Join Alex J. Cavanaugh and a multitude of writer's in this monthly hop to help support one another!
Purpose: To share and encourage. Writers can express doubts and concerns without fear of appearing foolish or weak. Those who have been through the fire can offer assistance and guidance. It’s a safe haven for insecure writers of all
Alex's awesome co-hosts are Gwen Gardner, Doreen McGettigan, Tyrean Martinson, Chemist Ken, and Cathrina Constantine!
September 4 question - If you could pick one place in the world to sit and write your next story, where would it be and why?
That is a tough question. I'm a loner when I write, and if my family's around I can't get my muse to create a single scene. With that in mind: There are so many places I'd like to sit and write. I'd enjoy a quiet nook in a villa overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. A chalet in Montana with a huge picture window giving out to the mountains with wild horses running about. I guess I like to have pleasant surroundings where I can peek above my laptop and watch nature in action.
Guidelines and rules:
Word count: 3500-5000
Genre: Middle Grade Historical – Adventure/Fantasy
Theme: Voyagers
Submissions accepted: May 1 - September 4, 2019
How to enter: Send your polished, formatted (double-spaced, no footers or headers), previously unpublished story to admin @insecurewriterssupportgroup.
Word count: 3500-5000
Genre: Middle Grade Historical – Adventure/Fantasy
Theme: Voyagers
Submissions accepted: May 1 - September 4, 2019
How to enter: Send your polished, formatted (double-spaced, no footers or headers), previously unpublished story to admin @insecurewriterssupportgroup.
The next #IWSGPit will be in January 15, 2020
8:00 am - 8:00 pm Eastern Standard Time
Create a Twitter-length pitch for your completed and polished manuscript and leave room for genre, age, and the hashtag. On January 15, Tweet your pitch. If your pitch receives a favorite/heart from a publisher/agent check their submission guidelines and send your requested query.
Many writers have seen their books published from a Twitter pitch - it’s a quick and easy way to put your manuscript in front of publishers and agents.
I love being alone to write and a beautiful place would be awesome. A distraction, as I'd want to explore and just soak it all in - but a beautiful distraction, lol.
ReplyDeleteI like to be alone when I write, too. I think I'd just want somewhere quiet.
ReplyDeleteI'd happily join you at either of those spots!! Oooooh, the inspiration. Thanks for co-hosting this month, Cathrina!!
ReplyDeleteIt's hard to find alone time. All of the places you like sound really nice. I love Montana. Happy IWSG Day :)
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of writing in someplace with a big picture window so that I could pause and look out at the wildlife.
ReplyDeleteCheers - Ellen
I have nothing against my family, but it sure is hard to write when they're around. I'd have to get two villas on the Mediterranean--one for me and the other for the family. :)
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I'd take the Montana view.
ReplyDeleteThanks for co-hosting today!
I so understand when our imagination demands alone time to blossom. My answer is to get up in the wee hours, before my family demands blossom.
ReplyDeleteLynn La Vita @ Writers Supporting Writers
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ReplyDeleteThat sounds good. Maybe a chalet in the mountain where I can see the wild horses from far away and let my imagination run wild.
Thank you so much for co-hosting.
Shalom aleichem,
Pat G @ EverythingMustChange
Thanks so much for co-hosting this month and congrats on your newsletter spotlight. Writing near the Mediterranean Sea sounds nice.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to write at any of your choices. I need to be alone to write too. Thanks for co-hosting.
ReplyDeleteI've tried to work with my kids around, but it's super tough. They'll be off to school tomorrow, so no more excuses! Muse, you better be ready to rock and roll!
ReplyDeleteI like the image of peeking over my laptop and seeing something in nature. Thanks for co-hosting!
ReplyDeleteI'd take any of those places. They sound delightful. Great job of co-hosting, Cathrina. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteThanks for co-hosting this month! I used to have a beautiful view out a picture window onto a private lake. I gazed at it in those in between moments when a scene was setting itself in my head. Peaceful and inspiring, it never distracted, only added to the art...
ReplyDeleteA mountain view sounds lovely! Thanks for co-hosting.
ReplyDeleteI agree! Nature with wildlife is incredibly peaceful and inspiring. Thanks for co-hosting!
ReplyDeleteThat Montana setting sounds great. I'd go there, too, but keep to my own space, so as not to bother you!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for co-hosting this month!
Mary at Play off the Page
Watching nature in action sounds like great inspiration for writing!
ReplyDeleteThe one thing I forgot in my post - I have to have natural light for writing spaces. It's a must - even if it's a narrow window. There's something about being able to see outside or at least see the sky that helps me write.
Happy writing!
I like what you said about nature in action. Any place is a good place as long as it has that. :-)
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Lovely ideas for a writing spot. I'm constantly writing in my head. And I can write anywhere. Once I sit down and let the inspirations flow, the outside world disappears. This year I'm having trouble with the first part - sitting down to write. Too much other stuff on my mind. Thanks for co-hosting. Blessings
ReplyDeleteMontana would be a good place to write. The last time I was there, we had no reliable internet, so there were few distractions to writing.
ReplyDeleteI'm with you on having those views! I'd enjoy both of your spots!!
