IWSG May 2019, Introverts vs. Extroverts, and The Smoulder

Hello everyone and as always thanks for stopping by. These are the co-hosts for May 2019’s Insecure Writers Support Group brought to you by Alex J. Cavanaugh and his team of co-hosts: Lee Lowry, Juanita Key, Yvonne Ventresca and T. Powell Coltrin. 

Be sure to stop by their sites and give them some love for all their hard work this month! 

May 1 Question What was an early experience where you learned that language had power? 

Well I must say being a bit of an introvert I struggled early with all aspects of language; verbal, physical, subtle, the smoulder, etc. So I learned to take it slow and easy. I’ve always been a bit of a slow starter, but make no mistake I’m in this for the long haul. 

The Smoulder

I realized in junior high gym class we’d have to run distances. My gm teacher, she knew me from being a teacher in elementary school with a wicked sense of humor, mocked me as I quickly fell to the back of the pack. But I showed her and beat the crowd as I eventually passed each of them to finish first. 

Okay, back to language. I’m far better with the written than the spoken word. Dealing with people is a bit of a challenge sometimes but I learned a long time ago to ‘Fake It Until I make it’. It works for me. I found the balance and can produce results and in the end this is what matters. It’s not necessarily how you start it’s how you finish. 

Question Do you consider yourself more of an extrovert or an introvert?

April 2019 IWSG

Hello everyone and as always thanks for stopping by. These are the co-hosts for October 2018’s Insecure Writers Support Group brought to you by Alex J. Cavanaugh and his team of co-hosts: J.H. Moncrieff, Natalie Aguirre, Patsy Collins and Chemist Ken. 

April 2019 Question If you could use a wish to help you write just ONE scene/chapter of your book, which one would it be? 



Fantasy writers often need to create entire new worlds. This means a writer has to create an entire new setting which includes geography, maps, kingdoms, cities, peoples and creatures, social and political rules, social classes, wars, technology, magic, paranormal events, a history of how the setting came to be and possibly languages and how people speak.  

Whew! That’s a lot! 



Harry Potter, The Hobbit, Game of Thrones, many Disney movies and Star Wars are classic examples. Whether it’s writing the material yourself or reading books or bringing these stories to the big screen and TV you can see how much work goes into creating and developing these new worlds, people and creatures. 

This is a lot of work. So writing a new setting for a fantasy world is what I would spend my one wish on. 

Question Have you had to create new worlds and the individual components that make up the settings?