Wednesday, September 7, 2022

Insecure Writer’s Support Group – IWSG Anthology Release, IWSG Goodreads, #IWSGPit Date, Writing Groups, and Swag


It’s time for another group posting of the Insecure Writer’s Support Group! Time to release our fears to the world – or offer encouragement to those who are feeling neurotic. If you’d like to join us, click on the tab above and sign up. We post the first Wednesday of every month. I encourage everyone to visit at least a dozen new blogs and leave a comment. Your words might be the encouragement someone needs.

The awesome co-hosts for the September 7 posting of the IWSG are Kim Lajevardi, Cathrina Constantine, Natalie Aguirre, Olga Godim, Michelle Wallace, and Louise - Fundy Blue!

September 7 question - What genre would be the worst one for you to tackle and why?

The next IWSG Anthology is now available!


First Love: The Art of Making Doughnuts
An Insecure Writer’s Support Group Anthology


The sweetness of first love…
Could a fiercely independent cop’s heart be stolen by the guy who makes her favorite doughnuts? Will a maid who used deceit to snare a mail-order husband get a dose of her own medicine? Can her handsome neighbor rescue a modern-day “princess” from a tenacious ex-boyfriend? Can two strangers in a rideshare be honest enough to fall in love for real? Can you remember your first love? How about your second? Third? Fourth?
Featuring the talents of Linda Budzinski, Melissa Maygrove, Michael Di Gesu, Sylvia Ney, Katie Klein, Kim Elliott, Templeton Moss, S.E. White, Denise Covey, and Sammi Spizziri. Hand-picked by a panel of agents and authors, these ten tales will touch your heart and rekindle lost feelings. Prepare to return to that first love…

Print ISBN – 9781939844880, $14.95
eBook ISBN – 9781939844897, $4.99
Romance - Clean & Wholesome / Contemporary / Historical
186 pages, Freedom Fox Press, an imprint of Dancing Lemur Press, L.L.C.

Find First Love on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, iTunes, Kobo, Scribed, and Goodreads

A special thanks to our official judges:

Author Nancy Gideon
Nancy Gideon is the award-winning bestseller of over 70 romances ranging from historical, Regency, and series contemporary suspense to dark paranormal and horror, with a couple of produced screenplays and non-fiction writing books tossed into the mix. She’s also written under the pseudonyms Dana Ransom, Rosalyn West, and Lauren Giddings.

Agent Caitlin Blasdell, Liza Dawson Associates
Caitlin Blasdell has been a literary agent with Liza Dawson Associates since 2002 with a focus on commercial fiction. Before becoming an agent, she was a senior editor at HarperCollins Publishers.

Author Susan Gourley
Susan Gourley is traditionally published in fantasy and science fiction romance using the name Susan Kelley. She is currently serving as the President of the Pennwriters writing group renowned for the annual conference.

Author Jennifer Lane
Jennifer Lane writes sports romance and romantic suspense with a psychological twist. She has published nine novels and two short stories, including Behind the Catcher’s Mask as part of the IWSG Masquerade Anthology.

Author Meka James
Meka James is a writer of adult contemporary and erotic romance. A born and raised Georgia Peach, she still resides in the southern state with her hubby of 16 years and counting. Mom to four kids of the two legged variety, she also has four fur-babies of the canine variety. When not writing or reading, Meka can be found playing The Sims 3, sometimes Sims 4, and making up fun stories to go with the pixelated people whose world she controls.

Author Loni Townsend
By day, she writes code. By predawn darkness, she writes fantasies. All other times, she writes in her head. People call her peculiar with a twisted sense of fashion, but don't let those understatements fool you. Her behavior is perfectly normal for a squirrel disguised as a human.




Here are the book selections with the IWSG Goodreads Book Club for September:

Hero Lost: Mysteries of Death and Life IWSG Anthology

Story Genius by Lisa Cron





The next IWSG Twitter Pitch will be January 25, 2023!

Check out details on our #IWSGPit page.

There have been so many success stories over the years – your manuscript might be next. Start polishing those stories and pitches now.




Don’t forget we now host in-person writing groups.

For details, visit our IWSG In-Person Writing Groups page.

We are continuing to work on and add some of the benefits and bonuses for groups. Join us!




And finally, don’t forget we have IWSG swag – pens, erasers, notebooks, etc..

All of us here are volunteers and the domain name costs money. The little extra from swag purchases goes to that domain.

And it’s your chance to show the world you are insecure and proud!

Visit the IWSG Swag page today!


What genre is the worst for you? Picking up First Love? Participating in the Goodreads Book Club? Ready to tackle #IWSGPit or an in-person group? And who’s up for some swag?

9 comments:

Michelle Wallace said...

Congratulations to all the First Love Anthology authors! That cover is gorgeous!

#IWSGPit is almost here... already? Seems like we hosted it just the other day. Time does fly.

nashvillecats2 said...

Great reaDING, HOPE TO return next month.

Yvonne.

Natalie Aguirre said...

Congrats to all the authors in the anthology. That's awesome that the date of the next pitch contest has been set.

Cathrina Constantine said...

Congratulations to all the First Love Anthology!

Karen Baldwin said...

Congrats to all the authors of the First Love Anthology. Looks like a delicious read.

Joylene Nowell Butler said...

Congratulations to the Authors. This is thrilling. Love the title and the cover.

cleemckenzie said...

Congrats on another great anthology launch!

L. Diane Wolfe said...

Congrats to the authors!

Deniz Bevan said...

Congratulations to all of the authors!