Word of the Week #6
Why honey, Rebecca was such a gemutlich child I don’t see how you could possibly dislike her. gemutlich (adj.) gê-MUT-lik 1. Pleasant, amiable, friendly.
Monthly Archive: March 2013
The Critic Doublethink
Don’t you know that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? George Orwell, 1984
Featured Poem 3/25 – “Beside a chrysanthemum”
Beside a chrysanthemum by Midang For one chrysanthemum to bloom a nightingale has sobbed since spring, perhaps. For one chrysanthemum to bloom thunder has pealed in dark clouds, perhaps. Flower! Like my sister standing at her...
The Great YWS Design Contest
If you’ve been around YWS for a while, you may recall what was once the YWS store. Just one look at the merchandise gathering dust in that cafepress makes it obvious that our designs...
The YWS Grand Re-Opening
There were three reasons to be excited when I woke up this morning: It was the weekend. It was snowing. It was the YWS Grand Re-opening! I must admit, I was at first too preoccupied...
The Official YWS Grand Re-opening Survey!
Hear ye! Hear ye! You know what today is? YES, it’s Wednesday! Oh, no, now wait, NO! Who said that!? Why, yes! It’s the YWS Grand Re-opening! This only means that it’s time to...
Bad Cover Art…Redesigned: Star Soldiers
Welcome to Bad Cover Art…Redesigned! Where I bring you the most horrible of all cover art I can find on the world wide web and try to come up with an alternative (that I...
Featured Club: The Shameless Self Plug Club!
Looking for a place to plug your own and/or others’ writing? Annoyed by WRFF’s two request limit? Looking to attract more members for your storybook? Look no further!
Fiction Focus Week 5- Character Death
(Thanks to AriaAdams for this week’s theme) Killing characters is a tricky business. Some people love it, some people (myself included) hate it. There are lots of different reasons for doing it. Maybe your...
Challenge Corner #5 – Love
What’s that? Cadi‘s written a thing about love? That’s out of character! That’s right! We’re at least a month off from that Valentine’s Day thing, and I’m the last person you’d expect to be...
