by Rowan | May 15, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Don’Wanna Have I mentioned lately that the combination of being freelance plus everyone ELSE suddenly working from home has made days impossible to day? For example, I have a project that’s supposed to drop today, so I took my weekend on Tuesday and...
by Rowan | May 8, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
It’s been challenging But has it been … SUPER CHALLENGING? That’s right, the 16th (whoa) Super Challenge kicks off tonight. Good luck to all our writers (and their beleaguered beta readers), and Coffeehouse? I’ll see you in a month. I’ll...
by Rowan | May 1, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
May Day I thought about writing something long-winded about our global colonized history of oppression by elevation, about how the “noble, silent worker/slave/servant” mythos has been used to penalize anyone who spoke out about their oppression. About how...
by Rowan | Apr 24, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Just lucky, I guess Look, I know I’m one of the lucky ones. I’ve got a job that people need me to do, and I can do it from the comfort and safety of home. On the other hand, there are times I resent still having a job. The flooring for my bedroom sits...
by Rowan | Apr 17, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Game on! It took complete isolation to finally get me off my rump to run that tabletop RPG I’ve been talking about for years. It’s been reminding me about character building, that’s for sure. Some of my players are first-time gamers. Others have...
by Rowan | Apr 10, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
A breath of fresh air I stepped out for a breath of fresh air today. It was hard not to: it’s a gorgeous day out there. It’s a little hard breathing through the mask, but hey, I’m outside. And while no, a non-N95 mask doesn’t filter out all of...
