Happy New Year to all the IWSG friends stopping by today! We are ringing in 2023 with unseasonably warm weather this week here in central Illinois. Yesterday’s high was a record-breaking 66° F (30° higher than usual, and 40° higher than this time last year). It’s going to be a little closer to normal today, […]
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Merry Everything (December IWSG)
Hello, friends! Even though I feel like I’ve been sprinting since the end of August, this fall has been a productive one. I’ve managed to keep up with my Kindle Vella story (more on that later), and I entered two contests last month (NYC Midnight’s 250-word micro-fiction challenge, and Doug Weller’s Six Word Wonder contest). […]
Continue ReadingWelcome, October! (IWSG)
I almost missed this month’s Insecure Writer’s Support Group blog hop! Sneaking in at the last moment. Nothing like a tight deadline to get your butt in gear. September was a ridiculously full month. I wrote almost nothing over the entire 30 days. I did have a short piece (a haiku, in fact) published in […]
Continue ReadingOne for Me, Two for You (August IWSG)
I haven’t written for the Insecure Writers Support Group blog hop in a few months, but I’m climbing back on the bandwagon this month! August’s question is: When you set out to write a story, do you try to be more original or do you try to give readers what they want? I think most […]
Continue ReadingTime and Energy Are Two Separate Things
Yesterday I saw a writer/creative/influencer say something along the lines of “if you had time to watch the Depp/Heard trial, you have time to write that book.” The comments were full of people shouting things like “preach!” and “say it again for those in the back!” but it struck me the wrong way the moment […]
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