Standing Into Danger: IWSG Anthology: The Third Ghost

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Tuesday, September 1, 2026

IWSG Day: Wednesday, September 2, 2026 ~. Happy 15th Anniversary to the Insecure Writer's Support Group

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

Kate Larkindale, S.E. White, JS Pally, Olga Godim, and Natalie Aguirre!

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.

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:

Do you have a favorite character archetype you tend to gravitate toward in your writing?

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Happy September, Everyone!

I hope that August has been good to you!

Terry and I have been traveling, and I have taken a break from blogging

until Friday, September 25th.

Somewhere Over Cloud Land!

Happily Flying

Congratulations to the Insecure Writer's Support Group on its 15th Anniversary!

I have been a member almost since its beginning.

It's no secret that I love this community and have many friends in it.

I appreciate all the support and encouragement each of you has given me over the years.

Here's to the next 15 years and beyond! 🥂

Let's celebrate by buying a few new books from among our members.

One way to support a number of members at once is to purchase one of our anthologies.

We have published seven:

https://www.insecurewriterssupportgroup.com/p/parallels-felix-was-here-insecure.html

For example, Voyagers: The Third Ghost is an historical fiction anthology

that features ten adventure stories set in different places and different time periods.

The anthology includes my short story "Dare, Double Dare"

which is a time-travel tale set in the early1600s in Nova Scotia, Canada.

A sister and a brother goad each other into something completely unexpected

centuries earlier at the French Habitation at Port-Royal.

You can enjoy ten great stories and support ten members

by purchasing the book here:

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=voyagers+the+third+ghost&crid=2TNE93CQI6HW0&sprefix=voyagers+the+third+ghost%2Caps%2C232&ref=nb_sb_noss_1

Or pick a person or two from among our members and buy a book of theirs.

I have read many members books, and we have wonderful authors in our group.

Let's support each other!

Which leads me to this month's question.

I decided to refer to Carl Jung's character archetypes based on his psychological theories.

Since I'm writing a memoir, I went with his The Innocent archetype

in his Freedom Group (To Yearn for Paradise),

because I connect most with The Innocent in my writing and in my life.

The Innocent begins his or her journey in a safe sheltered world, but is confronted by

a sudden crisis exposing him or her to evil, corruption, or harsh realities.

How does this impact his or her journey through life?

Story of my memoir! Story of my life!

The Innocent a Few Months Before Her World Was Turned Upside Down

School Photo

Smith's Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada

Fall 1960

I will be back in a fuller capacity (🤞The Optimist in me!) for the October IWSG Day.

I will visit everyone who visits me this month in October.

And I'm looking forward to see what archetype you gravitate toward in your writing.

Celebrating Our 42nd Wedding Anniversary!

Cloud Land Again

September 1, 2026

Happy creating in September!

May life be happy and safe for you!

Take care!

Till next time ~

Fundy Blue

Standing Into Danger https://selkiegrey4.blogspot.com

My next post will be Friday, September 25th. 🤞

Just so you know, I monitor my comments before publishing them. This means your comment won't appear immediately. I will not publish mean spirited or commercial comments.

Wednesday, October 1, 2025

IWSG: Wednesday, October 1, 2025 ~ Gingerbread Girl

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

Beth Camp, Crystal Collier, and Cathrina Constantine!

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.

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

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.

Mom, Our Beloved Dachshund Gretchen, and the Five of Us

Not Long Before I Met the Pedophile

Late Spring, 1961

Landsdowne House, Ontario, Canada

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.

Run, run as fast as you can ...

Wikimedia ~ DylanIsChilling ~ License

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

My next post will be Friday, October 10th 🤞

Just so you know, I monitor my comments before publishing them. This means your comment won't appear immediately. I will not publish mean spirited or commercial comments.

Wednesday, January 8, 2020

IWSG: Wednesday, January 8, 2020 ~ First Scribbles

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 Cavanaugh are:
T. Powell Coltrin, Victoria Marie Lees, Stephen Trump, and Renee Scattergood,
and J. H. Moncrieff.

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:

What started you on your writing journey? Was it a particular book, movie, story, or series? Was it a teacher/coach/spouse/friend/parent? Did you just "know" suddenly you wanted to write?

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Happy New Year, Everyone!
I hope that each of you has had a good start to 2020;
also, I hope you are filled with optimism and plans for a successful year of writing!

I don't know when it first occurred to me that people wrote.
I grew up in a family where people constantly wrote,
and it was as ordinary and normal for me to see people writing
as it was for me to see my mother washing dishes or my father polishing his shoes.

When my mother was pregnant with me, her first child,
she typed short story after short story on her typewriter.
As her family and responsibilities grew, her time to write stories shrank,
but she continued to write jingles for contests and many letters.
I've often joked that my desire to write began before I was born.

