Welcome readers, writers, authors, and bloggers!
We’re glad you’re here! It's the First Wednesday of the
month; when we celebrate IWSG Day in the form of a blog hop
featuring all of the members of the Insecure Writer's
Support Group. Founded
by author Alex
Cavanaugh (Thank you, Captain!) and fostered by like-minded
associates, IWSG is a place to share the fabulous views and exciting news that
occurs along our fascinating writing journeys. Check out the January newsletter
here. Perusing the
many tips and resources offered here is definitely worthwhile and highly
rewarding, so pull up a comfy chair, or better yet - join
us!
Our awesome co-hosts for
this month's posting of the IWSG are: Erika Beebe, Olga Godim, Sandra
Cox, Sarah Foster, and Chemist Ken!
This
month’s optional question is:
What is the one thing about your writing career that you regret the
most? Were you able to overcome it?
My answer to the question, were I able to pin it down to
just one thing, would be the laughably unoriginal lament of never enough time. Albert
Einstein believed that the only reason for time is so that everything doesn’t
happen at once. But, would that be such a bad thing? With all the events that come with living out
of the way, there’d be all the time in the world left to write about everything
that had happened all at once. Or would there be any time left at all? I think
it best not to cast opportunity into the winds of regret and simply write any
time, all the time.
Would I change events in my life that preempted writing?
Not a chance. After all, a single moment recorded on a paper napkin could
conceivably inspire the novel that rocks the next generation.
I believe that writers in complete control of their
schedules are the luckiest among us struggling scribes. Still, even they are
not immune to time thieves, timelines, or the angst of “If only I knew then.” However,
they have realized, as Tennessee Williams suggests, that “Time is the longest
distance between two places,” and instead of attempting to bridge that
distance, they stroll comfortably along, with pen in hand, recording the
journey.
Wishing all of us the most productive year ever. Happy
2022!
“If time travel is possible, where are the
tourists from the future?” ~Stephen
Hawkings
