IWSG: October 7, 2015 ~

It's the first Wednesday 
of the month ~ 
the day when members of the
Insecure Writer's Support Group
share their writing struggles
and offer their encouragement
and support to other members.




To visit the IWSG website, click here.

To become a member of the IWSG, click here.

Our wonderful co-hosts who are stepping up to help 
IWSG founder Alex J. Cavanaugh are:  TB Markinson, Tamara Narayan, Shannon Lawrence, Stephanie Faris, and Eva A. Solar.

Visit them and thank them for co-hosting.
I'm sure they would appreciate an encouraging comment!

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I'm leaving on a plane again.
Literally!

What are the chances that I'd be flying
on two IWSG Wednesdays in a row?

Victoria International Airport
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

After a wonderful month in Victoria,
we are headed home to Aurora, Colorado, USA!

And much as I loved Victoria,
the thought of home is very good.

Last IWSG day I wrote:
I will figure out how to make this writing-while-traveling work!

I'm still working on it.

It's really challenging because when I travel
there are so many amazing things to experience.

The good news is that I've spent time 
in Victoria's wonderful bookstores
poring through stacks and stacks of books
on Canada's First Nation Peoples,
and I've found some books with excellent information
on the time and place in which my memoir is set.

And on this trip, I've managed to keep up
with new material on my northern blog posts
connected with my manuscript.

I've even managed to read some of those 
reference materials I've found.

But I've failed to write regularly on a schedule.

It was supposed to rain in temperate-rain-forest Victoria.
But day after day has been lovely,
and the beautiful harbor city called.

Victoria's Undeveloped Waterfront

I was supposed to have more down time
in which I could write,
but how can you have down time
with the amazing Royal BC Museum
only 98 paces from your door?

Royal BC Museum

Victoria, British Columbia

And everywhere you look 
there are interesting things to learn about,
like a Bascule bridge which uses a counterweight
to balance a moveable span
as it swings up and down to allow boats to pass.

 The Johnson Street Bridge

with Its Drawbridge Up

And did I mention giant spindle whorls,
dancing water taxis, and pubs of every ilk?

         

Bard & Banker

Victoria is highly distractible 
to someone who is easily distracted!

My MacBeath Tartan on Display

~ Not Sure if I Should Laugh or Cry!

And Sisters Are No Help!  LOL!
Barb (right) and Me

But I'm also an optimist,
and I'll get there!

I just hope I live a long time!
I'm going to need every minute!