by Michelle Longo | Jun 22, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Silver Linings I’ve been working from the California Science Center in downtown LA all week (or from the nearby Starbucks) while my son attends a science camp. I’m not a “work-out-in-public” kind of person. I’m far too easily distracted...
by Asha Rajan | Jun 15, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Say it loud I was chatting with my playwright friend in Germany this week. (Isn’t the internet marvellous?) I’ve known this friend for nearly ten years–we met because our children were at school together–and our friendship has lasted moves to...
by Rowan | Jun 8, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Is it summer yet? It’s June, but the weather isn’t cooperating. One day it’ll be in the 80’s (around 30C) and the next it’s 20 degrees colder and raining. The rain soothes my sunburn, though, so I guess I can’t complain. Besides, it...
by Nathan James | Jun 1, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Microprose, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
The Answer is Iowa For at least a decade now, I’ve been trying to figure out who one of my 2nd great-grandfather’s parents are. Long story short: No one in my family could ever find a paper trail on where he came from. So I’ve been digging and...
by Michelle Longo | May 25, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Quit Procrastinating Now (or don’t) I was chatting with another YeahWrite editor the other day about how hard it can be to find the time to write. I said I needed a wealthy benefactor so I didn’t have to work and she added that I’d also need a...
by Asha Rajan | May 18, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Democracy sausages As this kickoff post goes live, the majority of votes in Australia’s federal election will have been counted. We may have a new leadership; fresh-faced, enthusiastic, exuding that new government smell of hope and change. After six years of...
