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 Rowan | Feb 15, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
But how do you do it? I used to refer to fostering retired greyhounds as “serial pet dating” when people asked me how I could stand to just, you know, not keep them all. “I would have 50 dogs,” they laughed ruefully. But it’s not like...
by Rowan | Feb 8, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
All I can think of is bird jokes and it’s all Stacie’s fault Well, it’s looking like my little piece of the world is finally about to get some winter, and I’m here for it. Sorry to the folks in Seattle with the sold out grocery stores...
by Rowan | Feb 1, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Haters gonna hate It’s literally a HUNDRED DEGREES FAHRENHEIT warmer where I am than where my friends are… and it’s still not warm. That’s ok; they’ve promised me snow next week, which means I’ll see four or five anemic flakes...
by Rowan | Jan 25, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Reach for the stars There’s an inspirational quote that makes the rounds periodically, usually slapped over some sort of adorable cartoon image or fantastic galaxy and with questionable attribution. It goes “Shoot for the moon, because even if you miss,...
by Rowan | Jan 18, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Practice makes… …perfect, right? Isn’t that how the saying goes? But it turns out that’s not quite true, is it? See, recent studies have shown that mindful practice improves your work a lot faster than just repetitive practice. What’s...
