by Stacie Dalrymple | Jul 3, 2019 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
She’s Baaaack Did you guys miss me? I took a few weeks off, in case you didn’t notice, and spent the last ten days in Northern California wine country! Ahhh, it’s so nice there, I already want to go back. Of course, it’s exciting to be back at...
by Asha Rajan | Jul 3, 2019 | Challenge, Microprose, Open, YeahWrite
Surprise! Hi everyone, it’s Asha. I’m excited to be back at the micro desk this month while Christine takes a well earned break. It’s been a den of disease at my place recently, with one person after another floored by the ‘flu. Aside from the...
by Rowan | Jul 1, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Writing Help, YeahWrite, Year of Fearless Writing
Welcome to the Year of Fearless Writing! You write. I mean, that's why you're here. But how often do you say "I'm a writer?" And what's the difference between "I write" and "I'm a writer" anyway? Over the last five years, YeahWrite--besides being a great place to...
by Rowan | Jul 1, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Poetry Slam, Writing Help, YeahWrite
The 23rd poet laureate consultant in poetry (that’s the actual title) of the United States is as American as they come: Tulsa, Oklahoma, resident Joy Harjo is a member of the Muscogee Creek Nation. She’s the first Native American to hold the title, and...
by Nathan James | Jun 29, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Microprose, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
The Bard and the King Long ago, there was a kingdom with an insecure king. Oh, dear. The king hated to be shown as a fool, so he commanded a young and clever bard to gift all the writings in the town to a fire or suffer the consequences of his jealousy. The bard...
by Rowan | Jun 28, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Challenges Ever since Christine took over the voting post she’s been messing with me. She knows I like to follow up the voting post featured pic with a related picture for the winners’ post. So this week she snuck in and put this weird, vaguely obscene,...