Writing Process

The Insecure Writer’s Support Group and The Spooky Ghost

2026-10-07
SE White
Insecure Writer's Support Group Post, My Books, Writing Process

It’s almost spooky time, and also the time for yet another installment of the Insecure Writer’s Support Group. We meet monthly on the first Wednesdays to offer each other support, help, guidance, and release our insecurities into the digital ether for the others in the group to systematically shoot down until we can feel better. If this sounds like an activity you want to get in on and you haven’t already, join in here. As always we have members of…

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The IWSG Wants to Know if You Have Regrets

2026-08-05
SE White
Goals and Hopes, Insecure Writer's Support Group Post, My Books, Writing Process

It’s August 5th and that means IWSG day! So happy insecurity bashing day to you all, and if you’d like to give the group a follow yourself you can find them here. Our lovely co-hosts for this month are Shannon Lawrence, Diedre Knight, Liza, and Pat Garcia!  And the (optional) question to spark the conversations this month: As a writer/author what is something you regret? Or something that you wish you’d done differently in your writing process? Chaos. This question is…

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The Insecure Writer’s Support Group Has an Idea

2026-06-03
SE White
Blogging, Insecure Writer's Support Group Post, My Books, Plotters vs. Pantsers, Romance Tropes, Writing Process

It is that time of the month again! Come join us insecure writers as we forge a path towards our dreams. The main point of the group is to connect, reassure, and support your author journey, no matter what it looks like. We meet on the first Wednesday of every month. Come on in! The co-hosts we should offer our thanks to for June are Victoria Marie Lees, Sarah Foster, Natalie Aguirre, and C. Lee McKenzie! Go check in on…

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The IWSG and 15 Sparkly Fun Fail Safe Ways to Get People to Buy Your Book, Guaranteed*

2026-03-04
SE White
Recommendations, Silliness, Top 10 Lists, Writing Process

*By “Guaranteed” I mean “I have no idea, take these suggestions at your own risk, this list is just for fun, please don’t sue me when it isn’t fail safe and doesn’t work”* The Insecure Writer’s Support Group meets monthly, online, so you can air out and dismiss your anxieties in the comfort of the group setting where we are always on your side. If you’d like to join, go here. Our generous co-hosts this month are PJ Colando, Ronel Janse…

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The Insecure Writer’s Support Group is in Their Nostalgia Era

2026-02-04
SE White
Blogging, Insecure Writer's Support Group Post, My Books, Writing Process

As always, the font of solace we experience is guided by author volunteers from the IWSG. This month we owe our thank you clicks and comments to J Lenni Dorner, Victoria Marie Lees, and Sandra Cox! And the question for February 4, 2026 is Many writers have written about the experience of rereading their work years later. Have you reread any of your early works? What was that experience like for you? You totally thought I was going for the…

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The Insecure Writer’s Support Group Makes Resolutions for 2026

2026-01-07
SE White
Blogging, Insecure Writer's Support Group Post, My Books, Writing Process

It’s the first Wednesday of the first month in 2026, so it must be time for some IWSG! Sign up for the group yourself if you are so inclined by clicking over to their form. The group can also be found somewhere in that deadly maelstrom known as Social Media by searching #IWSG or @TheIWSG We owe our co-hosting thanks this month to Shannon Lawrence, Olga Godim, Jean Davis, and Jacqui Murray! Give them a clicky-click and a comment to…

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The Insecure Writer’s Support Group Punctures My Dreams (and My Ego)

2025-11-05
SE White
Blogging, My Books, Silliness, Writing Process

The Insecure Writer’s Support Group meets (online) on the first Wednesday of every month. To join the group yourself (or just check out the impressive list of blogs in the group) click on over and check it out. Each month, the IWSG has co-hosts supporting our meet up. For November, we owe our thank you clicks to  Jennifer Lane, Jenni Enzor, Renee Scattergood, Rebecca Douglass, Lynn Bradshaw, and Melissa Maygrove! And there’s also a monthly question to get the creativity started. This month is a fun…

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The Insecure Writer’s Support Group and the Question of Ethics

2025-08-06
SE White
Insecure Writer's Support Group Post, My Books, Writing Process

It’s time for yet another installment of the Insecure Writer’s Support Group. We meet monthly on the first Wednesdays to offer each other support, help, guidance, and release our insecurities into the digital ether for the others in the group to systematically shoot down until we can feel better. If this sounds like an activity you want to get in on and you haven’t already, join in here. As always we have members of the group donating their time to…

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I’m Afraid it’s Another Installment of the IWSG

2025-05-07
SE White
Insecure Writer's Support Group Post, My Books, Silliness, Writing Process

Since it’s the first Wednesday of May, it must be Insecure Writer’s Support Group day. Come join in the fun. We really are all about the support! Each month there are co-hosts keeping us all on track. This month, we owe our thank you clicks to Feather Stone, Janet Alcorn, Rebecca Douglass, Jemima Pett, and Pat Garcia! And there’s always a thought provoker of a question you may choose to answer for your post. For May 7th, the question is Some common fears writers share…

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