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Wednesday, March 6, 2024

IWSG DAY, MARCH 6, 2024, NOT GOING THAT ROUTE, By Pat Garcia @pat_garcia @TheIWSG #IWSG









Welcome to our third IWSG Day of the year for 2024. 

 

IWSG is a writers' support group created and led by Alex J. Cavanaugh. 

 

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 kinds!

 

This group is an immense help to many of us who do not mind sharing our insecurities and successes or giving others encouragement and support. 

So, if you are interested and would like to join, the link below will lead you directly to us.

 

https://www.insecurewriterssupportgroup.com/p/iwsg-sign-up.html

 

 

Submissions: None

 

Our Twitter handle is @TheIWSG, and the hashtag is #IWSG.

 

 

The awesome co-hosts for the March 6 posting of the IWSG are Kristina Kelly, Miffie Seideman,Jean Davis, and Liza @ Middle Passages!





 

 

 Not Going That Route

 

I haven't played with AI nor plan to do any of what I consider the actual work of a writer with AI. Writing a synopsis is a part of my duty as a writer. I said in another blog post last year that the impact of AI  on creative writing could be tremendous because not every writer is honest. I don't think writers plan or intend to be dishonest, but after struggling for years and still not getting a publishing contract, AI could persuade many to go that route.

 

There are too many ramifications to using AI. Therefore, I am sticking to putting my creative thoughts together and doing whatever is necessary to learn what I don't know about writing one step at a time. 

 

Have a lovely month of March, everyone, and take care.

 

Shalom shalom

 


 









Pat Garcia





Wednesday, February 7, 2024

IWSG DAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2024, VISITING BLOGS By Pat Garcia n@pat_garcia @TheIWSG #IWSG











Welcome to our second IWSG Day of the year for 2024. 

 

IWSG is a writers' support group created and led by Alex J. Cavanaugh. 

 

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 kinds!

 

This group is an immense help to many of us who do not mind sharing our insecurities and successes or giving others encouragement and support. 

So, if you are interested and would like to join, the link below will lead you directly to us.

 

https://www.insecurewriterssupportgroup.com/p/iwsg-sign-up.html

 

 

Submissions: None

 

Our Twitter handle is @TheIWSG, and the hashtag is #IWSG.

 

 

The awesome co-hosts for the February 7 posting of the IWSG are SE White,Janet Alcorn, Victoria Marie Lees, and Cathrina Constantine! 

 

 


 

 

VISITING BLOGS



Visiting blogs these days is a test of anyone's patience.

What bothers me most is trying to find the IWSG post.

I like to find the posting facing me when I open the person's blog. 

 

I wish everyone a lovely February. 

 

Shalom shalom











Pat Garcia

Wednesday, January 3, 2024

IWSG DAY, January 3, 2024, My Rule for Gaining Followers and Following Back By Pat Garcia, @pat_garcia, @TheIWSG, #IWSG, #WritingJourney





Welcome to our first IWSG Day of the year for 2024. 

 

IWSG is a writers' support group created and led by Alex J. Cavanaugh. 

 

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 kinds!

 

This group is an immense help to many of us who do not mind sharing our insecurities and successes or giving others encouragement and support. 

So, if you are interested and would like to join, the link below will lead you directly to us.

 

https://www.insecurewriterssupportgroup.com/p/iwsg-sign-up.html

 

 

Submissions: Submitted to the WEP Anthology


Our Twitter handle is @TheIWSG, and the hashtag is #IWSG.

 

 

The awesome co-hosts for the January 3 posting of the IWSG are Joylene Nowell Butler, Olga Godim, Diedre Knight, and Natalie Aguirre!




My Rule for Gaining Followers and Following Back

 

 

I have begun to look at Mastodon. I am still with X, but I want other options. 

I am on Book Bud, but I haven’t taken the time to get involved with it to say that I follow readers who follow me on Book Bud only. I can say that I follow readers who follow me consistently and put out the word about what I write as long as they are on social media that I am comfortable with. 

 

Wishing all of you a successful 2024. 

 

 

Shalom shalom

 

 











Pat Garcia

Wednesday, December 6, 2023

IWSG DAY, DECEMBER 6, 2023, MY METHODS FOR REVIEWING A BOOK, By Pat Garcia, @pat_garcia @TheIWSG #IWSG







Welcome to our Last  IWSG Day of the year for 2023. 

 

IWSG is a writers' support group created and led by Alex J. Cavanaugh. 

 

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 kinds!

 

This group is an immense help to many of us who do not mind sharing our insecurities and successes or giving others encouragement and support. 

So, if you are interested and would like to join, the link below will lead you directly to us.

 

https://www.insecurewriterssupportgroup.com/p/iwsg-sign-up.html

 

 

SubmissionsI made the shortlist in the WEP’s, The Phantom of the Opera Challenge that was held in October 2023.

NEWS: I finished NaNo. 


 

Our Twitter handle is @TheIWSG, and the hashtag is #IWSG.


