Sabrina's Blog

All writers are insecure at various times throughout their writing journey and I'm definitely no different. So I've joined in on the  Insecure Writers Support Group Blog Hop . The 1st Wednesday of each month I'll post about the insecurities I've been struggling with and/or conquered, and answer that month's IWSG question. I recently submitted the 3rd book in The Gate Keeper Chronicles to my editor. And now the waiting begins. I don't know about all of you, but this is always the point where I second guess myself while I wait for my editor to read the book and tell me what she thinks. It's torture! My editor is amazing and I'm not at all scared of her...sort of...😆😆😆 Thank goodness this month is NaNoWriMo. I'm channeling all my worry toward completing a prequel novella for this same series. After all, I'm going to worry regardless, so I might as well make it productive worrying. What do you do while waiting to hear what someone thin...

This month marks the half-way point  of my term as President of the Oklahoma City Writers, Inc. As I prepare this week for our 1st summer workshop meeting, I must admit that I am smiling. So far I have managed to do exactly what I set out to do when I decided to take on this new endeavor. 1)I've brought new life into a group that seemed a bit tired. 2)I've reached many new writers that didn't even know this group, that has been around for almost 100 years, was here. 3)I've made so many new friends and valuable connections. 4)I've found a critique group home. And it is only half way!!!! I cannot wait to see what the 2nd half of my term brings. Hopefully a contract from the publishing house I submitted to 4 weeks ago! *wink wink* Do you belong to a writing community? If not, I would encourage you to look around. Google is an amazing tool for finding your local community. That is how I found my group! If you belong to a local group, give them a shout out an...