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February 1, 2023

#IWSG Blog Hop February 1st, 2023

#IWSG Blog Hop February 1st, 2023
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#IWSG Blog Hop February 1st Hosts

Jacqui Murray, Ronel Janse van Vuuren, Pat Garcia, and Gwen Gardner!

February 1st question –If you are an Indie author, do you make your own covers or purchase them? If you publish trad, how much input do you have about what goes on your cover?

I have done both. I love making covers. I’m not bad at it, but it is time consuming getting it right and genre specific. It requires research of the genre, finding and purchasing the right images, and then getting the program to do what you need it to do to make the cover look good and comparable to other book covers in the genre. Things don’t always work the way you imagine them or the program just won’t do it sometime. I will probably buy my future because really just don’t have time, unless I am not happy with what is offered to me.

I created the book cover for my flash fiction collection on Amazon. It is a collection of flash fiction in my world of Moon Hollow, and fantasy series Magic Born or Magic Cursed? The shorts of ideas of a story that I am building the series on. Some of the things and ideas will change in a novel, but the characters and their essence will remain the same. I have the discover draft finished for the origin story short, and have started planning the first book in series.

Currently I am working a series I will release this year, 2023. Midlife Ghostwalker: Katje Storm a paranormal women’s fiction. It has been a lot of fun to write. I am in the process of revising and expanding an outline I wrote for the novel on Medium. You can learn about that here. I am also working on the short story that will be a free story to my newsletter and optin.

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December 7, 2022

#IWSG Insecure Writer’s Support Group
December 7th

Hey Everybody,

I’m over on the IWSG Blog today. Come read my answer to the optional question there.

OPTIONAL IWSG QUESTION

December 7 question – It’s holiday time! Are the holidays a time to catch up or fall behind on writer goals?

Read My Answer To The Optional Question HERE!

Coming in 2023

Midlife Ghostwalker series. Read the first ten episodes of the short from novel outline here.

Join my TRIBE keep up with news and updates, shorts, and other fiction news here.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS, ALL!

November 2, 2022

#IWSG Insecure Writer’s Support Group November 2nd

#IWSG Insecure Writer’s Support Group
November 2nd

Sign Up And Become a Member
Our Twitter handle is @TheIWSG and hashtag is #IWSG.
Every month, we announce a question that members can answer in their IWSG post. These questions may prompt you to share advice, insight, a personal experience, or story. Include your answer to the question in your IWSG post or let it inspire your post if you are struggling with something to say.

November 2nd Hosts

Diedre Knight, Douglas Thomas Greening, Nick Wilford, and Diane Burton!

November 2 question – November is National Novel Writing Month. Have you ever participated? If not, why not?

Yes, every year since 2013. I have never won November 50, 000 words. This year I am writing book 1 of my Midlife Ghostwaker: Katje Storm series. I did the outlined as Short Form Serialization on Medium episodes 1-82 and completed Oct. 29th, 2022.

You can read the first 10 episodes of the serialization outline free here, and/or episodes 1 thru 82 of outline on Medium I have them all in list on my Medium Profile.

I also participate every April and July in the Camp NaNoWriMo. Those I have won several times. Its set your own goal, and yes editing counts as a goal, even in November.

Add me as NaNo Buddy My Profile URL
https://nanowrimo.org/participants/juneta

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will be January 25, 2023!
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There have been so many success stories over the years –
your manuscript might be next. Start polishing those stories and pitches now.

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September 7, 2022

#IWSG Insecure Writer’s Support Group September 7th

September 7th Hosts

Kim Lajevardi, Cathrina Constantine, Natalie Aguirre, Olga Godim, Michelle Wallace, and Louise – Fundy Blue!

SEPTEMBER 7TH QUESTION – What genre would be the worst one for you to tackle and why?

Literary. I do read some, but find it hard to find books that I really enjoy written in this style. If I don’t love what I write, then the love will not be in my writing. I’ll be bored and so will my reader. If I love what I write, generally, it reflects in my words and readers like or love it too. Horror about like literary, but do read some.

I seldom read the literary genre as I am more of an escape reader, so prefer Sci-fi in various subgenre’s–especially space opera, Fantasy in various subgenres, romance, mystery, and adventure novels. Cozy whatever. I also like thrillers e.g Dan Brown, Tom Clancy, Dean Koontz, Michael Crichton,. Crime like John Grisham and others.

I write speculative fiction which encompasses all these genre’s. I write stuff similar to what I have spent the most time reading. Below are some of my current favorites I am reading.

Forty Proof series, Shannon Mayer
Betwixt and Between series, Darynda Jones
Sigma Force series, James Rollins (Favorite adventure novelist)
Anything Star Wars, Star Trek, Stargate etc, novels about fringe science, dinos, space,archeology adventure, paranormal adventures/thrillers, and so forth.
Dresden Files, Jim Butcher
In Death series, J. D. Robb aka Nora Roberts
Harmony series, Jayne Castle aka Jayne Ann Krantz aka Amanda Quick
The Walker Papers series, C. E. Murphy
The Atlantis Gene (Origin Mystery series) A. G. Riddle

These are just a few–so many more…

Coming Soon – #IWSG Anthology!

First Love: The Art of Making Doughnuts

An Insecure Writer’s Support Group Anthology

The sweetness of first love…

Could a fiercely independent cop’s heart be stolen by the guy who makes her favorite doughnuts? Will a maid who used deceit to snare a mail-order husband get a dose of her own medicine? Can her handsome neighbor rescue a modern-day “princess” from a tenacious ex-boyfriend? Can two strangers in a rideshare be honest enough to fall in love for real? Can you remember your first love? How about your second? Third? Fourth?

Featuring the talents of Linda Budzinski, Melissa Maygrove, Michael Di Gesu, Sylvia Ney, Katie Klein, Kim Elliott, Templeton Moss, S.E. White, Denise Covey, and Sammi Spizziri. Hand-picked by a panel of agents and authors, these ten tales will touch your heart and rekindle lost feelings. Prepare to return to that first love…

Release date: September 6, 2022

Print ISBN – 9781939844880, $14.95

EBook ISBN – 9781939844897, $4.99

Romance – Clean & Wholesome (FIC027270) / Contemporary (FIC027020) / Historical (FIC027050)

186 pages, Freedom Fox Press, an imprint of Dancing Lemur Press, L.L.C.

Founded by author Alex J. Cavanaugh, the Insecure Writer’s Support Group offers support for writers and authors alike. It provides an online database; articles; monthly blog posting; Facebook, Twitter, & Instagram groups; #IWSGPit, and a newsletter. #IWSG Website

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“…a refreshing read! This is a gem of a book that I highly recommend.” – Rebecca Boerner M Ed., reviewer

“…this collection nailed the little bites of cute romance… recommend to anyone looking for an uplifting collection of sweet romance to fill an evening.” – Hayley Reese Chow, author

“This was a sweet, warm collection of love stories.” – Angie Titus, author