ReplyDeleteSuch gorgeous places you picked! The mountain chalet--I would be distracted by all that gorgeous geology.
ReplyDeleteI write better when I'm alone, too. If hubby is around, I can write some because I know he won't be bugging me about what I'm working on, but anyone else, I get too self conscious and they get nosey.
ReplyDeleteAnywhere so lonely and pretty sounds perfect! Thanks for co-hosting this month.
ReplyDeleteSounds like some cool places to write! Hope your muse catches up with you there!
ReplyDelete"Peek above my laptop and watch nature in action" - Exactly!
ReplyDeleteThanks for co-hosting ;-)
I do love being alone with only views of nature out my window when I write. Thanks for co-hosting this month.
ReplyDeleteI'm right there with you, I can't write when others are around. It's easier for me since I live by myself LOL but I still love the idea of going somewhere quiet and remote. :)
ReplyDeleteI usually sit on the couch or the kitchen table to write. And if I can make it, at the library. But I’ve been in a writing slump this year. So instead of a place, there’s an object I’d like to sit in to write my next story and all the stories hereafter. The chair that JK Rowling sat in to write the Harry Potter books. I’m hoping there’s still inspirational magic imbued in it to write word after word after word.
ReplyDeleteI can usually write where I'm planted. I may tune others out, but I write.
ReplyDeleteThanks for co-hosting.
Teresa
Thank you for hosting this month's topic. I enjoyed reading your blog and discovering you as a favorite author/blogger. Keep up the good work! https://www.dianeweidenbenner.com/iwsg-first-wednesday-9-4-19/
ReplyDeleteFirst off, thanks for serving as one of the co-hosts this month.
ReplyDeleteSecond, if you can resist the attraction of the views available to you from a villa looking out on the Mediterranean and/or a chalet in Montana, you're a much more disciplined and dedicated writer than I am!
I have an inclination towards being a loner as well. I think some of my best times of writing were when I was living in a cabin near the Great Smoky Mountains back in the 1970s. My housemates all worked day jobs so during the day it was usually just me and magnificent mountain views. I felt very creative during those months.
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Tossing It Out
Awesome choices! I really need space where real people aren't running around making noise while my pretend people are trying to have a life!
ReplyDeleteI love to get away to write, as well. There is always someone around (and I love my family). I't just harder to be creative when you are getting interrupted, constantly.
ReplyDeleteYour dream location sounds fantastic. I love overlooking our pond (one we share with 26 other homes), but nature is too busy for me to write. So many birds to watch and then there's the muskrat who swims beautifully but digs in our yard. Thanks for co-hosting this month.
ReplyDeleteI like writing someplace with an expansive view, too. Opens the imagination. @samanthabwriter from
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Montana would be great, especially in the summer. I have a work conference in Montana every winter and since I'm not a skier, I get a little grumpy. But when I drove through Montana one summer, I was in awe of the beauty. Thanks for co-hosting!
ReplyDeleteThank you for hosting this month, Cathrina. May you always find that quiet nook to write. Some people can write at a noisy coffee shop. I'd rather find a corner in the library -- or somewhere (as you suggest) with a beautiful view.
ReplyDeleteYes with family around one wants to be a loner in order to get any writing done at all. The picture window through which you can see Montana's horses sounds ideal. Thanks for co-hositng the IWSG.
ReplyDeleteHi Cathrina,
ReplyDeleteI agree. Writing is a solitary thing. I also need a view, or be surrounded by books. Thank you for co-hosting. Happy IWSG day!
Thanks for co-hosting. The picture window in Montana sounds unbelievably beautiful & inspiring. I'm totally with you on needing my peace & quiet - distractions are impossible for me to work with.
ReplyDeleteI generally write better with a window to gaze out of for inspiration. Funnily enough, I've been doing that ever since the view was of houses, rooftops and industrial units. Maybe it's just the far distance that I need for my brain to expand out into?
ReplyDeleteGood luck with your Mediterranean dream.
I need a window or something to stare at which is at more of a distance than just a computer screen. And family does make it harder.
ReplyDeleteYes! We think alike. I'd choose any pretty location as inspiration. Or anywhere foggy, because that's where the spooky comes in. LOL.
ReplyDeleteI'm like you, can't write with the family around. A nice trip to someplace remote would be pretty nice. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for co-hosting!
Beautiful surroundings could be very beneficial to a writer's imagination. Sometimes, they even inspire new stories. Peace and quiet and solitude help too.
ReplyDeleteI love your list of perfect places to write. There's something special about being out in nature.
ReplyDeleteYour dream places to write sound lovely! And know what you mean about being a loner. I'm the same way as a writer!
ReplyDeleteI'd go for the Montana one with the picture window overlooking the mountains. I've been to Montana and think the Rockies are gorgeous. I so wish I was at the pitching stage with my college memoir.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for co-hosting September's question for IWSG. All best to you!
That sounds absolutely lovely. I'd love a quiet cabin in the mountains too. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm with you about that writing place - a beautiful view, without too many distractions that keep me from writing/editing. It helps when it's cold out, so I don't feel guilty about letting a gorgeous day pass by without getting out and about! Thank you for co-hosting this month!
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