My father wrote as well, usually letters and reports when I was a small child,
writing many an evening at his desk after dinner.
He continued to write throughout his life,
eventually branching into plays for his students to perform.

Born to Write

My Mother, Father, and I

First Scribbles

Roy and I Writing Our Names in a Favorite Book

Roy and I at the Time of Our First Scribbles

As my parents continued their education, I observed them writing

research papers, speeches and presentations, and even a thesis or two.

My mother often roped me into reading her drafts.

Living in isolated areas and forced to take correspondence courses,

my mother had no one else besides my busy father
and teenaged me to discuss ideas with and to edit her work.

I'm certain that the first thing I ever wrote was a letter.

Letters flew back and forth among my extended family members.

Mail was a big deal, and letters were passed around and enjoyed.

Sometimes the letters included photos,
newspaper clippings, sketches, and hand drawn maps.

To this day, I have filing cabinet drawers filled with precious letters.

Letters Written by My Father

My brother, three sisters, and I were encouraged to write

letters from the time we could first scribble;
not just mandatory thank you letters for presents and favors,
but letters narrating the events of our early lives.
Imitating our parents, we sometimes included sketches and maps.
Often we sat down around the kitchen or dining room table
writing alongside our mother, our efforts filling a rainy or snowy afternoon.

Among my collection of extended family letters
are ones written by my siblings and me from early March to early July, 1961.
I always smile when I look at these letters,
because I feel the love of my parents and see their influence on us.

The Letter Writers
Outside the Fish House
Barbie (left), Bertie and me, Roy, and Donnie
with Lake Trout

Perhaps Bertie's First "Letter"
Age 2

Barbie's "Signature" and Map
Age 5
Barb signed her letter by tracing dots drawn by my mother,
and she dictated labels for her map which my mother recorded.

Donnie's Letter
Age 7
"This is the picture of our home ~
with a little god and a big god (dogs)

Roy's Letter
Age 9

Part of My Letter with a Sketch of My Beading Supplies
Age 10

I don't remember when I first thought about being a writer.
From my earliest years, I assumed I would write.

I remember the wild stories my brother and I shared throughout our early childhood:
imaginary friends, space adventures, journeys to the center of the Earth,
witches, cowboys and Indians, and living in an eagle's nest.

I remember us, Roy in grade two and I in grade three,
scouring holes and small caves in the basalt cliffs
along the beaches of Margaretsville, Nova Scotia.
Inspired by the Oak Island legends, we searched for pirate treasure.
Our adventures led us to spin tales of pirates on the high seas
and me to draw my first map of our fishing village in school,
adding X-marked potential treasure sites at home.

The Basalt Cliffs of Margaretsville

By grade four I was writing stories about paleontologists and dinosaurs,
by grade five, clam digger mysteries and scuba diving adventures,
and by grade six my writing exploded into many genres.

I've been writing ever since: short stories, newspaper articles and features,
scientific and educational reports, manuscripts, a pitiful poem or two, and a thesis.

And now I have a short story in the upcoming IWSG anthology: The Third Ghost.
I know my parents would be pleased and proud!

Courtesy of Dancing Lemur Press/Freedom Fox Press

Before closing, I have two requests regarding our latest anthology:

1. If you know of middle grade reviewers, especially reviewers you have worked with,
could you please pass along their names, websites, and email addresses
to Dancing Lemur Press, and DPL will contact them:
inquiries@dancinglemurpressllc.com

2. If you time, would you mind stopping by our IWSG
Anthology blog. I'm this year's overseer for the blog,
and I would like to increase traffic to our blog to support
our IWSG anthology: The Third Ghost.
Even better, I would appreciate your leaving a comment.
Thanking you in advance!
https://iwsganthologies.blogspot.com

Happy writing in January!

Books Read in 2026

"18 Days in Heaven" by Gale Poirot
"A Serial Killer's Daughter: My Story of Hope, Love, and Overcoming" by Kerrie Rawson
"Eat Your Ice Cream: Six Simple Rules for a Long and Healthy Life" by Ezekiel J. Emanuel, MD.
"Is Math Real? How Simple Questions Lead Us to Mathematics Deepest Truths" by Eugenia Cheng
"Project Hail Mary" by Andy Weir
"Tell Me Everything" by Elizabeth Strout
"The Covenant of Water" by Abraham Verghese
"The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity" by David Graeber and David Wengrow
"The Life Impossible" by Matthew Haig
"The Lord go the Rings" by JRR Tolkien
"The Match" by Harlan Corben
"The Night the Path Disappeared" by Terri Bergen
"The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper" by Roland Allen
"Theo of Golden" by Allen Levi
"Think Twice" by Harlan Corben
"Why Christianity Must Change Or Die" by John Shelby Spong

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