Happy New Year - 2026!

 

This year I hope to continue to be more wise, full of faith, braver, stronger, kinder, and happier. 

I wish you the best year ever as well. May we all realize our fondest dreams and take time to recognize and enjoy each and every blessing. I pray we all have love, hope, health, happiness, peace, and a fierce determination for accomplishing good. Stay safe. Be good to each other.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Happy New Year!

This year I hope to continue to be braver, stronger, kinder, and happier. 

I wish you the best year ever as well. May we all realize our fondest dreams and take time to recognize and enjoy each and every blessing. I pray we all have love, hope, health, happiness, peace, and a fierce determination for accomplishing good. Stay safe. Be good to each other.

I'll be back on January 8th for the next IWSG post. Until then...

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

New Year...

Happy New Year Wishes - praying 2024 is a year of health, happiness, peace, and love for all - stay safe. See you in January!

New Year...

Happy New Year Wishes - praying 2023 is a year of happiness, peace, and love for all - stay safe. See you in January!

Happy New Year Wishes!

This is a photo from about 2009, or 10. One thing I always loved about my visits to Disney have been the fireworks. The neighborhood I live in now tries to rival this type of show during holidays including Fourth of July, Texas Independence Day, and New Year's. While I always enjoy these shows, at least at Disney I don't have the added concern of a stray firework catching my house on fire. Luckily, this has yet to happen.

A new year means goal setting, rekindling hopes, and a time for wishing and dreaming. This year I hope to be braver, stronger, kinder, healthier, and happier. I pray we all have love, hope, peace, and a fierce determination for accomplishing good. What are you hoping?

I'll see you again on Wednesday for the IWSG post. Love to all - stay safe!

Interested in reading an old New Year poem I wrote in 2011? Check it out here: http://writinginwonderland.blogspot.com/2011/01/new-years-poem.html

New Year

Happy New Year Wishes - praying 2021 is a year of happiness, peace, and love for all - stay safe. See you in January!

Happy New Year!

and everyone else! I hope 2020 is a year of happiness, peace, and love for all. See you in January!

IWSG: Questions

It’s time for another group posting of the Insecure Writer’s Support Group! founded by Alex J. Cavanaugh. 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. Your words might be the encouragement someone needs. You can also join us on twitter using the hashtag #IWSG, or on the Facebook page.

Now, IWSG hosts have changed up the format in an effort to make it more fun and interactive.Every month, they will announce a question that members can answer in their IWSG Day 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. 

Don’t forget to visit others that day to see their answers. Want to join, or learn more? Visit our - Sign-up List.

JANUARY QUESTION: What are your favorite and least favorite questions people ask you about your writing?

MY ANSWER: 
FAVORITE - 
I loved your story, when can I expect the sequel?
What would your character do if...?
How did you become such a talented author?
Would you be willing to come read/speak with our group?

LEAST FAVORITE - 
Have you published anything new this week? 
Why haven't you ever published a full length book? 
If I give you my idea, can you write my book for me? 
Aren't writers just professional liars?

What questions are your favorite and least favorite? What do you wish you knew about some of your favorite authors?

Happy New Year everyone, and congratulations to the IWSG anthology contest winners!

Happy New Year!

This year I hope to continue to be braver, stronger, kinder, and happier. 

I wish you the best year ever as well. 

May we all realize our fondest dreams and take time to recognize and enjoy each and every blessing. I pray we all have love, hope, and a fierce determination for accomplishing good.

I'll be back on January 2nd for the next IWSG post. Until then...

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

IWSG News

The next post date for the Insecure Writer’s Support Group is January 2. The administrators will be announcing the winners of the 2018 IWSG Anthology Contest on that day!

The #IWSGPit Twitter pitch is once a year now – and the next one is Tuesday, January15.

The IWSG Goodreads Group is currently reading Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert 
The discussion will start January 23, 2019 and will go to the end of the month, but it will be up indefinitely, so you can hop in whenever you're able.

Sorry I've been incognito so much lately. Semesters at the high school and college are both wrapping up this week. If I don't make it around to visit your site again this year, I hope you have the Merriest of Christmases and a beautiful New Year!

LOVE YOU ALL - HAPPY WRITING!