D.W. SMITH

So #WritingCommunity I am sitting in my #QueryIsland suite thinking of all of is that frequent the trenches. My goodness, the Rejection...

I am sitting in and amazing meeting about marketing and networking which is helpful, BUT I wish I was writing right now! I long to get...

Hey #WritingCommunity on #QueryIsland I try to be proactive in doing what needs to be done when it comes to writing. I built this...

As the mayor of this most accursed resort, #QueryIsland, I think the wait for each rejection is worse than the rejection itself. I invite...

#WritingCommunity I like most of you are sitting on #QueryIsland looking at a mountain of rejections. Sometimes I think they are going...

Hey #WritingCommunity and #QueryIsland citizens! For the believers HAPPY EASTER! God has given you a gift! This blessed gift of writing,...

All #WritingCommunity members on #QueryIsland sometimes we feel like a waste of space, like we can't achieve our dreams or we should pack...

Hey ##WritingCommunity & #QueryIsland citizens! The mayor here asking about your feelings. Let me know how its going in the trenches....

As a God fearing writer of the #WritingCommunity I can tell you what church looks like on #QueryIsland. Let's see. We have writers...

Ok #QueryIsland citizens. Your mayor speaketh! I am dedicated at least for this year to keep at the traditional publishing route, but...

My #WritingCommunity While you're a citizen of this accursed literary resort I call #QueryIsland, the Fog of Entropyand Quicksand of...

Hey #WritingCommunity and #QueryIsland citizens! It's the mayor conveying his morning writing routine. I spend about 10 minutes...

As writers, we truly need to band together and stay that way. We are threatened by trolls, self doubt, political and social divisiveness...

A lot of folks on Twitter/X ask me what I mean when I say I am the Mayor of #QueryIsland. Well, here's the illustrious answer! I started the notion of #QueryIsland in Twitter/X posts as a coping mechanism to represent the hardships of the traditional publishing process. I've been on this journey for over 2 and a half years and I've learned that a lot of writers, even in half that time, end up depressed, disgruntled, or demotivated. I've had many interactions with such wri