by Stacie Dalrymple | Aug 3, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Microprose, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Do Your Research So if you read last week’s voting post, you already know I went whale watching last week. What you don’t know is that when I searched a free photo website for a breaching humpback whale, like the one I saw, I got a whole lotta BAD whale...
by Nathan James | Jul 27, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Polishing Up It’s that time of year again. Vacation time! For the past 11 years, I’ve spent the last week of July with my college friends and our families at a resort in northern Michigan. This year, we’re expecting over 35 people! We make community...
by Michelle Longo | Jul 20, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Summertime Writing When I was younger, summer was a great time for writing for me. I had some free time on my hands and a little more room in my brain for thinking. Now, summer is filled with working and parenting. For the past two weeks, I’ve been traveling...
by Asha Rajan | Jul 13, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Mission Possible We’re past the half way mark for 2019 (yes, that sobbing noise you’re hearing is coming from me) and it’s time to revisit your writing goals from the beginning of the year. How many of your writing goals have you achieved so far?...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Jul 6, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Yeah, Book! Earlier this week, I went to a friend’s book launch party here in Boston. It’s always exciting to see a writer friend publish their first book, in his case a memoir, but this event was especially meaningful because I met Bill Dameron here at...
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...