It's the first Wednesday of the month,
the day that members of the
Insecure Writer's Support Group
share their writing struggles
and writing successes
and offer their encouragement
and support to fellow writers.
To visit the IWSG website, click here.
To become a member of the IWSG, click here.
Our wonderful co-hosts who are volunteering today,
along with IWSG Founder Alex J. Cavanaugh are
along with IWSG Founder Alex J. Cavanaugh are
Stop by their posts and thank them for hosting.
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Every month the IWSG announces a question that members can answer
with advice, insight, a personal experience, or a story in their IWSG posts.
with advice, insight, a personal experience, or a story in their IWSG posts.
Or, the question can inspire members
if they aren't sure what to write about on IWSG Day.
Remember the question is optional.
This month's optional question is:
Many writers have written about the experience of rereading their work years later. Have you reread any of your early works? What was that experience like for you?
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Happy February, Everyone!
I know my Canadian and American friends would like winter to go away already!
May you stay safe and warm!
This month's question asked if I have reread any of my early works
and what that experience was like for me.
Yes, I have, and the experience was humbling and oddly a source of pride.
I've been writing since I was eight, and I haven't stopped.
What made me proud is all the different kinds of writing I have tackled over my life.
What is humbling is I have some early goals that I haven't achieved.
I've noticed that my style has changed.
I'm a lot less wordy ~ I remember my 6th grade teacher Mr. Keast
chewing me out for writing a sentence with 67 words in it.
He called my mother saying I was mocking him and his lesson on using adjectives.
Ouch! (And I was the babysitter for his children!)
Over the years I've used more and more dialogue, something I rarely used early on.
I've almost eliminated adverbs which I once loved as much as adjectives.
My writing has become less formal,
and I've developed a passion for precise words, especially for nouns and verbs.
It was simpler when I was a young Canadian living in Canada and writing.
Now I'm caught forever between Canadian and American grammar and conventions.
But I'll take it, and I'll keep writing wherever it leads me.
I Love This Woman's Vibrant Style!
I could write a 67-word sentence about her!
Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
January 31, 2026
© M. Louise (MacBeath) Barbour/Fundy Blue. All Rights Reserved
We're in Honolulu escaping winter.
Wherever you are, I hope you're warm and safe!
Happy creating in February.
Enjoying an udon-noodle lunch with our nephew Conor.
Marugame Udon
Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
January 30, 2026
© M. Louise (MacBeath) Barbour/Fundy Blue. All Rights Reserved
If you are also a member of our Facebook Group,
I invite you to visit and provide a link to your IWSG post.
Facebook members are invited to answer our February question too.
Take care!
Till next time ~
Fundy Blue
Standing Into Danger https://selkiegrey4.blogspot.com
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