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The Insecure Writer’s Support Group Brings the Nostalgia

2025-06-04
SE White
Blogging

It’s the first Wednesday in June, so let’s rock the neurotic writing world together in our group! The Twitter handle is @TheIWSG and hashtag is #IWSG, if you’re social media inclined. To sign up for the group’s blog hop, go here. As always we have lovely co-hosts this month to thank. They are PJ Colando, Pat Garcia, Kim Lajevardi, Melisa Maygrove, and Jean Davis for the month of June. And there’s an optional question to answer: What were some books that impacted you as a…

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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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The Insecure Writer’s Support Group is Going on a Quest

2025-04-02
SE White
Insecure Writer's Support Group Post, Silliness

It’s the first Wednesday in April, which means it’s time to share and encourage. In the group, 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. Every month there are generous co-hosts who donate their time to keep the group on track and the encouragement flowing. This month you should hop on over and leave a comment in thanks to Jennifer Lane, L Diane Wolfe, Jenni Enzor, and Natalie…

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The Insecure Writer’s Support Group is Limitless

2025-03-05
SE White
Insecure Writer's Support Group Post, Silliness

It’s the first Wednesday of March, which means it must be Insecure Writer’s Support Group day! Come bask in the glorious sound of your insecurities being smushed into flat little pancakes like the useless entities they are. Join the group here. Our lovely co-hosts this month are Ronel Janse Van Vuuren, Pat Garcia, and Liza @ Middle Passages! Give them a click and a comment for their kind work today, if you’d be so kind. And the question for this month is: If…

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My Favorite Couples in Love

2025-02-12
SE White
Blogging, Recommendations, Romance Tropes, Silliness, Top 10 Lists

In honor of Valentine’s Day: Fictional Couples This topic speaks to me on a deep, personal level as an author of romance. I read all around the genre spectrum. From horror to sci-fi to fantasy, with a short detour in middle grade and a light stop at young adult. Set me loose in a bookstore and I’m hopping between shelves like a monkey on banana-based amphetamines. But there’s one subplot which will always catch and keep my attention. If a book,…

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The Insecure Writer’s Support Group Finds Feet of Clay

2025-01-08
SE White
Insecure Writer's Support Group Post, Recommendations

It’s the first Wednesday of 2025, which must mean it’s Insecure Writer’s day. It’s our day to support, encourage, and uplift each other. If you’re interested in joining but haven’t taken the leap yet, the link to sign up is here. If you’re more social media inclined, our Twitter handle is @TheIWSG and hashtag is #IWSG. As always we have generous co-hosts donating their time to keep us all on track. This month our co-hosts are  Rebecca Douglass, Beth Camp, Liza @…

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The Great Reading Wrap-Up of 2024

2025-01-01
SE White
Blogging, Book Reviews, Holiday Wishes, Recommendations, Romance Tropes, Top 10 Lists

In the grand tradition of the new year, let’s do some tidying, list making, and wrapping up the previous year. Number Of Books I Read in 2024: A somewhat respectable 55 new books Number of Re-Reads: at least 55 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ and probably more. My reading goal is usually 100 new-to-me books, and as many re-reads as my heart desires. Turns out in 2024 my heart desired more predictable books than unfamiliar new ones. It has to do with my neurodivergent…

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The Great Blogging Wrap-Up of 2024

2024-12-27
SE White
Blogging, Holiday Wishes, Recommendations, Romance Tropes, Top 10 Lists

Lets get to some maths for the year. I still genuinely have a lot of fun breaking my blogging year down in stats, although I acknowledge that this is boring for anyone other than myself or other book bloggers. On that note, other bloggers, If you’re interested the 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, and 2017 breakdowns are linked. Just as a note: I’ve spent zero pennies on marketing of any kind since I started this blog in November 2016. Instead, I’ve focused on…

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The Insecure Writer’s Support Group Cleverly Cliffhangs

2024-12-04
SE White
Insecure Writer's Support Group Post, Recommendations

It’s the first Wednesday of the month, so that means it’s time for another installment of the Insecure Writer’s Support Group! It’s the time of the month when we send out our insecurities into the ether and receive support by the bucketload in return. It’s a pretty sweet deal. To sign up for the group yourself, click here. Our co-hosts this month, gently keeping us all on track, are  Ronel the Mythmaker, Deniz, Pat Garcia, Olga Godim, and Cathrina Constantine! Click on over to their…

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The Insecure Writer’s Support Group is Creative

2024-11-06
SE White
Blogging

It’s the first Wednesday in November, which means it’s Insecurity time! As a group, let’s air out those raggedy insecurities. Give them a really good kicking for the month. If you’d like to join the group and the insecurity bashing (it’s comforting!), click on over here and sign yourself up. Each month generous co-hosts donate their time to keep the kicking on track and productive. For November, our co-hosts are Diedre Knight, Lisa Buie Collard , Kim Lajevardi, and JQ Rose! And the totally optional…

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