Christine Hanolsy is a (primarily) science fiction and fantasy writer who simply cannot resist a love story. She joined the YeahWrite team in 2014 as the microstory editor and stepped into the role of Editor-In-Chief in 2020. Christine was a 2015 BlogHer Voices of the Year award recipient and Community Keynote speaker for her YeahWrite essay, “Rights and Privileges.” Her short fiction has been published in a number of anthologies and periodicals and her creative nonfiction at Dead Housekeeping and in the Timberline Review. Outside of YeahWrite, Christine’s past roles have included Russian language scholar, composer, interpreter, and general cat herder. Find her online at christinehanolsy.com.

christine@yeahwrite.me

Rowan submitted exactly one piece of microfiction to YeahWrite before being consumed by the editorial darkside. She spent some time working hard as our Submissions Editor before becoming YeahWrite’s Managing Editor in 2016. In real life she’s been at various times an attorney, aerialist, professional knitter, artist, graphic designer (yes, they’re different things), editor, secretary, tailor, and martial artist. It bothers her vaguely that the preceding list isn’t alphabetized, but the Oxford comma makes up for it. She lives in Portlandia with a menagerie which includes at least one other human. She blogs at textwall and CrossKnit.

rowan@yeahwrite.me

​Arden Ruth is a paralegal by day, fantasy author by night. When she isn’t diving into worlds of magic and mythical creatures, you can find her eating her way through all the tacos in town. Arden joined YeahWrite in early 2014 as a contributing editor and social media manager, which later merged into the role of Executive Editor in 2020. Behind the scenes, Arden is currently working on the first novel of her Hybrid trilogy. She also published a number of short stories and a fantasy anthology which can all be purchased on Amazon. Arden lives in Seattle, Washington with her husband and two rescue pups. To read more of her stories, visit her website.

arden@yeahwrite.me

Asha lives near the beach in Perth, Western Australia, but hates sand between her toes. She began blogging at YeahWrite in October 2014 with this post, and YeahWrite was lucky to pull her on board as a Contributing Editor in December 2016. Asha writes flash fiction, short stories, and creative nonfiction. She is published in a variety of places and you can find links to her work at Asha Rajan Writer.

asha@yeahwrite.me

An English Professor living in Southern California, Natalie enjoys too many hobbies to be a practical person. When her children give her a minute, she writes essays, fiction and poetry on her personal blog, The Cat Lady Sings. Natalie is a Contributing Editor here at YeahWrite.

natalie@yeahwrite.me

Michelle submitted her first entry to YeahWrite in March 2012 and was brought on staff shortly thereafter. From 2016 – 2020, Michelle served as YeahWrite’s Editor-In-Chief. Outside of YeahWrite, she is a writer, editor, digital marketer, and social media manager working with a variety of corporate and independent clients in a wide range of industries. She’s published numerous works of creative and decidedly-not-creative nonfiction over the years. A relatively recent transplant from New Jersey to Southern California, she is on an endless journey to reinvent herself. She almost never blogs at themichellelongo.com.

Jenny is a writer and the host and producer of the podcast Vile Virginia. She lives in Virginia with her kids, a dog, some cats, and a handful of chickens and spends her free time as a cog in the machine of late stage capitalism selling books at a local bookstore. If you’re into true crime and dirty history, check out her podcast at vilevirginia.com.

Lisa Shaw submitted her first nonfiction piece to YeahWrite in 2014. She believes that no-bullshit truth-telling is the secret to happiness, and she does it regularly at Pryvate Parts and Good Enough for Jazz. She’s a parent through transracial adoption and dreams of inventing the perfect pair of underwear someday–the kind that never needs washing and stays out of her crack. She was honored in 2016 when WordPress Discover named “My Ugly Truth About Parenting a Difficult Child” as one of their end-of-year “Posts We Loved.” You can find her essays at Huffington Post, Scary Mommy, The Mighty, She Knows, ABC7 New York, and the Houston Chronicle.

As a professional editor and writer, Nate has published his work in numerous English and history textbooks and in online reading programs. In February 2014, he found his way back to creative writing and began submitting to YeahWrite. Soon after, he became an editor of the Fiction|Poetry challenge and served for many years before stepping down in 2023. You can read his work at northwest journals, a blog that has been recognized by WordPress Discover, Five Star Mix-tape, Genealogy á la Carte, The Drabble, and BlogHer’s Voice of the Year. He lives in Chicago with his partner and a mini-Bengal tiger.

nate@yeahwrite.me

Stacie joined YeahWrite as its Fiction Editor in early 2013 and served as YeahWrite’s Executive Editor from 2016 – 2020. She blogs at Stacie’s Snapshots and Tidbits and was thrilled to be honored as a 2015 BlogHer Voice of the Year (VOTY) for this post. Before retiring, Stacie’s career involved developing new medicines for cancer and autoimmune diseases, work that resulted in more than twenty publications in scientific journals. Now, she enjoys daily hikes with her dogs and spending more time with her youngest son while her oldest is off at college.

stacie@yeahwrite.me