by Christine Hanolsy | Jun 26, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
What’s up My kids have me listening to “oldies” lately—you know, songs from the ’80s and ’90s. (Ouch.) I find it remarkable a) how many songs I can still sing along with, word for word, and b) how relevant certain songs still are, even...
by Michelle Longo | Jun 22, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Silver Linings I’ve been working from the California Science Center in downtown LA all week (or from the nearby Starbucks) while my son attends a science camp. I’m not a “work-out-in-public” kind of person. I’m far too easily distracted...
by Rowan | Jun 21, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Breathing room My writing partner is thousands of miles away. My editor is in a hot spring. The authors I’m editing are talking amongst themselves. For the first time in weeks I have the breathing room to work on my own projects and I have no idea what I want to...
by Christine Hanolsy | Jun 19, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Leaving on a jet plane As I’m writing this, I’m also trying to pack for a family trip across the country to visit the in-laws. I’ve been doing laundry all day, and somehow the pile beside my suitcase keeps getting bigger and bigger. It’s almost...
by Asha Rajan | Jun 15, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Say it loud I was chatting with my playwright friend in Germany this week. (Isn’t the internet marvellous?) I’ve known this friend for nearly ten years–we met because our children were at school together–and our friendship has lasted moves to...
by Rowan | Jun 14, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Quack. Whine. Quack. Anyone who knows me, knows I hate summer. Today I remembered what I hate more than summer: being sick in the summer. I had this whole “ducks” metaphor thing laid out in my head to share with you, and now my head’s so stuffy I...
