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It’s the first Wednesday of the month and so it’s time for another Insecure Writers Support Group (IWSG) post! In an IWSG post, we writers bring our writing challenges and problems out into the open to share with each other and try to offer solutions.

The IWSG question of the month is: If you could choose one author, living or dead, to be your beta partner, who would it be and why? I’ll have to choose two authors because I feel like one won’t give me enough critique as great of writers both of them are. These two authors are Harlan Ellison and Ray Bradbury (both deceased). As much as the two were friends, their personalities were opposites: Harlan Ellison was the blunt, loud-speaking, somewhat negative-talking author; Ray Bradbury was the more poetic, positive-speaking, energetic author who was more of a straight-out optimist. Yet, each was a top expert in writing fiction who was enthused about his work and enthusiasm alone is big motivator and influencer. 

Today’s IWSG is brought to you by these super co-hosts: PJ Colando, J Lenni Dorner, Deniz Bevan, Kim Lajevardi, Natalie Aguirre, and Louise - Fundy Blue! IWSG was founded by awesome author Alex Cavanaugh, writer of the Cassa Series of novels!

Which author(s) would you want as a beta reader(s)?

Until next time . . . 

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  1. Bradbury is a good choice. Several people picked him. Think I would like his more positive approach better.

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    1. When it comes to his philosophy on life, I prefer his positive approach above everything else.

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  2. Bradbury is an excellent writer to choose as your beta. There is a lot he could teach all of us. I don't know much about the other one. Perhaps I should track down a book or two of his and see how they work for me.

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    1. Harlan Ellison's fiction can get pretty intense. As great of a writer he is, he's not for everybody. But I like his work. Much of his work is on the darker side of life.

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