by Stacie Dalrymple | May 9, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Closer Than They Appear I’ve noticed something, let’s call it odd, that is happening during this pandemic “distancing.” My friends that are distant don’t feel so distant. You see, I can’t see my local friends so my far-away friends...
by Rowan | May 8, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Super Challenge, YeahWrite
Round One Closes in: Day(s) : Hour(s) : Minute(s) : Second(s) Who’s ready to think about something else for 48 hours? Oh my gosh, I am. Even spending time thinking up prompts to spark your imagination and send you into made-up worlds for the weekend has been a...
by Nathan James | May 2, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Microprose, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Risk Assessment Some of you may know I’m in the middle of a career change. It’s been scary to pull myself out of my comfort zone for a career that I’m not even sure I’ll like or be good at. The leap between writing textbooks and designing...
by Michelle Longo | Apr 25, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Taking What I Can Get If there’s one area of my life this COVID situation hasn’t upended, it’s my inability to write. I was having trouble before this started and I continue to struggle. On the rare occassion that I’m not super busy with work...
by Asha Rajan | Apr 18, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Short and sweet Is anyone else feeling like they just can’t find the time or headspace to write? Between having everyone in my family at home all the time, and either trying to read everything COVID_19 related or worrying about everything COVID_19 related,...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Apr 11, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Marathon Shopping In Massachusetts, we now have a rule that grocery stores have to operate at 40% capacity relative to how many people are normally permitted inside. I had to shop today and it was a two-hour ordeal because it took 50 minutes of waiting in the line...