IWSG: Wednesday, October 7, 2020 ~ Call Me a Working Writer

 

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 Jemima Pett, Beth Camp, Beverly Stowe McClure, and Gwen Gardner.

I hope you have a chance to visit today's hosts and thank them for co-hosting.
I'm sure they would appreciate a visit and an encouraging comment.
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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.

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 featured question is: 

When you think of the term working writer, what does that look like to you? What do you think it is supposed to look like? Do you see yourself as a working writer or aspiring or hobbyist, and if latter two, what does that look like? 

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Happy October, Everyone!  

I hope that you and your loved ones are safe, healthy, and happy.  

I see myself as a working writer.

It has been a slow journey, but last November was a turning point for me.

Right around Thanksgiving I learned that my short story "Dare Double Dare"

had landed a spot in the 2020 IWSG Anthology Voyager:  The Third Ghost.

For the first time I felt real.

My First Book Signing

Dream Come True

Credit:  Susan Fiscus

This past year has been a crash course

in what it means to be a writer with a published book.

I have learned so much from being included in the anthology.

I have been mentored through the process by L. Diane Wolfe,

Alex J. Cavanaugh, and my fellow writers featured in the anthology.

My ideas and my list of things to do as an author are increasing faster

than my ability to implement them.  But that's a good problem!

What does this look like for me?  

There isn't a day that goes by that I am not working

on something connected with my writing.

Staying safer at home since March 6th has helped me a lot.

I am not distracted by such things as traveling or visiting family.

That is not a good problem, but it has helped my writing.

Missing My Extended Family

and all the wild wacky fun we have together

Natalie, Jake, Bertie, Pat, Donnie, Andrew, Louise (Me), and Sara

August 7, 2016

Photographer Unknown

I'm mentally gearing up to tackle NaNoWriMo in November.

I've never done it before, but I'll never have a better chance

since I'm likely to be staying safer at home for the foreseeable future.

I think NaNoWriMo will be a powerful motivator.

I'm putting out into the universe so I can't chicken out.

I'm collecting some funnies for when I need guidance or a laugh.

I'm so looking forward to making the rounds tomorrow!
Happy writing in October!  

Till next time ~

Fundy Blue

Waiting for the Ferry to Tiverton

Grand Passage, Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia, Canada

July, 2016

© M. Louise (MacBeath) Barbour/Fundy Blue

All Rights Reserved

Check out today's post at the IWSG Anthologies blog site:

Voyagers Author Roland Clarke and His Thriller "Spiral of Hooves."

Roland Clarke

This is the latest in a series about the Voyagers authors and what they're up to now.

Roland's post gives us a look into the exciting world of equestrian eventing,

and his novel Spiral of Hooves is a thrilling murder mystery

that will keep you turning the pages until long after midnight.

Courtesy of Roland Clarke