by Michelle Longo | May 28, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Sunshine Day. As I was driving earlier, I noticed the sun was shining. This may not be a big deal where you are, but here in NJ, it’s huge. I feel like it’s been raining for months. It’s been chilly and dreary – not at all like spring. So...
by Michelle Longo | May 21, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
What’s Your Excuse? Every time I have to correct my 10 year old, he has some kind of excuse. “I was just gonna…” “But, I was {doing this other thing}…” “That’s not what I was doing…” “Sigh. Eye...
by Michelle Longo | May 14, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
I’m Throwing Down a Challenge Why do we write? I suppose there are many reasons, but I think all of them can get traced back to one simple idea: we want to be read. Whether it’s that we hope to publish a book, or get our short story picked up in a journal,...
by Michelle Longo | May 7, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
So What’re You Gonna Do? You’ve heard the advice about getting out of your comfort zone to help your writing. We all know that submitting work opens you up to rejection, and that alone can be enough of a deterrent. It’s hard to find time to write....
by Michelle Longo | Apr 30, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Microprose, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
It’s Not New, But It’s Good I was recently reading an article about how to get started writing. It wasn’t necessarily genre-specific, but the advice was pretty solid, if nothing new. (A better person would have remembered where she saw this article...
by Michelle Longo | Apr 23, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Gotta Walk the Walk Remember last week when I said writers have to talk to each other? How connecting with others who share our passion can help keep us writing? Well, next weekend, I’ll be walking the walk: I’m heading out of town to a little writing...
