IWSG MAY 3RD, 2017
IWSG MAY 2017
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IWSG MAY 2017
Insecure Writer’s Support Group
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Ninja Captain Alex J. Cavanaugh
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Your co-host this month are:
Grand Bahama’s I’ve been here before>
IWSG MAY 3RD QUESTION: What is the weirdest/coolest thing you ever had to research for your story?
Just recently Water Memory
The Sound of the Sun
Star Wars? Just Kidding… 43 on playlist
Not Good Enough – Angst This month:
Eloquence. Flow. Structure. Making Sense. Why can’t we all just sit down and write books like our favorite authors? After all, we have all read all our lives and most writers are voracious readers. I am.
Getting a finished product that you can be proud of, not so easy. Really gives you a lot of respect for those that do. Writing is hard and scary. Things were a lot easier when I just played at it, but I don’t want to do that anymore.
Sometimes I think I wrote better when I was playing. I forgot everything I know when I stopped writing for play, or feels like it. I know I wrote more words in play than I do now. I have one Star Wars role play document that is way over 80,000 words. @@
MAY IWSG Author Spotlight is on 4 Author’s this month.
The Beginning of the End: Shadow Stalker Episode 19 by Renee Scattergood
RENEE SCATTERGOOD
Renee Scattergood lives in Australia with her husband, Nathan, and daughter, Taiya. She has always been a fan of fantasy and was inspired to become a story-teller by George Lucas, but didn’t start considering writing down her stories until she reached her late twenties. Now she enjoys writing dark fantasy and paranormal thrillers.
She is currently publishing her monthly Shadow Stalker serial, and she has published a prequel novella to the series called, Demon Hunt. She is also working on a new series of novels, A God’s Deception.
Aside from writing, she loves reading (fantasy, of course), watching movies with her family, and doing crafts and science experiments with her daughter.
Genre: Your Novel’s Genre Matters by Ronel Janse van Vuuren
RONEL JANSE van VUUREN
Ronel Janse van Vuuren is the author of New Adult, Young Adult and children’s fiction filled with mythology and folklore. Her dark fantasy stories can be read on Wattpad and on her blog Ronel the Mythmaker. She won Fiction Writer of the Year 2016 for her Afrikaans stories on INK. She’s also a judge for Cracked Flash Fiction Competition.
Maski: Broken But Not Dead by Thriller-Suspense Author Joylene Nowell Butler
JOYLENE NOWELL BUTLER
When Joylene’s father died in 1983, she wrote her first full–length manuscript to channel her grief. The seven-year process left her hooked and she began Dead Witness within a few weeks of finishing Always Father’s Child. Today Joylene is the author of four suspense novels: Dead Witness, Break Time, and Mâtowak, and Maski.
Pirate Island by Katie L. Carroll COVER REVEAL
KATIE L. CARROLL
Katie L. Carroll always says she began writing at a very sad time her life after her sister Kylene unexpectedly passed away. The truth is Katie has been writing her whole life, and it was only after Kylene’s death that she realized she wanted to pursue writing for kids and teens as a career. Since then writing has taken her to many wonderful places, real and imagined. She has had many jobs in her lifetime, including newspaper deliverer, hardware store cashier, physical therapy assistant, and puzzle magazine editor. She works from her home in Connecticut that is filled with the love and laughter of her sons and husband.
Storytime Blog Hop April 26th, 2017 (13) Short Stories from Authors Around the World
NEXT BLOG HOP JULY 26TH, 2017
I hope you have a wonderful time on your cruise. Thanks so much for all of your views and comments! I must get better about returning the favor.
I hope your enjoying the sun speaking of which I always thought space was a quiet place but now I know. I guess scientists have their ways of measuring sound in space. It makes sense really something as big as our sun would hardly be quiet!
While I hate stress, I sometimes feel I get more done with restricted time and a tight schedule. My memoir is starting to drag on, because there are so many distractions in life, but, it is still play, since I have never published a book before and I write at my own pace. Enjoy your cruise in the Bahamas – the water there is just amazing!! Liesbet @ Roaming About – A Life Less Ordinary
Enjoy your cruise! Sounds wonderful.
Enjoy the break! Swim with the piggies.
When I first started writing, I only had a few hours twice a week. Now that I have six hours five times a week (on school days) my productivity has been abysmal.
The Bahamas? Wow! Sounds idyllic! Enjoy! 🙂
Maybe that beautiful panorama of sea and sand will get the creative juices flowing!
