Shannon Lawrence

Hi! It's time for the August Insecure Writer's Support Group! The IWSG was created by Alex J. Cavanaugh for writers to address their insecurities and lend support to their fellow writers. Anyone can join. Simply click on Alex's name and add your blog link to the list, then post the first Wednesday of every month. I'm co-hosting this month with deidre Knight , Liza , and Pat Garcia ! The optional question this month is: As a writer/author what is something you regret? Or something that you wish you'd done differently in your writing process? The only things I regret are the missed opportunities. I make it a rule to take on things that scare me and to learn and try new things, and I don't regret any of those things I've done. But I regret the times where I've been out of the writing world after various real world things, such as how long it took me to get back into the writing world when my dad died, or how I completely stepped out of it during my previou...

It's [past] time for the Insecure Writer's Support Group! (I missed two months, sorry!). The IWSG was created by Alex J. Cavanaugh to support writers and their insecurities. Anyone can join this monthly blog hop. Simply click on Alex's name and add your blog to the linky list and post the first Wednesday of each month. This month's co-hosts are: Melissa Maygrove , Cathrina Constantine , Kate Larkinsdale , and Rebecca Douglass . The optional question this month is: If you have a playlist (or could put one together) that either gets you in the groove to write or fits with one of your books, what is it? What type of music or what songs? I don't really do the playlist thing. I just play from my giant bushel of familiar songs, which ranges from musicals to hard rock to rap to electric to pop to whatever-the-heck-I-want. But I will punch it to a more appropriate song for dark or action scenes sometimes. I've never put together a playlist, really, so it won't sur...

It's time for the Insecure Writer's Support Group! Created by Alex J. Cavanaugh , the IWSG provides space for writers to share their insecurities and to get and give support. Anyone can join. Simply click on Alex's name and add your name to the linky list, then post the first Wednesday of each month. The co-hosts this month are: Ronel Janse van Vuuren , Natalie Aguirre , Sarah - the Faux Fountain Pen , and Olga Godim . The optional question this month is: What is the most unethical practice in the publishing industry? (I'll be skipping the question this month, because wow, I could probably just keep writing about it.) My insecurity this month is about some big chances I'm planning on taking soon. I've quit the job that has been basically killing my soul (sounds dramatic, but it's also true), and I have been setting up stuff in my office so I can hopefully make a triumphant return to creativity and writing in a way that I've been too mentally dead tired ...