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:
What is the most favorite thing you have written, published or not? And why?
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Happy October, Everyone!
I hope all is well with each of you.
Tough question this month!
Tough in that it's hard to choose my most favorite thing I've ever written.
Was it my short story "Ugly Little Bastards"
that was published in "The Antigonish Review," a Canadian literary journal?
My research paper "A Bestiary for 'The Saga of Pliocene Exile'
by Julian May with Notes on the Pliocene Epoch"
for my Paleontology Certificate for the Denver of Museum and Science?
My short story "Dare Double Dare"
that was published in the IWSG anthology "Voyagers: The Third Ghost"?
My research paper "Reflections on Eternity" which compared Milton's "Paradise Lost" with Tolkien's "Silmarillion?"
There are so many things I've written that are favorites,
because I poured everything, heart, mind, and soul, into them as I wrote.
I Can't Believe It!
Copies of Voyager: The Third Ghost Arrive
Photo by Terry Barbour, May 1920
© M. Louise (MacBeath) Barbour/Fundy Blue All Rights Reserved
I have decided on one, and my choice surprised me.
It's a blog post titled "The Lansdowne Letters: The Pervert and the Sandwich Man."
Just reading it now made my heart beat faster and my throat close.
It's the story of my run in with a pedophile when I was eleven years old.
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Mom, Our Beloved Dachshund Gretchen, and the Five of Us
Not Long Before I Met the Pedophile
Late Spring, 1961
Landsdowne House, Ontario, Canada
© M. Louise (MacBeath) Barbour/Fundy Blue All Rights Reserved
Why on earth would this be my favorite?
Because I finally had the courage to write it.
Because this and a second event changed the person I was
and impacted my life for decades.
I'm still struggling with writing about the second event.
Together they made me the Gingerbread Girl.
It's part of the memoir I've been trying to write,
the memoir I've been struggling with forever.
Even this morning I woke up and thought,
"What if I just say "Screw it!"and let it all go.
Play "Royal Match" and "Words with Friends."
Kick back and enjoy the rest of my life.
Take up painting? 😂
But, I can't.
I've just got to slog on.
I'm looking forward to seeing how others respond to this month's question.
Have a healthy, happy, and creative October!
Take care!
Till next time ~
Fundy Blue
Standing Into Danger https://selkiegrey4.blogspot.com
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