The Insecure Writer’s Support Group, Marketing Seminar, and Art Posters

It’s time for another edition of The Insecure Writer’s Support Group, founded by Ninja Captain, Alex J. Cavanaugh.

The question for today: Since it's back to school time, let's talk English class. What's a writing rule you learned in school that messed you up as a writer?

I can’t think of a writing rule, but just using proper, stifled, passive phrases and sentences-which works for school papers-doesn’t work for writing a story. Eliminating words such as “was”-I had to learn that.

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My last seminar/talk of the year is next Tuesday. It’s a webinar-online only-so anyone can register for free.
Book Publishing 102 – Marketing
6-8pm, Tuesday, September 10.
PowerPoint presentation and handout provided!
Register HERE

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Some of you may have seen this on Facebook, but since Dancing Lemur Press doesn’t have another event scheduled until next May, we are closing out our 11x14 art prints. They are $8.00 each (just above cost.) Shipping is $6.00 but that covers multiple posters. These are custom designed on the computer by our illustrator. If you are interested in any, let me know!


What writing rule messed you up?

The Insecure Writer’s Support Group, AI and Writing, and Greenville Comic Con

It’s time for another edition of The Insecure Writer’s Support Group, founded by Ninja Captain, Alex J. Cavanaugh.

The question for today: Do you use AI in your writing and if so how? Do you use it for your posts? Incorporate it into your stories? Use it for research? Audio?

Unless I am using it without knowing, I don’t use AI for anything. Spellcheck and Google searches are merely programs. So is Publisher Rocket. PhotoShop recently offered me the new AI tutorial and I said no. If you’ve been dabbling with it, let me know what works best for research because that I would use.

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Dancing Lemur Press will be at Greenville Comic Con in Greenville, NC this Saturday, August 10th from 10-5pm!

This is one of our favorite cons. Well attended, reasonable cost, and people who like to spend money. We’re always one of the first booths by the entrance, which really helps.

If you live anywhere in Eastern NC, come check it out. We're waiting for you!

The Insecure Writer’s Support Group and Garden Booming

It’s time for another edition of The Insecure Writer’s Support Group, founded by Ninja Captain, Alex J. Cavanaugh.

The question for today: What are your favorite writing processing (e.g. Word, Scrivener, yWriter, Dabble), writing apps, software, and tools? Why do you recommend them? And which one is your all time favorite that you cannot live without and use daily or at least whenever you write?

Word I use daily, but I also use Dragon Naturally Speaking voice recognition software. (It works better for nonfiction than fiction.) Plus Word Cloud is always fun to see what words one uses the most in a manuscript.

Those of you who are members of the IWSG Facebook, don’t forget to add your link there to the Wednesday IWSG post.

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Some of you saw this on Facebook, but it’s a good portion of my garden, growing like crazy. Quite a few herbs are on the back deck and the blackberries are out of sight to the left.

Through with raspberries and now blackberries in full swing. Also harvesting squash (which I DIDN'T plant!), lettuce, green beans, basil, cilantro, rosemary, catnip, and oregano. (I love my Hydro dehydrator.) Soon we'll have tomatoes (also DIDN'T plant), potatoes, jalepenos, more lettuce, garbanzos, carrots, green onions, more herbs, and a squash Kerri sent me from Texas. (Plus I grow sprouts year-round in the house.) Hope to try rhubarb in the fall along with fall lettuce.

Good thing I have a freezer in our garage!

The Insecure Writer’s Support Group

It’s time for another edition of The Insecure Writer’s Support Group, founded by Ninja Captain, Alex J. Cavanaugh.

The question for today: In this constantly evolving industry, what kind of offering/service do you think the IWSG should consider offering to members?

Personally, I’d love a way to connect reviewers to authors and publishers. Yes, we have a database of reviewers, but a listing of writers & authors who review books would be helpful.

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I had a great time last month at the Pennwriters Conference in Lancaster, PA – Amish country. Everything was first class, from the resort we stayed at to the amazing catering. Saturday night was the mystery social and a lot of fun.

I also got to meet author Susan Gourley! She was sweet enough to purchase my latest book.

I made some new friends and we’ve found one another on Facebook.

My workshops and panel discussion were all well received. I appreciate everyone who attended.

It’s also a beautiful area, and I highly recommend both the conference and Lancaster, PA.


What service would you like to see? Have you been to a writers conference lately?