Category: Insecure Writer’s Support Group

  • IWSG February 2025

    I got past the holidays, the birthdays, the election. I finally finished the flooring in the kitchen. There were the snows that had to be shoveled RIGHT NOW because my driveway is such that if I don’t keep up with each snow dump, I’ll have a sizable glacier to deal with in mid-May. “Once I…

  • IWSG January 2025

    The first one of 2025. Someone I admired as a child. In the early 1980’s it was… Bill Cosby. That choice did not age well. Another in the same time frame was my 4th grade substitute teacher, Mr. Peyton. I have no idea if that choice aged as badly or not. So, maybe let’s look…

  • IWSG December 2024

    The last insecure writers’ blog hop of the year. Some folks are writing about cliffhangers in their work and how they feel about them at the end of a book. Right now I’m struggling to just get things set up to publish. I’m not sure what I expected after I set up my LLC and…

  • IWSG November 2024

    November 6 question – What creative activity do you engage in when you’re not writing? Ummmmmm . . . .that would be everything except writing. Sewing, spinning, crochet, getting into some knitting, weaving, occasionally a junk jewelry moment, dabbling in video (not very well, but that’s kinda the point). . . The list is extensive.nstead…

  • IWSG October 2024

    October 2 question – Ghost stories fit right in during this month. What’s your favorite classic ghostly tale? Tell us about it and why it sends chills up your spine. It isn’t a classic, but I read it in middle school(?). I can’t even remember the title, but it’s a medieval/pioneer setting and there’s a…

  • IWSG September 2024

    – Since it’s back to school time, let’s talk English class. What’s a writing rule you learned in school that messed you up as a writer? Confession time: I was in Advanced Placement English for my Junior and Senior years of high school, across 2 different schools. I had to “test-in” for my Senior year…