ISWG Monthly Blog for March

Another month come and gone! Sadly, it didn’t take winter with it! As I sit here this morning, the school buses are cancelled again because Old Man Winter is being a jerk again. I don’t know about you, but I’ve had more than enough of the 22-23 winter season. Twenty-one days until spring. It can’t come soon enough.

March 1 question – Have you ever read a line in novel or a clever plot twist that caused you to have author envy?

Anyone who answers no to this question has to be lying. Let’s face it. Most of us became writers for that very reason. We envied what others had written and wanted to prove to ourselves and the world that we could do it, too.

My desire to become a writer started in my pre-teens when I used to read the novels my mother bought me or the ones I picked up at the library. As an asthmatic in the late fifties, early sixties, I had no puffers to stop me from hacking my way through allergy season. When things got really bad, I spent a few days in the hospital on oxygen until the episode resolved itself. My best friends were Nancy Drew, Annette, Trixie Belden, and The Hardy Boys. I would read my books, and when I was done with them, I would let my imagination create other adventures for the characters. Back in those pre-computer days, I filled notebooks with ideas that never went anywhere.

As I got older, my choices in reading became more eclectic. I consumed historical novels, dined on Harlequin Romances, and mysteries. Sherlock Holmes, Miss Marple, and Hercule Poirot became my go-to heroes. I loved the way Doyle and Christie pulled the stories together.

Now, as an author, I seek to emulate those classics. Am I succeeding? I hope so. Nothing would please me more than hearing a budding author say that I inspired them to become a writer because they wanted to write like me.

Hope March is kind to us all. Check out other posts on this topic here. https://www.insecurewriterssupportgroup.com/p/iwsg-sign-up.html