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air for february 2026 just seems to feel different for many reasons and maybe love is there for some anyone seeing wuthering heights however i do think that overall i dislike february because it feels like my march mortgage payment rolls around a lot faster that being said it s also a new month and being the first wednesday it is time for the insecure writer s support group this is a monthly blogfest and it s sign up is on this page if you d like to join so what is the insecure writer s support group let s answer that question below what is the purpose of the iwsg it s to share and encourage 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 it s a safe haven for insecure writers of all kinds when do y all post the first wednesday of every month is officially insecure writer s support group day that s when you should post your thoughts on your own blog or talk about your doubts and the fears you have conquered you can discuss your struggles and triumphs and offer a word of encouragement for others who are struggling as part of the whole experience you should visit others in the group and connect with your fellow writer aim for a dozen new people each time and return comments be sure to link to this page and display the badge in your post and please be sure your avatar links back to your blog otherwise when you leave a comment people can t find you to comment back let s rock the neurotic writing world the x formerly twitter handle is theiwsg and hashtag is iwsg the awesome co hosts for the february 4th posting of the iwsg are j lenni dorner victoria marie lees and sandra cox now every month the iwsg announces a question that members can answer in their iwsg post these questions may prompt you to share advice insight a personal experience or story include your answer to the question in your iwsg post or let it inspire your post if you are struggling with something to say february 4th question 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 i was pleasantly surprised when i reread some works that i d written a few years earlier i also noticed that there were mistakes that leapt out at me that seemed invisible at the time i think it s a strange phenomenon to get so used to a thing that you can no longer see the mistakes and must rely on someone else to point them out thanks for visiting and see you next month posted by michael offutt phantom reader at 9 24 am 4 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels insecure writer s support group iwsg the iwsg asks what it s like for each of us to reread our old written works wednesday january 7 2026 is there anything in my writing plans for 2026 that i couldn t get done in 2025 happy new year everyone now that it is officially january of 2026 i guess it s time to post for the insecure writer s support group to those who just stumble across this page randomly the iwsg was started by speculative fiction author alex cavanaugh many years ago it is still going and you can sign up to participate here if you d like what is the purpose of the iwsg it is to share and encourage writers can express doubts and concerns without fear of appearing foolish or weak i actually never realized how appearing weak was so undesirable to so many people those who have been through the fire can offer assistance and guidance it s a safe haven for insecure writers of all kinds when does everyone post the first wednesday of every month is officially insecure writer s support group day post your thoughts on your own blog talk about your doubts and the fears you have conquered discuss your struggles and triumphs offer a word of encouragement for others who are struggling visit others in the group and connect with your fellow writer aim for a dozen new people each time and return comments this group is all about connecting be sure to link to this page and display the badge in your post and please be sure your avatar links back to your blog otherwise when you leave a comment people can t find you to comment back the x formerly twitter handle is theiwsg and hashtag is iwsg the awesome co hosts for the january 7 posting of the iwsg are shannon lawrence olga godim jean davis and jacqui murray every month the iwsg announces a question that members can answer in their iwsg post these questions may prompt you to share advice insight a personal experience or story but it is always optional january 7th question is there anything in your writing plans for 2026 that you are going to do that you couldn t get done in 2025 if anything i think that i might enter some more short story contests in 2026 obviously i couldn t enter them in 2025 because they are contests for this year but as i ve gotten older i appreciate the format of the short story more and more i feel like it is a lost art and a writer can convey a lot in just a few pages it also forces you to tighten up your prose which i feel is always useful thanks for visiting and i ll see you in february posted by michael offutt phantom reader at 8 16 am 6 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels good writing insecure writer s support group is there anything in my writing plans for 2026 that i couldn t get done in 2025 iwsg wednesday november 5 2025 in my last iwsg post for 2025 i lay out all the weird assumptions i made about what being a writer was like hello everyone this is going to be my last post for the year of 2025 and i wish you all well but before bowing out before the major holidays i wanted to drop my final insecure writer s support group post for the year if you haven t heard of the insecure writer s support group it is a monthly blogfest that was started by alex cavanaugh many years ago and it s still going you can sign up for it here what is the purpose of the iwsg it s to share and encourage others the iwsg is a place where 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 it s a safe haven for insecure writers of all kinds when do you post the first wednesday of every month is officially insecure writer s support group day post your thoughts on your own blog talk about your doubts and the fears you have conquered discuss your struggles and triumphs offer a word of encouragement for others who are struggling visit others in the group and connect with your fellow writer aim for a dozen new people each time and return comments this group is all about connecting be sure to link to this page and display the badge in your post and please be sure your avatar links back to your blog otherwise when you leave a comment people can t find you to comment back the x formerly known as twitter handle is theiwsg and hashtag is iwsg the awesome co hosts for the november 5th posting of the iwsg are jennifer lane jenni enzor