IWSG and a BIG Announcement!

The brainchild of Alex Cavanaugh, the purpose of the Insecure Writer's Support Group is: to share and encourage. Writers can express doubts and concerns without fear of appearing foolish or weak. Those who have been through the fire can offer assistance and guidance. It’s a safe haven for insecure writers of all kinds!

Posting is the first Wednesday of every month.

You can sign up HERE.

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119 years ago my grandmother, Erva Love Hartwell was born. Things happen for a reason.

At the end of last year I felt I had little to show for the last twelve months except a completed novel (which now needs to have some beta readers tear it apart) and a list of books I read. I kind of moaned about the fact that I hadn't gotten my Anansi stories published and that I didn't know when it would happen.

Well, things changed on the 30th on January, which is when I gave birth, unexpectedly and suddenly to

Yup, Anansi the Spider is now dangling out there in the World Wide Web. He's thrilled, as you can see from the smile on his face. He's also hoping you'll help spread the word.

It seems more than appropriate that I dedicate this announcement to my grandmother, a woman who encouraged all her grandchildren.


About Anansi and Company:

How do you escape a hungry tiger? Why do ram-goats smell? What happens if you get too greedy? In this collection of ten retold Jamaican stories, Anansi the spider tricks, sings, and dances his way into and out of trouble. 

But who is Anansi? It was the Ashanti of West Africa who brought the spider into the Caribbean. He clung tight to the web he wove in the minds of those who had been captured, surviving not only the harrowing passage across the Atlantic Ocean, but hundreds of years of slavery. 

As a trickster, Anansi has both good and bad traits, which makes him very human. Sometimes he wins, sometimes he loses. When he wins he dances and sings for joy. When he loses, he shakes it off and keeps on living, a lesson for all of us. 

He can be found at Amazon

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Talk about feeling insecure. I'm not doing a big fancy blog hop. But if you'd like to share the news, Anansi and I would be ever so grateful. Let me know in the comments or send me an email and we'll set up a date.