It's the first Wednesday of the month and this new year of 2026! That means it’s time for the first monthly Insecure Writer’s Support Group (IWSG) blog hop of the year! 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. I hope everyone had an enjoyable holiday season! I have, although its been a busy one, and so I've had to slow down on the writing projects some but not too much. I'm just now getting back into the routine and that includes finishing up the final touches on my upcoming book of short fiction, "Bad Apps", and that's making way for myself to return to a monthly series here at A Far Out Fantastic Site! So, keep reading to find out the details!
The optional IWSG question for January has been perfect timing for me! The question: Is there anything in your writing plans for 2026 that you are going to do that you couldn't get done in 2025? Yes, two things. First and foremost, I'm going to (self-) publish "Bad Apps", my upcoming collection of short fiction about evil and deadly phone apps. I had not only meant to get it published a year ago but the year prior to that. I'm bad with my timing of things, which my ADD is a cause of, and so didn't get it released last year as planned. However, all the stories have now been written and through several revisions. The only revisions I have left to do are ones based on the beta reader's comments which I've already started.
Two of my beta readers have been doing really good about keeping me informed with the status of their reading. One has been sending me his comments frequently via Google Docs. The other reader hasn’t sent me her comments yet, but has given me a summary of what kinds of problems she’s been looking for in the book which has been really helpful. Thanks to them both!
Keeping in mind working in the revisions based on the beta comments, setting up the cover and doing a reveal of it, I'm aiming to release "Bad Apps" by the end of February.
The other thing in my writing plans for 2026 is to resume the monthly Book-To-Movie (BTM) review series here at the Far Out Fantastic Site! I had put the reviews on hiatus two years ago because I was getting too far behind in revising "Bad Apps" and kept missing the release deadlines that I had set up for myself. Now that I'm getting closer to the publication of "Bad Apps", I have less to work on with the content itself and so that’s freeing up some time to do the monthly BTMs. I shouldn't have a problem looking for books and their movie adaptations to review since I’ve read and watched several during the course of those two years and have them backlogged in notes. Expect a BTM review to come out between this month and next!
What are your writing plans for 2026? Today’s IWSG is brought to you by these super co-hosts: Shannon Lawrence, Olga Godim, Jean Davis, and Jacqui Murray! IWSG was founded by awesome author Alex Cavanaugh, writer of the Cassa Series of novels!
Happy New Year and until next time!
I've missed that series so glad to hear it will be returning soon. And cool you are finally wrapping up that book!
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The book sounds really interesting and I hope you get it published soon.
Have a great year and Happy writing!