It's the first Wednesday of the month,
the day that members of the
Insecure Writer's Support Group
share their writing struggles
and writing successes
and offer their encouragement
and support to fellow writers.
To visit the IWSG website, click here.
To become a member of the IWSG, click here.
Our wonderful co-hosts who are volunteering today,
along with IWSG founder Alex Cavanaugh are:
Beverly Stowe McClure, Lisa Buie-Collard, Erika Beebe, and me: Fundy Blue!
I hope you have a chance to visit today's hosts and thank them for co-hosting.
I'm sure they would appreciate a visit and an encouraging comment.
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a personal experience, or a story in their IWSG posts.
Or, the question can inspire members
if they aren't sure what to write about on IWSG Day.
Remember the question is optional.
This month's featured question is:
Whose perspective do you like to write from best, the hero (protagonist) or the villain (antagonist)? And why?
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Happy IWSG Day, Everyone!
I don't know about you, but I'm so ready for spring!
We're in the middle of a deep freeze,
and I wish spring would hurry up and get here.
My Grandmother MacDonald always warned me not to wish my life away,
but here I am ignoring her again.
Only nine or ten weeks to go!
So Done with This!
Out My Front Door
Aurora, Colorado, USA
Out My Front Door
Aurora, Colorado, USA
Winter 2016
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So Ready for This!
Along Piney Creek
Aurora, Colorado, USA
Along Piney Creek
Aurora, Colorado, USA
Spring 2017
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Right now we're supposed to be in Honolulu, Hawaii,
but instead we are at home hanging out near the fireplace.
All our traveling in the past several years caught up with us,
and we had a pile of put-off-things to take care of.
We realized that life would be a whole lot calmer and less stressful,
if we hit pause and took care of things now instead of being even more crunched later.
I find myself going back and forth between feeling blue and feeling relieved.
Out with White and in with Green!
Along Piney Creek
Aurora, Colorado, USA
Along Piney Creek
Aurora, Colorado, USA
Spring 2017
© M. Louise (MacBeath) Barbour/Fundy Blue
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I typically write non-fiction, and the work I'm focusing on currently is a memoir
with my father and myself as the main characters.
I consider us both flawed protagonists.
The longer I live, the more I see the world in shades of grey
and less in black and white.
I also have a novel in the works; and again,
I'm writing from the perspective of a flawed protagonist.
I'm fascinated by the internal struggle
between the light and the dark in a protagonist,
about the overcoming or the failure and why.
Longing for May Skies
Along Piney Creek
Aurora, Colorado, USA
Spring 2017
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While we're taking making decisions and taking care of responsibilities
(not bad, just complicated),
I'm working on two other beneficial outcomes,
closing in on achieving several long-term health goals
and clearing my mind so I can work my way out of a quandary
I've encountered in writing my memoir.
Accomplishing these is worth the sacrifice of a trip to Honolulu.
At least I hope so!
A Favorite Pool in Spring
Along Piney Creek
Aurora, Colorado, USA
Spring 2017
© M. Louise (MacBeath) Barbour/Fundy Blue
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Happy Writing in March!
I'm looking forward to visiting around!
The Conservatory
Bellagio
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
February 7, 2018
Photo by Terry Barbour
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