by Michelle Longo | Mar 25, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
How to Write Finishing stuff is hard. I have lots of great ideas and plenty of terrific starts, but I’m terrible at finishing. The reason is simple: Hard work is, well, a lot of hard work. Ideas and starts are fun and exciting and successes and finishes are so...
by Michelle Longo | Mar 18, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
WE INTERRUPT YOUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED KICKOFF Rowan here, with the most exciting news I’ve had in a while. How exciting? Y’all? YeahWrite swag. That’s right. We’ve got our shop up and running with the tees, tanks, totes, t’sweatshirts,...
by Michelle Longo | Mar 11, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
You Can Do It! I’m a sucker for a good motivational speech. Yesterday, I was listening to someone I know on FB Live talking about how he grew up in a really bad area but wanted to be successful and get out. He was told numerous times that for a number of reasons...
by Michelle Longo | Mar 4, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Microprose, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Do Over So, January was 172 days long and February lasted only about 172 minutes. In all of that, I definitely lost sight of my writing resolutions and goals. How about you? Are you plugging along or in need of a reboot? I think it’s probably more fair to say...
by Michelle Longo | Feb 25, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Sage Advice Last weekend I was working at the Long Beach Comic Expo (and if you’re near SoCal in September, I highly recommend its sister show, Long Beach Comic Con). My job as a panel room wrangler gives me a great opportunity to listen in on some great...
by Michelle Longo | Feb 18, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Speaking of Dialogue… The Write Life is a great resource for all things writing. I get their emails so I often have some words of wisdom waiting for me when I finally get around to cleaning up my email. They recently sent out some information about writing...
