Welcome to the November version of IWSG. Thank you to our founder, Alex J. Cavanaugh and all the admins of IWSG. Please join the others on this list as we share all our current insecurities.
Optional question:
When you began writing, what did you imagine your life as a writer would be like? Were you right, or has this experience presented you with some surprises along the way?
Well, I expected success because I was naive and thought if I just worked hard enough I could conquer this career because that was how I'd pretty much gone thought life and career before. Wow, did I have a lot to learn and I'm still learning it. My success in on the low end of moderate, but I'm still working at it.
One of the most rewarding part of writing for me is the need to keep learning though it is really difficult to keep up. And to add to the interesting part, there's always a new threat. I've been in the busiess long enough to remember the fears that e-books were going to close libraries. Then the big publishers and many of their authors spread the fear that small presses would ruin books and lower their quality. Than self-publishing would be the end of books.
Some threats have been constant, like book pirates. And now we have the AI threat, the first one I'm actually concerned about.
One thing I didn't expect in my writing career was how heavily I would get involved in a writing group. Pennwriters is amazing and running conferences for them is very fulfilling. But by next year at this time, I hope to have extricated myself from most of my responsibilities there and concentrate on my own writing.
My husband and I are enjoying The Last Frontier on AppleTV and Slow Horses was its usual fun ride as the band of misfit spies saved the day again. Haven't started the new season of The Witcher yet. Still mourning the exit of Henry Cavill.
I'm finally going to get real glasses today instead of just the readers I use now. I've noticed road signs aren't readable as early as they used to be. I guess I should be glad to have gone over 60 years without needing them before now.
Fnished my 5,000 piece puzzle. It was pretty challenging because so much of it was similar colors. I have a 6,000 piece puzzle awaiting but I'm waiting until after Christmas to start. It takes up too much space and I need the room for family staying for the holidays. I did read a study that said jigsaw puzzles are major stress busters. I concur.
Hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving and have many reasons to give thanks. Save travels if you're going elsewhere.
How has your writing journey progressed? Disappointing, amazing, or inbetween? Are you traveling for the holidays.