Weekly Writing Challenges: Nonfiction Archive
YeahWrite #447 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
Massahhhhhhge I feel like this woman right now. Why, you ask? Because I just had a massage and I feel so amazing. This time of year I often get the blues but I find if I treat myself to things that make me feel good, it takes the edge off of the colder, darker days....
Welcome to YeahWrite’s Weekly Writing Challenge #447
Wait, hang on... I know it's Asha's turn to write the intro, and I'll let her do that in just a second, but have you heard about NaNoDoMore yet? It's YeahWrite's annual challenge to you. Well. To all of us who look at NaBloPoMo or NaNoWriMo and say... um... have you...
YeahWrite #446 Weekly Writing Challenge: Popular Vote Winners
November already? Well. That means it's time for my two favorite things. FIRST: Soul Cake isn't a Christmas carol, it's a Hallowe'en carol, so go out and get some soul cake. SECOND: It's time for NaNoDoMore. That's right, YeahWrite's kicking off November in style,...
YeahWrite #446 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
Rain on the Pumpkin I know I talked about Halloween in the kickoff post but it's HALLOWEEN. Unfortunately, here in the Boston area, it's supposed to rain all day and all night, which could put a serious damper on the evening festivities. We will still be handing out...
Welcome to YeahWrite’s Weekly Writing Challenge #446
Writing Costume Halloween is just around the corner. We live near an elementary school so we always get a ton of trick-or-treaters. My youngest is fifteen and doesn't trick-or-treat any more, but last year he and his friends donned those giant blow-up t-rex costumes...
YeahWrite #445 Weekly Writing Challenge: Popular Vote Winners
I've been conned Conferenced, that is. I'm writing to you from sunny Denver, where there's GLORIOUS snow on the ground and the air is thin enough to breathe and not full of disgusting water and what I'm saying is that Christine, who is also here, is miserable and...
YeahWrite #445 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
Swallow This Today (Wednesday in the U.S.) is National Swallows Depart from San Juan Capistrano Day. This is quite the mouthful compared to tomorrow's National Bologna Day, but I'm sorta loving the swallow thing since I'm a bird nerd and all. In fact, I need a...
Welcome to YeahWrite’s Weekly Writing Challenge #445
Sketch Me If You Can I was just reading an article about the inception of the television show Schitt's Creek. In it Dan Levy, the writer, producer, director, and actor of the show, talked about the experience of collaborating with his father, comedian Eugene Levy: “We...
YeahWrite #444 Weekly Writing Challenge: Popular Vote Winners and Editors’ Picks
Obligatory reminder thingie Hey, friends, there's less than a week left to register for Super Challenge #14. That's the one where instead of getting a badge for your blog from winning the popular vote, real judges might give you money. You focus on that, I'll focus on...
YeahWrite #444 Weekly Writing Challenge is Open for Popular Voting
If You Can't Eat It, Shred It My youngest dog, who is six, has developed a mid-life counter surfing habit that is out of control. Her continued run of success just fuels her desire. I thought I could stop her if I instituted a zero food on the counter policy. But now...
