by Rowan | Nov 1, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, Poetry Slam, Writing Help, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Echo myth might be one of my least favorite stories of Greek mythology, but it lends its name to one of my new favorite poetry forms. In the myth, the nymph Echo falls in love with the worthless manbaby Narcissus who basically is...
by Rowan | Nov 1, 2016 | Writing Help, YeahWrite
It’s pretty much That Time of Year again. Yeah, you guessed it: the season of family holidays. When the biggest thing on your mind is how your family is driving you absolutely freakin’ nuts and you can’t think of anything else to blog about but you...
by Rowan | Oct 1, 2016 | Nonfiction, Writing Help, YeahWrite
No $#!7, there I was: writing about the most horrifying moment of my life. I wrote, and I wrote. I sure did write the heck out of that story, which was a story about the most horrifying moment of my life. I was so scared in that moment. That’s why I wrote about...
by Rowan | Oct 1, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, Poetry Slam, Writing Help, YeahWrite
45 is the magic number for this month’s poetry slam. 45 syllables, that is: the 45 syllables, in decreasing lines, of the form known as nonet. I know this is the point where I usually get bogged down in some big long history lesson, but the fact is that there...
by Rowan | Sep 1, 2016 | Nonfiction, Writing Help, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]For this month’s nonfiction knowhow we’re going to focus on two conflicting aphorisms. The first is “winners never quit; quitters never win” and the second is “quit while you’re ahead.”...
by Rowan | Sep 1, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, Poetry Slam, Writing Help, YeahWrite
I know it doesn’t feel like it today, when the Real Feel Index says that I’m sitting in a room that’s literally halfway to the boiling point of water, but summer is winding down and coming to an end. Kids are headed back to school, and for some of us...
