Happy Insecure Writers Support Group Day. IWSG is the brainchild of Ninja Captain 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! Thanks, Alex, for starting this group and keeping it going.
I'm thrilled to join this month's awesome hosts: Kim Lajevardi, Sylvia Ney, Sarah Foster, Jennifer Hawes, and Madeline Mora-Summonte!
This month's optional question is one I'm happy to answer.
Of all the genres you read and write, which is your favorite to write in and why?
Science Fiction Romance. My first published novel was a sci-fi romance. After being rejected so many times for contemporary romances, I decided to write for fun and, amazingly, Switched was accepted by a niche publisher.
I read and write science fiction because it reinforces my belief in a future. That other sentients live in our universe. That faster-than-light (FTL) speed is/will be possible. That we (humans) will explore other planets, either by traveling through wormholes or developing engines with warp or FTL drive.
Relationships are important to stories. Without characters, the stories would be dry scientific texts. Characters who work together make the story more interesting. Even better, characters who fall in love reinforce my belief that happy ever after is possible. It's a belief in the future of humankind.
Combining science fiction with a strong relationship (romance) is my favorite genre to write--both for adults and for middle school age children.
When wise-cracking Jessie Wyndom
is beamed from her farmhouse in Ann Arbor, MI aboard an Alliance starship, she
meets a regular Mr. Spock. Captain Marcus Viator's well-organized life is
turned upside down by a free-spirited Terran. Fate brings them together. Treachery
tears them apart.
Her father is
gone! Taken by the Queen of Compara’s agents. Fifteen-year-old Mara has to rescue him before the
Queen tortures and kills him.
Instead of the
kind, loving father she’s always known, he’s become demanding, critical, with
impossible expectations—not just as Father but also as the only teacher in their
frontier outpost. Mara would rather scoop zircan poop than listen to another
boring lecture about governments on Central Planets. Give her a starship engine
to take apart or, better yet, fly, and she’s happy. Now, he’s gone.
Never mind,
they’ve had a rocky road lately.
Never mind,
Father promised she could go off planet to Tech Institute next month when she turns
fifteen, where she’ll learn to fly starships.
Never mind, she
ran away because she’s furious with him because he reneged on that promise.
Father is her only parent. She has to save him.
Ebooks: Amazon
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Print: Amazon
Guidelines and rules:
Word count: 3500-5000
Genre: Middle Grade Historical – Adventure/Fantasy
Theme: Voyagers
Submissions accepted: May 1 - September 4, 2019
How to enter: Send your polished, formatted (double-spaced, no footers or headers), previously unpublished story to admin @insecurewriterssupportgroup.
Word count: 3500-5000
Genre: Middle Grade Historical – Adventure/Fantasy
Theme: Voyagers
Submissions accepted: May 1 - September 4, 2019
How to enter: Send your polished, formatted (double-spaced, no footers or headers), previously unpublished story to admin @insecurewriterssupportgroup.
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