Welcome Readers and fellow Writers, to the March 2019 online meeting of
the Insecure Writer’s Support Group! Founded by author Alex Cavanaugh
and comprised of writing members just like you (and me), featuring writing
tips, resources, articles, contests, and
IWSG swag! See what we’re all talking about here and join us as we share our writing
journeys.
*We meet on
the first Wednesday of every month – join us and enjoy!
Visit our
gracious Co-hosts, and let them know you’re here: Fundy Blue, Beverly Stowe McClure, Erika Beebe, and Lisa Buie-Collard!
Oh – and this month’s Newsletter
is a must-read for everyone!
Happy
65th day of 2019! Only 300 days left to finish writing those novels.
Have
you ever had one of those months you just wanted to tear off the calendar and
shred into confetti-sized pieces? Having done so, I feel better now ;-) But, I
sure missed visiting my blogging friends, and have yet to get back to any semblance
of a writing routine, though I have managed to do some reading. Next best
thing, right?
After
finishing two books and starting another, I decided to check the inbox reserved
exclusively for all things ‘writing’ and managed to rekindle at least a partial
sense of belonging in a summer pool on opening day. By the way, the weather
here is beautiful, now. I hope it is where you are too.
Anyway,
Publishing
Trends always provides insightful articles of interest such as:
Publishing
as it currently relates to reaching the reluctant reader. While this may
present a difficulty for traditional
publishers, I think technology today provides a somewhat independent
curatorship we as writers can certainly take advantage of. Kim Briggs suggests
things we may have already figured out here.
“Substantially
all ideas are secondhand” Mark Twain consoled, in a letter to his friend Helen
Keller on the subject of her first book and subsequent fall from literary grace
for (gasp!) plagiarism. To be fair, she was only 11 years old when she wrote “The
Frost King” but it’s easy to honestly (cryptomnesia) do, nearly impossible to prove,
and, as Helen Keller replied “I have ever since been tortured by the fear that
what I write is not my own,” Gulp. Careful out there, folks.
Now
that I’ve seen how terribly realistic they look, I’ll not be employing the Fake
Snake idea I talked about last month. I couldn’t bring myself to touch one ;-)
Instead, I’m considering an Owl box as a more natural form of pest control. I
think this guy pictured on the left had taken a wrong turn the day he stopped
to watch me at my desk, but I wouldn’t mind if he returned. I accomplished a good amount of writing under his watchful eye ;-)
“I dream of painting and then I paint my dream” ~ Vincent Van Gogh
If you were to send a message in a bottle what would you say?