renee scattergood rebecca douglass lynn bradshaw and melissa maygrove every month we announce a question that members can answer in their iwsg post these questions may prompt you to share advice insight a personal experience or story include your answer to the question in your iwsg post or let it inspire your post if you are struggling with something to say remember the question is optional november 5 question when you began writing what did you imagine your life as a writer would be like were you right or has this experience presented you with some surprises along the way i had all kinds of weird ideas to be honest here s a breakdown i thought landing an agent would be easy for some reason i thought that writing the book was 90 of the process but then i discovered that it s only 10 of the process lol i thought that i d never get sick of my own writing this was completely wrong as rereading and rereading the same things i ve written to look for errors or inconsistencies started to make my eyes glaze over i thought because i got a s in my english courses and was a fantastic speller that i wouldn t make spelling errors for example there s no way i would confuse the words bare and bear only idiots do that right well i guess i m an idiot then because i made those self same mistakes in my written works i thought that for every single book someone else did the blurb on the back of the book that s definitely not true although there are those that do have this privilege i didn t know that word count was so important i was oblivious to marketing i thought people just found books the same as i found books in a bookstore and that there would be all of these eager readers i thought that writing a book was a rare thing it isn t everyone and their dog too is writing a book the rare thing it turns out is readers for every twenty people writing a book there s probably one part time reader out there i discovered that men as a gender have almost completely abandoned literature that was a real wakeup call so to answer the question i guess i imagined my life as a writer as having to deal with none of the above i would have been ensconced in a narcissistic bubble of privilege doing a rare thing and celebrated for my talent this just isn t how any of it works i quickly came to understand and appreciate writing in a different way i should be grateful for the stories that have entertained me all of my life and that if i truly love writing my role should be to read what others have written because people are so desperate for good readers it s like an attention thing give it a go and if you aren t someone who has whatever it is that warrants attention then maybe you should try your hand at showering your attention on someone else making someone else s life better whether or not they even know what you did has its own rewards happy holidays and have a fanciful new year i do hope that 2026 is a better year that s all i m going to say about that posted by michael offutt phantom reader at 11 09 am 6 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels blogging in my last iwsg post for 2025 i lay out all the weird assumptions i made about what being a writer was like insecure writer s support group iwsg wednesday october 1 2025 what is your favorite writing piece in this lonesome october it s october and i imagine that quite a few of you are writing scary stories to celebrate halloween out here where i live halloween is a huge deal second only to christmas as for myself i ve decided to enter an online short story contest that has cash prizes for a scary story with romantic elements i m going with one set in the 1930 s and involving the lovecraft mythology in a small seaside town in massachusetts because it is the first wednesday of october it is time for those of us who blog to come together once more for the insecure writer s support group it s basically the only thing i ve been blogging about this year if you are interested in joining up yourself you can do so by going here and signing up and now that i ve explained that i ll tell you a bit about what it is all about all details are taken from the iwsg registration page what is the purpose of the iwsg it is to share and encourage 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 it was designed to be a safe haven for insecure writers of all kinds when do you post the first wednesday of every month is officially insecure writer s support group day that s when you should post your thoughts on your own blog some ideas of what you might talk about include doubts and fears that you ve conquered discuss your struggles and triumphs offer a word of encouragement for others who are struggling while doing all that you should endeavor to visit others in the group and connect with your fellow writers and return comments this group is all about connecting and lastly be sure to link to this page and display the badge in your post and check that your avatar links back to your blog otherwise when you leave a comment people can t find you to comment back the x formerly twitter handle is theiwsg and hashtag is iwsg the awesome co hosts for the october 1st posting of the iwsg are beth camp crystal collier and cathrina constantine every month the iwsg announces a question that members can answer in their iwsg post but answering it is always optional i choose to answer it october 1 question what is the most favorite thing you have written published or not and why i think that the most favorite thing i ve written is the sourcebook for my d d world in which i run my dungeons dragons games i spent a lot of time on it and the finished product looks really great we use it every week when i m running a game and i get compliments about how smooth the mechanics in it are and how much fun it is to play characters in the wynwrayth system i used lulu to make the books and they are hardcover and full color so they look gorgeous and each comes with a friends and foes section that has stats for former characters people played so that if anyone decides to run a game in my world they could use former characters as either heroes or villains posted by michael offutt phantom reader at 10 00 am 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels insecure writer s support group iwsg what is your favorite writing piece in this lonesome october newer posts older posts home subscribe to posts atom advertisement 1 total pageviews club awesome about me michael offutt phantom reader salt lake city ut united states i m a guy and i write stories please buy them view my complete profile i m a knight translate subscribe to posts atom posts all comments atom all comments popular posts the entire fight between palpatine darth maul 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