I think I made a terrible mistake when I started insisting to everyone who would ask that writing is a job. I’ve stopped doing that. Writing is still a job, of course, but I feel better if I don’t think about it that way.
Thanks for stopping by my blog. Have fun on your trip; hope you read some good books. I too sometimes thik I came up with better stories before I started writing them to be a writer.
What a fun trip! Swim with the piggies.
Thank you for featuring Joylene and her book. She’s been so touched by all of the support.
I sincerely believe my obsession with the so-called ‘writing rules’ has stifled my creativity, but I’ve yet to figure out how to disregard a ‘rule’ once I know it.
A cruise to the Bahamas sounds spectacular. Have a wonderful vacation, Juneta!
How wonderful for you, Juneta! I love all the sayings, video clips, and photos on your blog. Enjoy your trip, my dear!
Oh it sounds like a lovely vacation! I hope you have so much fun. And I know what you mean about better writing during play. I know I let the writing rules interrupt my flow when I should just blow right through it and fix it during rewrite.
Oh my goodness, have such a wonderful trip to the Bahama’s
And also, May the Fourth be with you…
I understand the angst of thinking you wrote more while “playing” absolutely. But I hope that now that I know what I’m doing – yes, I’m having a confident morning, though it’ll probably change this afternoon 😉 – I’m doing justice to my stories and not just writing filler scenes and things that have nothing to do with what the story is really about.
I love the picture of the swimming pig 🙂 Enjoy your holiday!
I think when we read a favorite author, we tend to forget that they went through the rough draft stages too. Their work wasn’t always that polished and shiny and drool-worthy. In fact, they had moments similar to what you’re feeling: why is everything I write crap? lol. So don’t feel alone! Keep plugging away and keep polishing. Eventually, you’ll have a gem. 🙂
Enjoy your vacation!
Have a wonderful, rejuvenating trip! The ocean, the food, the culture – what a great break for you.
Thank you.
I hope that you are having a grand time on your cruise, Juneta! The angst of Not Good Enough: I struggle with it daily! Is there a writer who doesn’t??? Enjoy!
We leave Sunday so I am looking forward to it.
Have a fantastic time on your cruise. 🙂 Nothing like a marvelous vacation to rekindle the muse.
Thank you
Love the videos and the photos. And that swimming pig is surely a champion!
LOL, you see them a lot down there and roosters. Rooster in Key West too. There is a story behind the roosters in Key West. Thanks for visiting.
The sounds of the sun was fascinating. Such power. You can almost feel it through those sounds and vibrations.
Enjoy your cruise!
I agree. It is pretty awesome.
Woot woot! That cruise looks great. I hope you have a blast. And it’s tough when you start to doubt your skills. Perhaps you give yourself more leeway when you’re playing, and that’s what gets you going?
Thats probably true, thank you.
Hi Juneta! I wish you so much peace on your travels. I was looking into water memory recently, and I can’t for the life of me remember why. Excited to see so many familiar faces in your authors spotlight. Happy travels! http://www.raimeygallant.com
Thank you. I found the stuff I come across fascinating. Thanks for visiting with me.
My personal opinion is that the more we learn about writing, the more insecure we feel. I believe it is because we pay attention to our deficits instead of the fact that we have a great imagination that unfurls a stories that enhance other people’s lives.
All the best and keep writing.
Shalom aleichem,
Pat G
Good point and thanks so much.
I’m sure the cruise will get your writing juices going again. Either that, or you’ll be so hooked you’ll never be able to concentrate on writing again. Let us know which one happens when you return.
LOL, I love being at sea that is for sure.
I know Joylene!
Have an awesome trip.
The two funnies are spot-on.
lol thank you
Great videos. I end up believing all of these ideas when they’re explained rationally.
Me too, but some of that is science fact so even easier to believe lol.
Make sure you have fun enough for both of us. So jealous. 😉
Anna from elements of emaginette
I will and thank you.
You Lucky DawG Enjoy your trip!!
LOL, Thank you. Arf, arf..;)
Maybe the cruise will help you get your writing groove back, help you find your joy in the process again. Have a wonderful time!
Thank you. Hope so.
Have a good time on your crooooze, and tell us everything when you get back!
Thank you will do.
I think playing at writing is still good to do sometimes – just to keep the creativity well refreshed, but it’s a struggle to give ourselves time to play sometimes.
Hope you have a happier writing month in May!
Thank you. I just get frustrated with myself sometimes, but onward I go.