IWSG July 1st: Working Writer
IWSG July 1st: Working Writer
Ninja Writers Club & Academy Event: The theme for the July Ninja Writers Club & Academy is Back to Basics. In August it is BYOB, Blog Your Own Book. There is continuing theme for September, October, and November with the goal to self-publish if you want to do that. This post by Shaunta Grimes tells you how it works. For more information see this FAQ post. More about BYOB.
My News: I’m A Working Writer
I joined Ninja Writers Community (club) in fall or winter of 2016. I have been active in the community and things they offer writers ever since.
The Ninja Writer Academy started in 2019. I joined that in November 2019 for the 2020 year.
On April 26th, another Ninja Writer Club member contact me after a Zoom Working Writer class call where it was mention that I was working on creating a short story course, while talking about business plans and income streams.
The NW member wanted to pay me to coach them in short story while I was still building my course. I said, yes, so after that things started happening. Thank you, Barbara Giles.
I started doing developmental coaching after I helped another writing friend plot out three books. It was apparent I had a knack for developmental editing especially via one on one Zoom coaching sessions.
An opportunity and talent discovered because of COVID-19 and new social distancing practices. So that friend told others, and I now have eight clients.
I am writing a Space Opera. My first novel in the Starlight Galaxy series is Ghost Pirates. I am coming up to my inciting incident. I am taking it through the Ninja Writer Academy in my SF/F Workshop. We are starting the third eight-week session of 2020 in July, (Yep, right now.)
I love my NWA SF/F Workshop group. Two of the eight people in the group have finished thier first drafts, two more are close, and the rest of us not that far behind. So awesome and exciting.
I started scheduling Write-Ins for the group and created the Write-In Saloon. Shaunta Grimes the founder and creative behind Ninja Writers Club & Ninja Writers Academy noticed what I was doing, and that people were finishing their novels.
She approached me to work part-time for Ninja Writers with the goal of being full-time by beginning of the year. I started doing two write-ins for Ninja Writers, and we have now added two more. One run by Zach Payne another member of the Ninja Writer Team.
I am part of a six-person team behind the scenes. We have wonderful things happening, and future things planned. Ninja Writers is growing, so exciting.
One of the thing I will be doing during the academy sessions is doing a drop-in Short Fiction Workshop on Thursday 8 pm to 10 pm EST for academy members, as well as a Fiction co-working call on Tuesdays 6 pm to 8 pm for club and academy member.
I also run the accountability program and Ninja Writer’s buddy program for club members. Accountability is new and we are revamping the buddy program a little.
New Exciting News: We are launching the Ninja Writers Pub on Medium today. I will have a weekly fiction column in The Pub. I am the editor of the fiction section of NW Pub. We accept submissions from Ninja Writer Members. It is a benefit of the Ninja Writers community for members. and gives them experience working with an editor and such.
More News: Stormdance Publication will be releasing Grumpy Old Gods Volume 4 sometime in August. We have plans to put out a call for submission for another anthology in the fall or by end of year for that.
IWSG July 1st: Working Writer
The IWSG Purpose: To share and encourage. Writers can express doubts and concerns without fear of appearing foolish or weak. Those who have been through the fire can help and guidance. It’s a safe haven for insecure writers of all kinds! SIGN UP AND JOIN & FIND OUT MORE HERE!
Let’s rock the neurotic writing world!
Our Twitter is @TheIWSG and hashtag #IWSG.
Every month, we announce a question that members can answer in their IWSG Day 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.
Remember, the question is optional!!!
July Co-Host
Jenni Enzor, Beth Camp, Liesbet @ Roaming About, Tyrean Martinson, and Sandra Cox!
July 1 Question
There have been many industry changes in the last decade, so what are some changes you would like to see happen in the next decade?
MY ANSWER:
IWSG July 1st: Working Writer
IWSG 2020 Anthology Contest Announcement
May 6th-September 2nd.
Guidelines and rules:
Word count: 4500-6000
Genre: Science Fiction
Theme: Dark Matter
Submissions accepted: May 6 – September 2, 2020
How to enter: Send your polished, formatted (double-spaced, no footers or headers), previously unpublished story to admin @ insecurewriterssupportgroup.com before the deadline passes. Please include your full contact details, your social links, and if you are part of the Blogging, Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter IWSG group.
Judging: The IWSG admins will create a shortlist of the best stories. The shortlist will then be sent to our official judges.
IWSG July 1st: Working Writer
IWSG Goodread’s Book Club!
Writers and Readers,
The Insecure Writer’s Support Group Book Club is for writers to read/learn about the writing craft. We will swap back and forth between craft books and fiction books that demonstrate aspects of storytelling.
We will read one book every two months.
There will be polls, free-gifts, and a lot of Discussion Day fun.
No promo. Just writers reading books and discussing those books with other writers.
See Book Club/Posting Details for more information about the book club.
VOYAGERS
THE THIRD GHOST
ANTHOLOGY
RELEASE
MAY 5TH!
AVAILABLE NOW
Journey into the past.
Will the third ghost be found before fires take more lives? Can everyone be warned before Pompeii is buried again? What happens if a blizzard traps a family in East Germany?
Will the Firebird help Soviet sisters outwit evil during WWII?
And sneaking off to see the first aeroplane – what could go wrong?
Ten authors explore the past, sending their young protagonists on harrowing adventures. Featuring the talents of Yvonne Ventresca, Katharina Gerlach, Roland Clarke, Sherry Ellis, Rebecca M. Douglass,
Bish Denham, Charles Kowalski, Louise MacBeath Barbour, Beth Anderson Schuck, and L.T. Ward.
Hand-picked by a panel of agents, authors, and editors, these ten tales will take readers on a voyage of wonder into history. Get ready for an exciting ride!
Available Amazon
and other retailers.
