It’s time for another group posting of the Insecure Writer’s Support Group!
Time to release our fears to the world – or offer encouragement to
those who are feeling neurotic. If you’d like to join us, click on the
tab above and sign up. We post the first Wednesday of every month and
encourage everyone to visit at least a dozen new blogs and leave a
comment. Your words might be the encouragement someone needs.
The awesome co-hosts today are Christine Rains, Dolarah @ Book Lover, Ellen @ The Cynical Sailor, Yvonne Ventresca, and LG Keltner!
The August question: What are your pet peeves when reading/writing/editing?
Hi guys! Happy IWSG Day! I'm writing quickly this morning before I have to go to work, so forgive the short post! Hope you're all enjoying the summer. We are trying our best around here, but it feels like its slipping away fast. My son is upset because I've already started to invest in school supplies! :)
I have a HUGE pet peeve while editing. Well, when someone gives me their edits of my work. Don't touch my dialogue. No one speaks for my characters, but my characters. I know there are times when things need to be fixed, but just tell me what to fix, not how to fix it.
I must be horrible to work with. :) All growly and stuff. How about you guys? Got some peeves you want to share?
Check out the exciting news below before you go!!
July 27 was the very first IWSG Twitter pitch party, #IWSGPit. And it was a huge success!
Thanks
to all who participated in or promoted the #IWSGPit Twitter pitch
party. It was an incredible success – there were 2300 Tweets and we were
a trending topic. The IWSG team learned a lot and the next #IWSGPit in
January will be even better. Now that we’ve established ourselves and
the site is a Writer’s Digest Top 101 Site for Writers, there will be
five times the amount of publishers and agents watching the feed. Thanks
again for such a successful event! - Alex
On August 24th at 2:00 pm EST, Chrys Fey will be participating in a LIVE YouTube interview with Evan Carmichael,
an entrepreneur who she'll be interviewing about his book Your One Word
and getting some great advice for IWSG members. You'll be able to watch
the interview live HERE.
You can set a reminder if you click on the link, or you can watch it
later.The video will be uploaded in the August 30th IWSG newsletter
issue.
Show Us Your Writer Insecurity!
Are you proud to be an insecure writer?
Then show us!
On Wednesday, October 4 (IWSG Day), post a photo of yourself (or your
alter ego) with any of the IWSG swag or with the IWSG logo. Then leave a
comment that day at either the IWSG website’s post or the IWSG Facebook
post directing us to your photo. (All blog, Facebook, Goodreads, and
newsletter members welcome, but photo must be posted on a blog or
Facebook to qualify.)
The IWSG site admins will visit each one and pick the top three. Why? Because there are cool prizes involved:
Third place – EBook of A Change of Mind and Other Stories by Nick
Wilford, eBook of The Remnant by William Michael Davidson, eBook of
Cling to God by Lynda R. Young, eBook of Already Home by Heather M.
Gardner, and eBook of Dragon of the Stars by Alex. J. Cavanaugh.
Second place – The entire eBook collection of the Totem series by
Christine Rains, eBooks of Princess of Las Pulgas by C. Lee McKenzie,
audio book of CassaSeries by Alex J. Cavanaugh, eBook of Black and White
by Nick Wilford, and your choice eBook from J.L. Campbell.
Grand prize winner - IWSG website interview, IWSG newsletter
spotlight, IWSG pinned tweet for one week, C. Lee McKenzie's Featured
Follower for the month, the IWSG Goodreads book club eBook for
October/November, a short chapter critique, and a pair of IWSG erasers.
We have some great IWSG SWAG – notebooks, pens, mugs, tote bags, etc.
Proceeds go to fund the upkeep of the IWSG site.
You have two months to prepare – show us your best insecurity!
