Hello, Inland Northwest Writers Guild members. I'm new to Spokane and interested in learning about the next meeting of the INWWG. Your January meeting with Gray Wolf Press looked very interesting. Is another meeting set for February yet?

I'm currently three years into a historical novel set in 19th Century Scotland. I try to write poetry weekly, and this is our first winter in Spokane. Thumbs up to internet access, two blogs (maybe three now), Facebook (sometimes), and thumbs down to Twitter (s… Continue

So my book is coming right along, still no idea for a title but that isn't overly important right now. I have a few thoughts. I have three people currently reading what I write as I write it but not a whole lot of response right now. That's also because I haven't written much. I have a strong story line though, it will be very hard to deviate from it. It is fixated into my brain. I am super excited, here's how my day goes:
1. Get up and get abby up.
2. Get ready, grab food.
3. Take Abby to schoo… Continue

One year, three weeks, and two days ago I sat down and stared at my keyboard and expected it to magically do something.

So I'm not like Carrie, nothing happened.

Let's see what happens when i poke a key.

Ooh, it did something.

Let's repeat that and see what happens.

1,239,613 strokes and five weeks later a book was wrapped.

Huh. That was easy. Perhaps too easy.

Let's try that again.

941,489 key strokes and four weeks later a sequel was wrapped.

Huh. Again. That was easy. Perhaps too eas… Continue

So it is simply a beginning but I couldn't stop writing notes down as they came to me, progressively how I wanted the book to become. I didn't want to write just another "fantasy" book but I wanted something that was essentially a part of me, my personality. I have absolutely no idea what it will be titled, I will worry about that later. I know that despite the fact that I can spell wonderfully I am not great at grammar or sentence structure. I would like to find beta readers as I get a few chap… Continue

Russ Davis filled our heads full of valuable information concerning the state of small press publishing these days, and offered several "success" stories about authors he is either helping with their first book(s) or reissuing. Members were pleased to have lots of time to ask questions and talk about relevant issues for them personally.

INWG looks forward to having more such speakers in the future, so stay tuned!

Linda