by Natalie DeYoung | May 7, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Too much The mountain of laundry to be folded on my bed. How much podcasting content I cram into my head. Layer upon layer of dust on the piano. The two-year-old chattering softly in the background of my life’s soundtrack. Life is really full at this stage, so I...
by Rowan | May 1, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Navigating Prompts, Nonfiction, Writing Help, YeahWrite
Sneaking a peek If you’re anything like me, you’re given to sneaking a peek into the market basket of the person ahead of you in line. Sure, it’s gotten a bit more difficult with social distancing, but I can still make out a lot of the contents. I...
by Asha Rajan | Apr 30, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Masquerade balling We’re right in the middle of Djeran in my part of the world. The days are getting shorter, and cooler for the most part, though we still get the occasional “surprise, it’s shorts weather!” days. Flying ants are getting into...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Apr 23, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Migration Spring is in the air, and change is coming. The hummingbirds will arrive back in Massachusetts shortly, followed by the orioles. I’ll be putting out feeders for both, bird nerd that I am. Change can be hard, but it also often signals a rebirth, small...
by Rowan | Apr 16, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Party time! Excellent! It’s YeahWrite’s TENTH BIRTHDAY, OFFICIALLY! You’re still welcome to join us for the party this Friday and Saturday, just hit us up for the Zoom link to join our actual faces and the Discord party chat. Yeah, you need to RSVP,...
by Rowan | Apr 9, 2021 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Last week, our community lost one of its most steadfast members, Margaret Shafer. Margaret first started posting her essays on the YeahWrite weekly grids in December of 2016, and she hardly missed a single week since then. She was an active participant in the...
