The Insecure Writer’s Support Group
Purpose: To share and encourage. Writers can express doubts and
concerns without fear of appearing foolish or weak. Those who have been
through the fire can offer assistance and guidance. It’s a safe haven
for insecure writers of all kinds!
Every month, we announce a question that members can answer in their
IWSG Day post.
Remember, the question is optional!!!
June 7 Question: Did you ever say “I quit”? If so, what happened to make you come back to writing?
Alex's awesome co-hosts for June will be JH Moncrieff, Madeline Mora-Summonte, Jen Chandler, Megan Morgan, and Heather Gardner!
Did I ever say, "I quit!"? Yep. Numerous times. I think about it a lot when I get down on myself and sales are non-existent and the end of my edits seem too far away. Of course, I lose the most if I let myself quit. It would never make me happy. I'd always wonder, "What if?". So, I keep going. I keep moving forward. I keep writing.
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Official announcement for the IWSG's next anthology!
Guidelines:
The
IWSG Guide to Writing for Profit--This
will be a non-fiction book like our Guide to Publishing and
Beyond.
What to write: Share experiences about making a profit
as an author, what it takes to become a successful writer, the many skills a
writer needs to learn other than writing, share the experience going from hobby
writer to published author (without making it a self-promotion piece), the
fallacies behind writing for profit, the little known facts learned along the
way, what you wished you knew when you first started writing, or marketing tips
based on experience of what has worked and what hasn't. Please include a title,
your name, and a link to one of your sites. Send as an attached Word file or
pasted into the email.
Word
limit: 500-1000 words.
Submission eligibility: All members of
the IWSG Blog Hop, IWSG Facebook group and/or members of our IWSG Goodreads Book
Club. It's free to join any of these groups and a great benefit to be a part of
these communities.
Deadline:
July 31, 2017
Send
your piece to admin AT insecurewriterssupportgroup.com as an attached Word
document and note which IWSG group you belong to. Please include your name, a
one line bio, and one website link.
The
one hundred best entries will be included in the book.
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Don’t forget our first Twitter pitch event,
#IWSGPit,
is on July 27. We have a lineup of publishers and agents who will be
tuning in that day and more are added every week. See the site for
details and start working on your Twitter pitch.
The
IWSG Goodreads Group
is in full swing and already read their first book. As a bonus, members
got to ask the book’s author questions and you can read about it on
Goodreads. This group is for writers only, focusing on the craft, so
please join us.
The
IWSG Newsletter is packed with great information and valuable links every month, so if you haven’t signed up, please do so.
And for those who don’t know it, we have an
IWSG Facebook Group as well, with over 3600 members.
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