IWSG: Wednesday, December 1, 2021 ~ Stresses and Delights in Writing

 

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 P.J. Colando, Diane Burton, Natalie Aguirre, Jacqui Murray, and me, Louise - Fundy Blue! 

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: 

In your writing, what stresses you the most? What delights you? 

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Happy December, Everyone!

It will definitely be a happy month for me!

I'm flying to Calgary on Sunday to see some of my family.

I haven't seen anyone in my family since the pandemic began.

We are very close, and it has been really hard for me to be so far away.

We Five

Barbie, Bertie, Roy, Me (Louise), and Donnie

Smith's Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada

August 7, 2019

© M. Louise (MacBeath) Barbour/Fundy Blue

All Rights Reserved

Stresses and delights in writing?

Right now it's very black and white for me.

If I write, I'm delighted, and if I don't, I'm stressed.

November has been a frustrating month for me.

Graves Disease is impacting my eyesight, and my double vision is worsening,

making it difficult to drive and sometimes difficult to read and to write.

This has led to my battling depression.

My glasses that I bought to correct my double vision in late August 

are almost useless, because my vision has changed so much. 

I look like a turtle with an outstretched neck when driving, 

with my head lifted up and my glasses perched on the tip of my nose to see in focus.

And then there's the big pair of wraparound sunglasses on top of my prescription glasses,

because the sunlight hurts my eyes.

Nevertheless, I tackled NaNo and managed 39,605 words.

I'm disappointed I didn't get to 50,000 words,

but I've promised myself I'll reach that 50,000 words 

after I return from Calgary and before Christmas.

I'm sorry I neglected my blog this month. 

I didn't have the energy to both blog and participate in NaNo

I know I'll get on top of things.  This is transitory.

My endocrinologist and my ophthalmologist will work their magic,

and I'll be back to a more normal me.

I'm looking forward to a lot more writing delight!

And I have a new working title for my memoir:  Northern Exposure.

This has been resonating with me lately,

because my memoir is about more than Lansdowne House.

My book needs Fritz and John and Two Point on Lac Seul.

Meanwhile, as an IWSG co-host, I am looking forward to making the rounds.

I plan to visit lots of members today!

Northern Exposure 1

Mom, Gretchen (our dog), Donnie, Roy, and Barbie (back)

Baby Bertie, and Me (front)

Lansdowne House, Ontario, Canada

Late Spring 1960

© M. Louise (MacBeath) Barbour/Fundy Blue

All Rights Reserved

Northern Exposure 2

Mom, Gretchen (our dog), Donnie, Roy, and Barbie (back)

Baby Bertie, and Me (front)

Lansdowne House, Ontario, Canada

Late Spring 1960

© M. Louise (MacBeath) Barbour/Fundy Blue

All Rights Reserved

Northern Exposure 3

Bertie (left), Fritz, Barbie, and John (front)

Lac Seul, Ontario, Canada

Summer 1960

© M. Louise (MacBeath) Barbour/Fundy Blue

All Rights Reserved

I hope each of you has fun visiting around today.

Have a wonderful holiday season however you celebrate,

and happy writing to each of you in December!

Till next time ~
Fundy Blue

https://selkiegrey4.blogspot.com