IWSG: The Sick Edition (#19)

Insecure Writers' Support Group (IWSG) is a really awesome meme that you should be doing along with the rest of us writers. Unless you truly are happy with your writing and don't feel the need to vent about your insecurities because they don't exist for you. But, really.... Don't they?  
IWSG is hosted by Captain Ninja Alex at his blog, Alex J. Cavanaugh.

 

 

Sorry for the long absence from IWSG! It has been four months since my last confession post, but I'm trying to find reasons to join in on the blog hop again.

 

My insecurity comes from having spent the last two to three months being sick with everything you can think of, making writing a very difficult thing to do regularly. I haven't fallen behind on my word count goal for the year (thankfully), but it's discouraging feeling like I'm going to get better soon so I can write more regularly, and then discovering that I get sick with something else, again.

 

It does seem like my health is improving now, so I might truly be able to keep up with a regular writing schedule. It's Tuesday night as I write this, and I managed to write about 1,000 words on Monday and around 600 today, so far. Hopefully, this trend keeps up. As a writer, I need to be able to do what I'm supposed to be doing, which is to write. Being constantly ill and unable to get any writing done for a prolonged period is a surefire way to overcome writer apathy/evasion. ;)

 

Also, my writing partner Lan Chan just published her FIRST novel ever, Poison, only yesterday! She's really going places. Please go check it out if you at all love Young Adult dystopia fiction and the kind of gritty action from The Hunger Games. It won't disappoint!

 

Since the night her mother was murdered, sixteen-year-old Rory Gray has known one truth: There are no good Seeders. In post-apocalyptic Australia, the scientists known as Seeders have built a Citadel surrounded by food-producing regions and populated with refugees from the wars and famine. To maintain their control, the Seeders poisoned the land and outlawed the saving of seeds. It’s been six years since Rory graced the Seeders’ circus stage as the Wind Dancer and still the scars on her body haven’t healed. Even worse are the scars on her heart, left by a Seeder boy who promised to protect her. Now the Seeders are withholding supplies from Rory’s region for perceived disobedience. Utilizing the Wanderer knowledge she received from her mother, Rory must journey to the Citadel through uninhabitable terrain to plead for mercy. However, the Citadel isn’t as Rory remembered. The chief plant geneticist is dying and rumors fly that the store of viable seed is dwindling. The Seeders are desperate to find a seed bank they believe Rory can locate, and they will stop at nothing to get it. To defy the Seeders means death. But Rory has been close to death before--this time she’s learned the value of poison. 

Recommended for fans of The Hunger Games, strong protagonists, circuses and nature!

 

Poison (Wind Dancer, #1) is only $3.99 at Amazon | Amazon UK | Amazon AUS | Smashwords | Kobo

 

New Book Release! Poison by Lan Chan

Today, my writing partner, Lan Chan, is celebrating the release of her first novel, Poison (Wind Dancer, #1)! Yay! I'm so excited for her, as we have both been working on developing our writing craft and skills for years together. She is finally ready to plunge into the world of self-publishing and embark on a new chapter in her life as an author of fiction. (Also, isn't this cover gorgeous?)

Since the night her mother was murdered, sixteen-year-old Rory Gray has known one truth: There are no good Seeders. In post-apocalyptic Australia, the scientists known as Seeders have built a Citadel surrounded by food-producing regions and populated with refugees from the wars and famine. To maintain their control, the Seeders poisoned the land and outlawed the saving of seeds. It’s been six years since Rory graced the Seeders’ circus stage as the Wind Dancer and still the scars on her body haven’t healed. Even worse are the scars on her heart, left by a Seeder boy who promised to protect her. Now the Seeders are withholding supplies from Rory’s region for perceived disobedience. Utilizing the Wanderer knowledge she received from her mother, Rory must journey to the Citadel through uninhabitable terrain to plead for mercy. However, the Citadel isn’t as Rory remembered. The chief plant geneticist is dying and rumors fly that the store of viable seed is dwindling. The Seeders are desperate to find a seed bank they believe Rory can locate, and they will stop at nothing to get it. To defy the Seeders means death. But Rory has been close to death before--this time she’s learned the value of poison. 

Recommended for fans of The Hunger Games, strong protagonists, circuses and nature!

*Pick up your copy at Smashwords / Amazon US / Amazon UK / Amazon AUS