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!
The awesome co-hosts for the September 3 posting of the IWSG are Kim Lajevardi, Natalie Aguirre, Nancy Gideon, and Diedre Knight!
September 3 question - What are your thoughts on using AI, such as GPChat, Raptor, and others with your writing? Would you use it for research, storybible, or creating outlines\beats?
This month marks the thirteenth anniversary of the IWSG website and fourteenth anniversary of the beginning of the IWSG with the monthly blog posting.
We would like to thank those of you who have been with us on this journey, some from the very beginning. If you are new to our site or the group, here are the accomplishments of the past fourteen years:
• A website with a huge database of information for writers: writing tips, querying, self-publishing, contests, marketing, and conferences.
• A monthly blog hop on the first Wednesday of every month.
• Anthology contests, producing seven IWSG anthologies.
• #IWSGPit, a Twitter pitch party that resulted in countless writers finding publishers.
• IWSG Facebook group with 5.1K members.
• IWSG X/Twitter with 10.9 members.
• IWSG Instagram with 1900 members.
• Our own monthly newsletter with tips and features.
• Two IWSG books–free writing guides–compiled from member contributions.
• IWSG swag – t-shirt, notebooks, mugs, and more, created to help with the funding of the domain name and email.
• Partnerships with Reedsy, Medium, Mary Kole, The Ninja Writer’s Club, Carolyn Johnson-Howard, and more.
• Hundreds of articles from industry experts.
• The honor of being a Writer’s Digest, The Write Life, and Best Writing Blogs award winner many years in a row.
• And over the years, dozens of admins who kept it all going by donating their time and efforts.
You can find links to everything listed above either in the navigation bar at the top or in the sidebar to the left.
While we have scaled back on some items (and will be scaling back in two areas this month) we are still dedicated to bringing you the best in the writing-editing-publishing-marketing world.
We hope you will continue on this journey with us.
What is your favorite aspect of the IWSG? What would you like to see more of from us?
