Cozy Mystery Writing Update | IWSG

The Insecure Writer's Support Group (IWSG) is a place to share and encourage, where writers can express their doubts and concerns without appearing foolish or weak. It's a great place to mingle with like minded people each month during IWSG day.

Every month there's an optional question which may prompt folks to share advice, insights, a personal experience or story. Some folks answer the question in their IWSG blog post or let it inspire them if they're struggling with what to say.

This month's question is:

"What was an early experience where you learned that language has power?"

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Rather than answer this month's question, I've decided to give you an update on how things are going with my latest cozy mystery - Poisoned by the Pier.

"Boo! Hiss! That's boring! Bring back Simon the Time Traveling Cat!"

Whoa. Settle down, people. Simon will be back next month. I promise.

"We want Simon now! Even your graphic is boring. No one wants to look at a picture of a computer and a notebook, especially with such dull colors."

Okay, here's the thing - my creativity is tapped out. I've got nothing for you. Nothing. Nada. Zilch. Which I guess is one of my writing insecurities. What if I don't have any creative juices left? What if I was born with a finite amount and I've squeezed every last drop out writing Poisoned by the Pier?

{Gentle, reassuring comments welcome below.}

But enough about me. Let's talk about Poisoned by the Pier.

Wait. . .that's about me too. I wrote the darn thing after all.

"OMG. Enough waffling about! Just get on with it already!"

Fine. You win.

So you know how I {gasp} skipped IWSG last month? That's because my hubby and I were in the Bahamas helping a friend bring his boat back to Florida. I knew that I wouldn't be able to get much writing done while on board, so I worked myself into a frenzy practically rewriting my entire book in March so that I could send it out to beta readers before we left on April 1st.

{Let's take a moment of silence to thank those awesome beta readers - you guys rock!}

When we got back to the States, they had sent their feedback through. I then spent last week making final changes to the manuscript before sending it off to my editor on Monday. Provided he doesn't find any major issues and all goes well, I'm hoping to publish it in June. Keep your fingers crossed for me, people.

{One more shout-out - this time to my hubby who has read this manuscript for what must seem like a million times. He's the best alpha reader, beta reader, omega reader (is there such a thing?) and all around good egg a girl could have.}

Now, to get you in the mood, and because that graphic above was so boring looking, here's a fun marketing graphic I made for Poisoned by the Pier. Anyone fancy a tropical drink on the beach?

How about you? What's been going on in your neck of the woods? What's your favorite drink?

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