I missed last month. In fact, I almost missed this month’s Insecure Writer’s Support Group too. Life seems to be non-stop lately, with birthdays and school and juggling outings with dog training. I haven’t had a down weekend in a while, and I’m tired. The dog is huge (75lbs now at 7mos old). We got…
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Trying to Breathe #IWSG
I am super behind on everything, and I owe a lot of people a lot of visits. *sigh* I’m sorry if I didn’t stop by your blog last month. I plan on making it up this week. Today is the first Wednesday of the month, and after troubleshooting slowness issues with my blog and trying…
The Dog Ate My Brain #IWSG
Wow. It’s been a month, and I owe a lot of you visits. I’ve been treading water with all the things I need to do, all while keeping one eye and half my attention on the dog because he won’t stop chewing and digging and wreaking havoc. Even as I type this, I am shoving…
An Unfortunate Realization #IWSG
The first month of 2025 is already gone, and we’re once again at the first Wednesday of the month with Insecure Writer’s Support Group. I had to laugh because I looked up the question of the month and it seems like it was written especially for me. IWSG Question of the Month – Is there…
Older and Wiser #IWSG
March flew by for me, and I was busy with all the things from celebrating my birthday and having fun on spring break with the kids to less fun events that ratcheted up my anxiety to fresh new levels. But all my personal chaos aside, let’s talk writing. Rewriting book 1 is a bigger undertaking…
New Year, New Goals #IWSG
Welcome to 2024, Everyone! Guess what?! I finished my zero draft of Isto before my end-of-year, self-imposed deadline! Here’s a little animation I made of me and Derek dancing in celebration. (It’s my first animation, so please excuse the poor quality.) Having completed the rough draft of version 6, I now move on to editing….
Will I Beat the Clock? #IWSG
It’s the first Wednesday of the month, and the last Wednesday of the year. Much to my chagrin, I haven’t finished my book yet. It’s not for a lack of trying. I just spent three months trying to get one chapter to work correctly. After redoing it multiple times, I think I got it to…
Mistakes Made #IWSG
The summer flew by, and I feel I accomplished a decent amount these past couple of months. I’ve taken the kids to the swimming pool, arcade, zoo, fun-zone amusement center, and we’ll be hitting the fair later this month. I’ve also made good progress on book 2, finally working out the details for my last…
Exposition Addict #IWSG
Hello everyone. My name is Loni and I have a problem with oversharing. I recently got feedback on a chapter from my critique group and the general consensus was “too much exposition”. Easy enough to deal with. I’ve already removed two-thirds. I needed to keep one piece, so I asked for help from my gang…
Keep On Marching On #IWSG
I think the world was against me posting this morning. First, a nightmare scared my son, and I spent extra time snuggling with him, consuming most of my morning me-time. Then I got a 403 Forbidden message when I tried to access the admin section of my website. That seems to happen yearly, so I…