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The Insecure Writer’s Support Group, Writing Inspiration, and The Shark Tour Kicks Off

It’s time for another edition of The Insecure Writer’s Support Group, founded by Ninja Captain, Alex J. Cavanaugh.

Today’s question: When you are working on a story, what inspires you?


Sometimes it’s playlists I will put together for a particular story. Most often it’s a collection of images. I created Boards on Pinterest for all four In Darkness stories and I collected hundreds of images that fit the location and feel for the story. (There’s one extra Board for a story about a ghost that ju...

The Insecure Writer���s Support Group, Shannon Lawrence Interview, and Sandra Cox Feature

It���s time for another edition of The Insecure Writer���s Support Group, founded by Ninja Captain, Alex J. Cavanaugh.

Today���s question: Do you remember writing your first book? What were your thoughts about a career path on writing? Where are you now and how is it working out for you? If you're at the start of the journey, what are your goals?

I wanted to be an author ever since I picked up the newly-released The White Dragon at aged 13 and pictured my name on the cover. The journey had m...

The Insecure Writer’s Support Group, Shannon Lawrence Interview, and Sandra Cox Feature

It’s time for another edition of The Insecure Writer’s Support Group, founded by Ninja Captain, Alex J. Cavanaugh.

Today’s question: Do you remember writing your first book? What were your thoughts about a career path on writing? Where are you now and how is it working out for you? If you're at the start of the journey, what are your goals?

I wanted to be an author ever since I picked up the newly-released The White Dragon at aged 13 and pictured my name on the cover. The journey had many st...

Learning to Love Passive Construction

By Carolyn Howard-Johnson, author of the multi award-winning HowToDoItFrugally Series of books for writers including the winningest in the series, The Frugal Editor, just released in its third edition. 

Writers are often told to avoid passive sentences. Reasons for such admonitions are many because they tend to tug on the forward momentum we are usually trying to create. But passive construction can be used effectively, too. In fact we may find instances where our writing improves when use them...

Ohio Valley Anthology Features Young Writers

Dancing Lemur Press has a special release today.

Tales From the Valley is a collection of eight stories based in the Ohio Valley—and they were all written by teenagers! (The youngest author in 4th grade.) You would never know their ages by reading these well-crafted stories though. These kids are talented. And the whole project came together through the efforts of Elizabeth Seckman and Wetzel Advocates Toward Community Hope (WATCH).



Tales From the Valley
By WATCH Youth
Juvenile Fiction – short sto...

The Insecure Writer���s Support Group and Visions of Atlantis

It���s time for another edition of The Insecure Writer���s Support Group, founded by Ninja Captain, Alex J. Cavanaugh.

Today���s question: Have you ever read a line in a novel or a clever plot twist that caused you to have author envy?

I can���t think of a line (and I���m amazed at those who remember lines from books) but I can think of some plot twists. And honestly, all three come from Dancing Lemur Press authors.


Bloodwalker by L.X. Cain ��� there were multiple twists in this one and sp...

The Insecure Writer’s Support Group and Visions of Atlantis

It’s time for another edition of The Insecure Writer’s Support Group, founded by Ninja Captain, Alex J. Cavanaugh.

Today’s question: Have you ever read a line in a novel or a clever plot twist that caused you to have author envy?

I can’t think of a line (and I’m amazed at those who remember lines from books) but I can think of some plot twists. And honestly, all three come from Dancing Lemur Press authors.


Bloodwalker by L.X. Cain – there were multiple twists in this one and spread throughout th...

First Release in YEARS - In Darkness: The Vampire Available Now!

Years in the making, it is finally available: In Darkness: The Vampire

By L. Diane Wolfe

Souls shrouded in darkness…

Stuck working as a barmaid for her demanding father, Anna dreams of adventure. When mysterious strangers enter the bar, she overhears they seek Zancrela, an ancient fortress filled with treasure and a magical library. Taking her chance, she offers to guide them. The conditions: deliver Zancrela or die.

As they journey through the wilderness, she discovers their secret: they are vampir...

The Insecure Writer���s Support Group and Dancing Lemur Press News

It���s time for another edition of The Insecure Writer���s Support Group, founded by Ninja Captain, Alex J. Cavanaugh.

Today���s question: If you are an Indie author, do you make your own covers or purchase them? If you publish trad, how much input do you have about what goes on your cover?

At Dancing Lemur Press, all of our covers are made in-house by our illustrator. Only once did we use a stock image. (At the author���s insistence and we���ve always regretted it as I���ve seen it on anoth...

The Insecure Writer’s Support Group and Dancing Lemur Press News

It’s time for another edition of The Insecure Writer’s Support Group, founded by Ninja Captain, Alex J. Cavanaugh.

Today’s question: If you are an Indie author, do you make your own covers or purchase them? If you publish trad, how much input do you have about what goes on your cover?

At Dancing Lemur Press, all of our covers are made in-house by our illustrator. Only once did we use a stock image. (At the author’s insistence and we’ve always regretted it as I’ve seen it on another cover. That i...