Shannon Lawrence

It's time for the July Insecure Writer's Support Group! Created by Alex J. Cavanaugh , the IWSG gives writers a place to air their insecurities and lend their support to others. Anyone can join. Simply click on Alex's name and put your blog on the linky list. This month's co-hosts are Rebecca Douglass , Ronel Janse van Vuuren , Cathrina Constantine , and Jacqui Murray . Be sure to stop by their blogs! The optional question this month is: Is there anything you'd like to see changed, added, and/or rearranged about the book publishing industry? I mean, probably a lot. It would be great if it got the kind of respect and treatment of the other arts. The gatekeeping. The imbalance. So on and so forth.  Do you have a word-count tracker that keeps a display of any sort? I wanted to be able to show novel word count and include it in my newsletters, but I'm not sure what's out there. I can track it on a spreadsheet, but I was hoping for something I input the word coun...

I'm late, but I'm here! The problem with working in finance is that things really hit in the last and first week of the month. It's the first Wednesday of June, which means it's time for the Insecure Writer's Support Group. Created by Alex J. Cavanaugh , the IWSG is a place where writers can come together to share their insecurities and support each other. Anyone can join. Simply click on Alex's name and your blog to the list. This month's co-hosts are Victoria Marie Lees , Sarah Foster , Natalie Aguirre , and C. Lee McKenzie . The optional question is: Do most of your story ideas come from one place (the news, dreams, etc.), or do they hit from all over the place? Mine definitely come from all over the place. The news, conversations, various media (movies, books, TV shows, podcasts), etc. I rarely get ideas from dreams, but I've worked through story issues I was having in them! It just takes one little spark, often a throwaway line or item, to get an id...