February IWSG 2013

Hey everyone! I hope you're all doing well. Happy IWSG!!! January has been a crazy month so I'm sorry I haven't been around much. My grandmother had a stroke two days before I started at a new job and in less than a month, my brother will be getting married! Lots and lots going on, which kind of brings me to this month's IWSG topic: Time. I'm finding that when I get home from work, I'm tired and mostly just want to crash and call it a night. A lady told me today that it can take some time to adjust to working full time versus part time, but my question is: what are some of the ways you balance your time when you don't have a lot of it.

I also just enrolled in another Institute of Children's Literature class on writing books for children and teens. After my first class with them, I learned a lot about short stories and articles, but I'm really looking forward to working on a good length novel one-on-one with my instructor. The way the class is structured is similar to a writer-editor relationship, so I'm very excited to get started. :) If anyone is looking for a good class on writing for children and teens, I would definitely recommend the Institute especially because you send in your assignments so it doesn't matter where you live; it's basically like an online class.

The Insecure Writer’s Support Group is a wonderful place where writers can share their worries and failures as well as their successes and advice. Led by our fearless leader Alex J. Cavanaugh, IWSG meets the first Wednesday of every month and you can join on his site here.

I hope you're all doing well and enjoying the New Year so far. Do you have any plans for Valentine's? Tell me about them in the comments below! ^^ :D

Insecure Writer's Support Group

I’ve been meaning to join the IWSG for a couple months now; ever since I discovered it really. J It’s so cool to be able to share the things that have sent me on writing ups and downs and know that not only am I not the first one to experience these things, but also that others have experienced it before too. Plus you get to hear all the awesome success stories from authors dealing with the same kinds of things and that they overcame them! How cool is that? ^^ :D

I’ve been coming off of a writing slump and have been working to sit down and write every day even if it’s in the ten minutes I have been before heading into work. It’s going alright so far, and I even got to sit down for a couple hours today and do some much needed editing from my critique group’s notes on my novel’s prologue.  Woohoo! It’s progress, even if it’s little by little. ^^ J

If you're interested in joining IWSG, Alex Cavanaugh is the wonderful host and you can find his website here.
Happy writing everyone! ^^ :D