Created by Alex J. Cavanaugh, the IWSG servers to support insecure writers. We post our insecurities or our reassurances. Anyone is welcome to join. Just click on Alex's name and sign up on the IWSG tab. Then post and hop around to your fellow IWSG'ers to drop a note.
The co-hosts this month are:
The optional question this month: Has a single photo or work of art ever inspired a story? What is it and did you finish it?
I love to write off prompts, including images, but I don't remember having a finished, published story based on a photo/work of art. At least not off the top of my head.
Things are coming along for me in getting back to writing! I've started a spreadsheet to keep track of words written and edits done, so I can keep track. I always find it interesting when people post their words written at the end of the year, so I figured I'd try that out. Given, I just started that two days go, so there's a full month missing. Still! It will be fun to track.
The next collection is coming along. I've given a list of visuals/subjects to my husband so he can start playing with the cover. The Table of Contents is finalized. Now for final edits and formatting. I'm still hoping for a mid-March release.
If you've signed up for my newsletter (link in sidebar), you'll be the first to see the cover and TOC!
I had a new release this week!
Hello my Earthling! Hello my starling!
Hello my space-time alien gal!
Hello my space-time alien gal!
It Came From Outer Space! is a baker’s dozen of tales
about creatures from outer space who may or may not have boldly gone where they
really shouldn’t have. Tales of aliens who test the creatures of Earth…tales of
Earthlings who test the creatures from other planets…aliens who attack…aliens
who defend…and aliens who are a little too close for comfort.
Prepare to discover realms at the furthest edges of human
imagination.
From the depths of outer space…
To the depths of the sea…
To Portland…and beyond!
I'll be reading at a Women in Horror Month event on Valentine's Day: A Bloody Valentine. Cottonwood Center for the Arts is hosting us that night. I'm also a host and planner on the event. More information available on our Facebook event page.
Finally, I was interviewed at Superficial Gallery for Women in Horror Month, and I have another trading card! This is such a fun thing they do to support women in horror.
I haven't done stats in a while, because I was figuring out what stories to pull from submission, so here's the first one of 2020. January stats:
5 submissions
2 rejections (one that had been short listed)
1 withdrawn (magazine appears to be defunct)
1 acceptance
7 currently on submission
1 currently short listed
I'd like to get back up to 10 stories on submission (and above), so I'm jumping into edits. I've got several stories languishing as they wait for edits.
What are your insecurities? Are you working to improve on any of the causes of insecurity? Are you submitting? How are you celebrating Women in Horror Month? Any news to share?
May you find your Muse.
