Category: Insecure Writer’s Support Group

  • IWSG August

    August 1 question – What pitfalls would you warn other writers to avoid on their publication journey? Oh, this one is going to be rich since I haven’t actually published anything yet. I’m going to be looking at things from a self-publishing angle, so if that isn’t your cup of tea, you can skip this…

  • IWSG July

    July 3 question – What are your ultimate writing goals, and how have they changed over time (if at all)? Ahhh… I’mma write about something else. “Things I Finally Learned After I Got Hit Over The Head With Them.” I’m an “All or Nothing”  kind of person when it comes to certain things, like volunteer…

  • IWSG June

    What’s harder for you to come up with, book titles or character names? Oh, please, GoofenDoodle. Character names are so easy. Fantasy names I can either slam together sounds until it feels right or lift something out of an article I’m reading and change a few letters. If I’m writing a fiction loosely based in…

  • IWSG April

    When your writing life is a bit cloudy or filled with rain, what do you do to dig down and keep on writing? Hey, now – No one said these questions were going to get personal. I think it depends on HOW is my writing life cloudy – Are we talking about “I have no…

  • IWSG March

    How do you celebrate when you achieve a writing goal/ finish a story? Generally, I don’t. I’m too exhausted, filled with so much euphoria I feel like I’m floating and there are about 80 other things that are time-sensitive that Mommy has to do before bed. Well. That was a short answer. I, uh, guess…

  • IWSG February

    What do you love about the genre you write in most often? Oooo…. I’m a fantasy girl. Always have been. Magic is awesome. Dragons are cool. Castles and swords and spells, oh my! World building from scratch is probably the easiest thing (for me). The problem stems from my obsessive need for detail. If I…