"Low Water" by Jennifer Lane

Surprise!  I'm back with a special post!

Our Insecure Writer's Support Group has many talented published authors, 

and it's always fun to share news about a member's newest release.

On Friday my IWSG blogging buddy

Jennifer Lane released her 10th novel Low Water.

Jen is a psychologist

hailing from South Carolina, 

and she is known for her novels that blend

sports romance, suspense, and psychology.

Jen, a former college swimmer

and volleyball athlete

(Honda Award Winner for DIII Athlete of the Year),

still "loves chlorine and perfect sets."

She also loves her cats Tuxedo and Tessa

and "crafting stories that spark laughter and tears."

What intrigues me about Jennifer's Low Water is that it offers hope for healing

for those of us suffering from PTSD and trauma using Cognitive Processing Therapy.

That's the psychology part.

But here's the sports romance and suspense part:

"Two lives marked by trauma. One chance to rediscover hope.

In the sun-drenched Lowcountry of South Carolina, a swim coach haunted by tragedy and a psychologist devoted to healing cross paths just as their lives unravel.

He once believed Olympic-sized dreams and awful dad jokes could get him through anything, but waves of grief threaten to pull him under. She has built a career navigating others through pain, yet she struggles to confront her own.

When their worlds collide, Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD forces the question: is it possible to dive into the past without drowning? Neither expects the other to become a lifeline. But with connection and courage, they search for a way forward—one stroke at a time.

Striving, tender, and surprisingly funny, this is a story about resilience and learning that the best way out of the deep end is together."

I am looking forward to reading Jen's book.

Jen's book is available here:  

Universal Book Link:

https://books2read.com/u/b675ox

Amazon US:

https://www.amazon.com/Low-Water-Jennifer-Lane-ebook/dp/B0FYV32BV4

You can learn more about Jennifer's other books here at her website:

http://jenniferlanebooks.com

Have a great week, everyone.  Happy Reading!

 Till next time ~

 Fundy Blue

 

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Thursday, November 27, 2025 🤞 

IWSG: Wednesday, July 2 ~ Three IWSG Authors with a Little Led Thrown In!

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 

Rebecca Douglass, Natalie Aguirre, Cathrina Constantine, and Louise Barbour (Fundy Blue)!

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: 

Is there a genre you haven't tried writing in yet that you really want to try? If so, do you plan on trying it?

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Happy July, Everyone! 

I hope all is well with each of you.

I have never written romance.

I could write about sexual assault, but not romance.

I'd like to break through that barrier.

We shall see.

On an entirely different topic, I like to read books written by IWSG authors,

and I've read a fair number.

This month I've read two new books and reread a favorite.

The first is the short story "The Power of Touch" by Pat Garcia.

I may not have written romance, but I enjoy romantic stories,

and this one is refreshingly unusual.

For Gianluca Abate, "One single, gigantic blast

had blown up everything he lived for." (from "Power", page 3...)

But at a train station, he meets a stranger,  

someone unlike the cold-hearted people in his life, 

someone who might redirect his despairing course.

This story will make you believe in the possibility and the power of love.

Amazon

The second is the inspiring memoir "Determination:  A Mother of Five Conquers College"

by Victoria Marie Lees, another longtime active IWSG member like Pat Garcia.

"Funny thing about dreams," Victoria writes.  

"You can try to hide them in your heart, but they never truly die." (from "Determination", Introduction ...) 

This determined woman finally sets out to prove to her children, 

the naysayers, and herself that dreams can come true.

I connected with this memoir on so many levels.

It reminded me of my mother's struggle to earn her degree as a mother of five,

and of my own nontraditional path to my Masters degree and beyond.

Amazon

The third is a book I've read and reread, a definite original, "Imagine Hatt:  Season One"

by a second Pat, my friend and a fellow IWSG Admin, the irrepressible Pat Hatt.

Pat and I

Smith's Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada

July 27, 2024

© M. Louise (MacBeath) Barbour/Fundy Blue. All Rights Reserved

"So what do you want to do with the rest of your life? ... 

The Researcher patiently waited for my response."

"I'm going to continue my writing

and hopefully bring a little imagination back to the world.

People are stuck, unable to use their imagination because they lack it

or they are stifled by the big wigs.

I'd like to show it can still be used."  (from "Imagine Hatt", page 103 ...) 

I think those few sentences are the key to who Pat is as a writer and why he writes. 

And Pat's imagination is in full use, as Orlin, the irreverent and funny cat,

erases his human's boring emails to a penpal

and replaces them with zany tales making fun of humans instead. 

Even though the novel is funny, outrageous, 

wildly original, poignant, and, in places scatologic, 

I had trouble remembering that it was fiction and its characters fictional.

And it has changed forever how I look at planes flying overhead.

I'm the first to admit that this book isn't for everyone,

but if you're broad-mined, imaginative, and uninhibited,

you may enjoy it as much as I have.

Amazon

Wishing each of you a great IWSG Day,

and a big thank you to our awesome co-hosts.

(I'm patting myself on my back, because I'm flying as I co-host.)

I'll share this and why not?  

I've been listening to this as I write (over and over).

Here's a link to a classic guitar solo by Jimmy Page and song by Led Zeppelin.

Jimmy's solo in "Stairway to Heaven" starts at 6:00 minutes.

YouTube

Robert Plant (left) and Jimmy Page (right) of Led Zeppelin,

in concert in Chicago, Illinois, 1977

Wikimedia Commons

We've been in Las Vegas, a seven-day break from the renovation.

The end is really in sight.

I caught a favorite band, Alter Ego, three nights in a row on Fremont Street.

I do love great guitar playing.

This is Kevin Vecchione playing the lead guitar in the Eagles' classic "Hotel California,"

accompanied by Rick Embry on the acoustic guitar.

Alter Ego Performing on the 1st Street Stage, Fremont Street

Downtown, La Vegas, Nevada, UA

June 28, 2025

© M. Louise (MacBeath) Barbour/Fundy Blue. All Rights Reserved

Terry and I with Friend Janeth from Ottawa

Catching the Show "Maverick" in the Plaza Showroom

Downtown, La Vegas, Nevada, USA

June 28, 2025

© M. Louise (MacBeath) Barbour/Fundy Blue. All Rights Reserved

Have a healthy, happy, and creative July!

Take care!

Till next time ~

Fundy Blue

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

Copyright ©2025 – All rights reserved.

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