by Rowan | Sep 1, 2023 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Soup It’s the first rainy day in my fire-scraped state in a *very long time* and I’m reveling in it. I didn’t have to water the garden this morning! The grass might grow back someday! The smoke is… well, it’s still there, but the rain is...
by Christine Hanolsy | Aug 25, 2023 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
All’s well that ends well As I’m writing this, summer is drawing to a close. My family has been surprisingly busy over the last couple of months and it’s been hard to fit writing into my schedule. I keep saying, just wait till summer ends and the...
by Asha Rajan | Aug 18, 2023 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
August is the yellowest month It’s the Noongar season of Djilba where I live and all the yellow flowers are in bloom. Little golden orbs nod their heads happily, bobbing and swaying with the wind. You’d think that would bring me untold joy. I mean, what...
by Arden Ruth | Aug 11, 2023 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Back in the Saddle I’m still not quite sure what happened, but a few years ago, I finished the draft of my novel — a novel I’d worked on for 6+ years — and I just… quit. Perhaps I was simply tired, perhaps it was imposter syndrome, but no...
by Rowan | Aug 4, 2023 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
But why is it there in the first place? One of this month’s panelists for the Scarlet Quill Society talk (on SUNDAY, that’s coming RIGHT UP!) was hosting a discussion on social media this week about, well, unexamined tropes. Specifically, the talk turned...
by Christine Hanolsy | Jul 28, 2023 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Looking for love – or inspiration – in all the right places It’s a common problem we all have as writers: you’re itching to write something, but you’re having trouble getting started. Maybe you have an idea, or maybe you just have this...
