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:
J. H. Moncrieff, Natalie Aguirre, Patsy Collins, and Chemist Ken.
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:
If you could use a wish to help you write just ONE scene/chapter of your book, which one would it be? (examples: fight scene / first kiss scene / death scene / chase scene / first chapter / middle chapter / end chapter, etc.)
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Happy IWSG Day, Everyone!
I apologize for posting late today and for the fact
that I will be later getting around to visit today.
We arrived home late yesterday evening
after an intense week of traveling, community checking, and house hunting.
Not Quite Eight Miles High ~ Again
Sunrise Manor, Nevada, USA
Sunrise Manor, Nevada, USA
April 2, 2019
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March has been a month, and we have been working through a number of major things,
one of which is relocating to a warmer place.
We have possibly found a community and have possibly found a house.
More intensity to come and more writing to come.
I've had a lot of intensity this past month and little writing.
I am sad at the prospect of leaving Colorado after thirty-seven years;
but I know Terry's biggest retirement dream is to live in a sunny, snow free place,
and I support his dream.
He has made huge sacrifices for me throughout our decades together,
and now it is time for me to return the favor.
It will be hard to leave my beloved Piney Creek and my furry friends,
not to mention all the treasured connections I have with my friends, community, and home.
Upper Pool
Along My Stretch of Piney Creek
Aurora, Colorado, USA
Along My Stretch of Piney Creek
Aurora, Colorado, USA
March 12, 2019
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Terry has pointed out that, if we do move,All Rights Reserved
A Furry Friend
Along My Stretch of Piney Creek
Aurora, Colorado, USA
Along My Stretch of Piney Creek
Aurora, Colorado, USA
March 12, 2019
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I'll have a much bigger open space to explore:
the magnificent Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area
just a few miles west of Las Vegas.
This conservation area is a world-renowned geological wonder
with some of the most diverse flora and fauna found on our planet.
It consists of 195,819 acres within the Mojave Desert,
and it encompasses 600 million years of geological history.
redrockcanyonlv.org
Red Rock Canyon Conservation Area
Mount Wilson (left) and Rainbow Mountain (right)
A few miles west of Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Mount Wilson (left) and Rainbow Mountain (right)
A few miles west of Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
April 2, 2019
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For me the highlight of this special place is the Keystone Thrust Fault
where older gray Paleozoic limestones and dolomites have ridden over
younger red and tan Jurassic sandstones.
The Keystone Thrust Fault
Red Rock Canyon Conservation Area
Wikimedia
Attribution: Ken Lund
Originally Posted: Flickr
Red Rock Canyon Conservation Area
Wikimedia
Attribution: Ken Lund
Originally Posted: Flickr
There are spots in Red Rock Canyon
where you can place one foot higher on ancient limestone
and the other lower on young sandstone,
and the temporal difference is 250 million years
(give or take a few million).
The paleoenvironments represented by the limestones
and the sandstones are equally impressive.
Five hundred million years ago,
an ancient ocean existed in this area,
where limey sediments accumulated for 250 million years.
One hundred eighty-five million years ago,
a vast desert of sand dunes existed in this location,
where windblown sands roamed for 10 million years.
Concurrent with the demise of the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous Period,
sixty-five million years ago,
monumental forces shoved the older rocks
on top of the younger like a plow pushing snow.
At that pivotal time, the ancient Farallon oceanic plate began to subduct or sink
below the western edge of the North American continental plate.
As a result the Sierra Nevada granite batholith intruded
(think Half Dome, Yosemite),
forming the core of the modern Sierra Mountain Range in California
and creating compressional forces that thrust the Paleozoic limestones
east and over the Jurassic sandstones in the Keystone Thrust.
Half Dome, Yosemite,
a classic granite dome of the Sierra Nevada Batholith
Yosemite National Park, California, USA
Attribution: Jon Sullivan
And what does all this have to do with this month's IWSG question?
It is oh so much easier to write about rocks than to write a romantic, erotic scene.
I'd love to conjure up a genie to grant a wish for help with that!
The just-announced genre for the next IWSG anthology
is Middle Grade Historical: Adventure/Fantasy.
Perhaps I can come up with a rock angle!
Happy Writing in April!
I'm looking forward to visiting around!
On Southwest Airlines
Over Kanab, Utah, USA
March 26, 2019
Photo by Terry Barbour
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