by Christine Hanolsy | Mar 9, 2016 | Microprose, Open, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Greetings Earthlings! A long time ago in a galaxy… You know the rest. But I’m not here to talk about Star Wars; I’m here to talk about The Only Living Boy. Remember how a long time ago (September) when yeah write...
by YeahWrite Editor | Mar 8, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, the speakeasy, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Rule the world Every once in a while, I get a reminder of the power of words. Lately they’ve been as easy to find as a certain chain coffeeshop. They’ve been slipped under my door: my alderman’s up for re-election...
by YeahWrite Editor | Mar 7, 2016 | Challenge, Nonfiction, Open, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Balancing work/life writing I write for a living. It isn’t the kind of writing I would like to do—it isn’t terribly creative or exciting, though I try to inject life into dull topics. I am a grants writer. For the last...
by Christine Hanolsy | Mar 6, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Microprose, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Just what the doctor ordered We talk a lot about how hard writing is, how difficult it is to find the time, how disheartening it is to stare at a blank page or screen, how nothing is ever, ever good enough. So why do we do it? Just...
by YeahWrite Editor | Mar 5, 2016 | friends of yeah write, YeahWrite
Let’s get in the wayback machine Lately I’ve been reminiscing about this time last year. Then, we were planning our trip to Long Beach Comic Con, the first major appearance of yeah write outside of the Internet. By August, when we announced here that...
by YeahWrite Editor | Mar 4, 2016 | moonshine, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] It’s the weekend, so the moonshine grid is open It’s Employee Appreciation Day in the U.S. This morning I was greeted at work by smiling and shiny cakes, danishes and cookies with a nice little note from my boss that said that...