IWSG Blog Post - What a Writer Wants

​The awesome co-hosts for the June 5 posting of the IWSG are Liza at Middle Passages,Shannon Lawrence, Melissa Maygrove, and Olga Godim!

​June 5 question - In this constantly evolving industry, what kind of offering/service do you think the IWSG should consider offering to members?

The IWSG already offers the most important service to me: moral support. I’ve said it before, but just having other writers to chat with monthly is huge. On top of the emotional aspect, there’s also the practical aspect of website visitors. Getting search engines to crawl my site was impossible until I joined the blog hop. 

The other thing I see writers ask for is feedback. Beta readers, sensitivity readers, critique groups—these are common pleas. Life is busy, and it’s hard to find likeminded and willing people whose opinions we can trust. I’ve been fortunate to have two friends who helped me immensely. Those two ladies identified strengths and weaknesses in my books and caught errors before publication. Then my mom and husband proofread my final drafts. Traditionally published authors have more sets of eyes on their work, but a lot of indie authors would kill to have four like I do.