeup session later in the week. Crickets. This isn’t the first group that started with good intentions...
