Melissa Maygrove

  This is my   Insecure Writers Support Group   post for September 2025. Alex's awesome co-hosts this month  are:  Kim Lajevardi,   Natalie Aguirre, Nancy Gideon,   & Diedre Knight! Please stop by their blogs and say thank you .  💻💻💻💻💻 The  scare Amazon gave me  in July was a huge motivator. I've been a very busy bee. 🐝 There's a progress report after this month's question.  I've included pictures for your enjoyment, but it's long.  Feel free to read on the diagonal. LOL September question - What are your thoughts on using AI, such as GPChat, Raptor, and others with your writing? Would you use it for research, storybible, or creating outlines/beats? I'm still deciding how I feel about AI and where the boundaries should be. I might use it in the planning stages (ex: to brainstorm or turn my synopsis into outline form), but sinking into fictional worlds and crafting stories is my therapy. I won't give that over to a com...

  This is my   Insecure Writers Support Group   post for June 2025. Alex's awesome co-hosts this month  are:  PJ Colando,    Pat Garcia , Kim Lajevardi,    Jean Davis ,  & me! Please stop by their blogs and say thank you .  💻💻💻💻💻 Indulge me a short progress report before I answer June's question. As I mentioned in May's post, I took part in the May I Write a Novel writing challenge. I had never done one before, and I surprised myself. I only reached my daily goals a handful of times, but I wrote more in one month than ever before, and I learned what I'm capable of when I really push myself. My goal was 35k for the month. I wrote 28k+ (80%) of that and almost finished the draft of book one in my new western series. May will be reserved on my calendar every year. 😊 Update on my German ad: I began running a single Amazon ad in Germany for Come Back  (book 1 of my series, both e-book & paperback included) in early Ap...

  This is my   Insecure Writers Support Group   post for March 2025. Alex's awesome co-hosts this month  are:  Ronel Janse Van Vuuren, Pat Garcia, and Liza @ Middle Passages! Please stop by their blogs and say thank you . 💻💻💻💻💻 Thank goodness for laptops.  No, my desktop didn't die. My mom tried to. LOL  My sweet 89-year-old momma did a header onto the floor at church and banged up one of her knees. She's in a brace for now, unable to drive and needing help with most everything, so I'm staying with her for the foreseeable future. That'll teach me to procrastinate pre-scheduling my IWSG post. Instead of answering the March question, I decided to post a brief update. Part of my plan for 2025 was to evaluate my social media activities and decide which to keep. On the blogging front, I plan to keep posting for IWSG, but I decided to leave Cowboy Kisses. As I told the blog hostess, it was a difficult choice and purely a business decision. She has been...