by Rowan | Feb 23, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
One-Upped! Stacie may have her actual photo of a purple gallinule, but I have this stock photo of an American Coot, which is basically the same if you ignore that it’s an entirely different genus and also kind of goth. But they’re both nicknamed...
by Rowan | Feb 16, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Go ahead. Ask me anything. We get a lot of questions around here. How long does your post have to be? (750 words or fewer) OK, so what’s the lower limit? (There isn’t one, but finish what you have to say) Does it have to be grammatically perfect?...
by Rowan | Feb 9, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Whatever the Reason Stacie’s got her fitbit. I’ve got Pokemon GO. Don’t judge; I bet I’ll walk more steps than her today, since the next wave of Pokemon are being released. My dog has never gotten so much exercise in her life. It doesn’t...
by Rowan | Feb 2, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Schedules are hard I’m sitting here waiting for a Hot Pocket ™ to cool down from “molten with a lump of still-frozen filling at the center” to “yeah you could eat that” and I suspect I’m going to miss the edibility window and...
by Rowan | Jan 26, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Priorities The book I spent the final quarter of last year editing just came back from the publishers (with! my! name! in! the! credits! (that will never, ever, get old)). I mean, obviously the author did some work too. The novel I’m editing needs a scene moved...
by Rowan | Jan 19, 2018 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Time keeps on ticking The Christmas kitten is more than twice as big now as she was a month ago; she’s had two rounds of kitten shots and it’s starting to be actively unpleasant when she tries to sleep draped over my throat. She’s also making a break...
