Insecure Writer’s Support Group Blog Hop (Feb. 2020)

This is my second time participating in the Insecure Writer’s Support Group (if you missed the first post, you can check it out here). If you are a fellow writer, they have tons of great resources, so you’ll want to check out their site. And you can follow along with the blog hop here.

February 3 question – Blogging is often more than just sharing stories. It’s often the start of special friendships and relationships. Have you made any friends through the blogosphere?

I have made so many friends through my blog and other social media sites! I have found many supportive writer friends as well as some great writer groups. There are so many it would be hard to name them all, but here are a few of my favorites (some are reading blogs, and some are writing blogs):

L.M. Durand’s Little Book Corner – There is a lot of great bookish content to be found here! 🙂

Fairy Tale Central – This is an awesome site with all things you could possibly want to know about fairy tales, and since I write fairy tale retellings, I use it often.

Tessa Talks Books This is another great book review blog.

The Story Sanctuary – I love all the book reviews on this site, and there is also info about bookish giveaways and contests!

The Geekish Brunette – This is another site with all kinds of bookish content.

Kira Jeanette – This blog has both reading and writing content! 🙂

Mica Scott Cole – This is a great blog for writers with lots of helpful articles on writing!

Ronel the Mythmaker – Ronel particpates in this blog hop as well, and it was through her blog that I found out about the Insecure Writer’s Support Group. Tons of great stuff on her blog. 🙂

Camilla Tracy – Camilla is part of my wonderful writing group!

Stars, Quills, and Crumpled Papers – This is my sister’s blog, so kind of had to include it. 🙂 She has some great articles with lots of writing tips.

How about you? What are some of your favorite blogs? Let me know in the comments!

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Insecure Writer’s Support Group Blog Hop

I just discovered this writer’s group – The Insecure Writer’s Support Group. There are all kinds of resources for writers on their website and they have a blog hop as well. (Check out the blog hop and all the participants here.)

The official posting day for the blog hop is the first Wednesday of the month, so my post is late, but it was a fun question to answer, so I decided to just go ahead and answer it! 🙂

January 6 question – Being a writer, when you’re reading someone else’s work, what stops you from finishing a book/throws you out of the story/frustrates you the most about other people’s books?

There are not many things that stop me from finishing a book, but I do get frustrated with certain things:

Killing /cruelty to animals – I absolutely hate this, and it can often be enough for me to stop reading a book. Although many times it happens at the very end of the book, so then I’m angry that I wasted my time reading the book. In most instances, there is no reason for this.

I hate to even have to mention this one, but amateurish writing – writing that overuses adverbs, tells rather than shows, and head hops. And yes, I have read publishing house books that have all these things in them.

Stream of consciousness writing – Sorry, I just can’t get into it, and this is another case where I will often stop reading.

What about you? What’s one thing that will make you stop reading a book?