Hey! It’s the monthly blog hop/ known as the Insecure Writers Support Group founded by Alex J. Cavanaugh. You’re invited to join if you're a writer, insecure, or just supportive of writers. It happens the first Wednesday of each month, and it would be sweet of you to visit at least a dozen or so new blogs and leave a comment. Your words are appreciated. Our Twitter handle is @TheIWSG and hashtag is #IWSG. Let’s rock the neurotic writing world!
The awesome co-hosts for the February 2 posting of the IWSG are Joylene Nowell Butler, Jacqui Murray, Sandra Cox, and Lee Lowery!
February 2 question - Is there someone who supported or influenced you that perhaps isn't around anymore? Anyone you miss?
I hate to be that person...
Who always says, “Poor me”
But to answer this month’s question I’ll say it...
Poor me...
Because I don’t really have anyone encouraging me...
Or who influences me.
It seems like I’m the invisible writer...
With an invisible published book.
Yeah, there were a few of my family and friends who read it...
But there were more who didn’t.
I’m working on a Humorous Women's fiction manuscript now...
That I started ten years ago...
But put away before finishing it.
It's based on a true story and…
WAIT A MINUTE!
There WAS someone who influenced and encouraged me!
It was my fiancé at the time...
Who has since passed.
The manuscript is a love story - with some humor...
Because falling in love with someone 24 years younger...
Ya just know there are amusing elements.
Every morning, he’d come into my office and ask...
“How’s your writing going?”
I'd read to him a few pages and he'd smile...
And that was enough encouragement for me.
I’ve moved on in my life...
But this love story still lives...
And will be published in the not-too-distant future.
So?
How about you?
Who influenced or encouraged you?
And hopefully you don’t have a “Poor me” story.
Always,
Em-Musing