The awesome co-hosts for the December 6 posting of the IWSG are C. Lee McKenzie, JQ Rose, Jennifer Lane, and Jacqui Murray!

 

 



 

 

MY METHODS FOR REVIEWING A BOOK

 

Every book I read for review is not usually the genre I write in. Thus, my critique is based on my experience with the book. When I start reading it, I hope to quickly get into the story if it is fiction or promptly move into the subject matter I am reading about if it is non-fiction. 

For a book that is well written, I sink into the book quite fast. 

If a book is filled with many typos, missing words, and/or the structure is so far out, I need to figure out what the author is trying to say; I put the book down and write my review telling why I couldn't get into the book. 

I do my best to be respectful to all authors, but being compliant does not mean giving a poorly written book a high rating. When people read my reviews, they ask for my honest opinion, and that is what I want to give them.

 

 

With this last post of the year, I wish all of you a Merry Christmas and a blessed crossover into 2024, and I hope to see you again on the IWSG DAY Platform on January 3, 2024.

 

 

 

Shalom shalom

 

 


 







Pat Garcia










Wednesday, November 1, 2023

IWSG DAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2023, NaNo – A Good Place To Write That First Draft By Pat Garcia #IWSG @TheWEP @TheIWSG @pat_garcia




Welcome to our eleventh IWSG Day of the year, 2023. 

 

IWSG is a writers' support group created and led by Alex Cavanaugh. 

 

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 kinds!

 

This group is an immense help to many of us who do not mind sharing our insecurities and successes or giving others encouragement and support. 

So, if you are interested and would like to join, the link below will lead you directly to us.

 

https://www.insecurewriterssupportgroup.com/p/iwsg-sign-up.html

 

 

Submissions: WEP, The Phantom of the Opera, October 18, 2023 

 

Won: The Best Book Cover for Janie B at The RRBC’s Online Writer’s Conference and Book Expo

 

 

The awesome co-hosts for the November 1 posting of the IWSG are PJ Colando, Jean Davis,Lisa Buie Collard, and Diedre Knight!

 

 

 


 

NaNo – A Good Place To Write That First Draft 

 

The unrevised manuscripts in my computer are witnesses to my participation in NaNo. For me, NaNo is hard work. So, I am shutting down as many outside activities that have nothing to do with NaNo to achieve my goal this time–– the first draft of my new book. 

It may be a novella or a novel, and I have an idea: my characters are talking to me, and I want to see what happens. 

 

I wish you a lovely November and a Happy Thanksgiving for those in the USA! Enjoy your family and the feast.

 

Shalom shalom






Pat Garcia






Wednesday, October 4, 2023

IWSG DAY, OCTOBER 4, 2023, HAVEN’T CAST MY VOTE FOR OR AGAINST AI, YET By Pat Garcia @pat_garcia @TheWEP #IWSG







Welcome to our tenth IWSG Day of the year, 2023. 

 

IWSG is a writers' support group created and led by Alex Cavanaugh. 

 

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 kinds!

 

This group is an immense help to many of us who do not mind sharing our insecurities and successes or giving others encouragement and support. 

So, if you are interested and would like to join, the link below will lead you directly to us.

 

https://www.insecurewriterssupportgroup.com/p/iwsg-sign-up.html

 

 

Submission : None

 

 

The awesome co-hosts for the October 4 posting of the IWSG are Natalie Aguirre, Kim Lajevardi, Debs Carey, Gwen Gardner, Patricia Josephine, and Rebecca Douglass!

 

 

 


 

 

 

HAVEN’T CAST MY VOTE FOR OR AGAINST AI, YET

 

My vote about AI is still out, not because I'm scared. Someone has to address the many factors in favor of AI concerning honesty and other moral ethics questions that I have. Since AI doesn't have a conscience, it can swipe, copy, and steal passages of manuscripts or any business or scientific documentation. Uncovering any damage done to the writer or author would take years.

 

Have a lovely month of October!




 








Shalom shalom

 

 

 

Pat Garcia



Wednesday, September 6, 2023

IWSG DAY, September 6, 2023 Happy 12th Birthday, IWSG! @TheWEP #IWSG @pat_garcia




Welcome to our ninth  IWSG Day of the year, 2023. 

 

IWSG is a writers' support group created and led by Alex Cavanaugh. 

 

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 kinds!

 

This group is an immense help to many of us who do not mind sharing our insecurities and successes or giving others encouragement and support. 

So, if you are interested and would like to join, the link below will lead you directly to us.

 

https://www.insecurewriterssupportgroup.com/p/iwsg-sign-up.html

 

Submissions: None


The awesome co-hosts for the September 6  are Sonia Dogra, J Lenni Dorner, Pat Garcia, Sarah - The Faux Fountain Pen, and Meka James!









Happy 12th Birthday, IWSG!


I learned about the IWSG while participating in the A to Z Challenge and tried it. 

That was some years ago, and  I'm still here. It was and is a decision that I don't regret. 

Happy 12th Birthday, IWSG!

You're simply one of the best. 


Shalom shalom


















Pat Garcia