by Stacie Dalrymple | Feb 27, 2019 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Cool Beans I’m making heirloom bean soup tonight and if that isn’t exciting, I don’t know what is. Seriously, ever since I bought my Instant Pot (pressure cooker), I am digging how easy it is to make beans from scratch. And they taste SO much better....
by Asha Rajan | Feb 23, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Repairing my pants Those of you who have encountered NaNoWriMo will be familiar with the terms planner and pantser in reference to writing style. Planners, as the name implies, tend to map out the parameters of their story and have a clear idea of who their characters...
by Rowan | Feb 22, 2019 | Super Challenge, Winners, YeahWrite
This is the end, my friend The judges’ results are in and tallied and we’re ready to announce the winners of our ELEVENTH (whoa) Super Challenge! Winners, you’ll also get an email confirming your details so that we can send your prizes to you....
by Rowan | Feb 22, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
To hail in a handbasket While literally everywhere else (it seems) in the US has record snow, I’m sitting at home watching our third hailstorm in two days. The hailstones are as big as my pinky fingernail, and are piling up in drifts trying to pretend...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Feb 20, 2019 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Snow Problem My Facebook memories are flooded with photos of me and my family escaping the cold during school vacation, which normally makes me happy, only this year we stayed home so instead I’m jealous of my past. It doesn’t help that we are getting up...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Feb 16, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Sad Memoir I recently had a self-published memoir foisted on me by someone close to the author. After reading the first page, I couldn’t help but groan, which is a shame because I love well-written memoirs. I find it fascinating to read about the lives of...