Insecure Writer’s Support Group, Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, and September Movie Preview

I have an interview up at NFReads - if you have time, check it out!

It’s time for another group posting of the Insecure Writer’s Support Group! Time to release our fears to the world – or offer encouragement to those who are feeling neurotic. If you’d like to join us, click on the tab above and sign up. We post the first Wednesday of every month. I encourage everyone to visit at least a dozen new blogs and leave a comment. Your words might be the encouragement someone needs.

My awesome co-hosts today are Gwen Gardner, Doreen McGettigan, Tyrean Martinson, Chemist Ken, and Cathrina Constantine!


Last day to enter the Insecure Writer’s Support Group Annual Anthology Contest! Don't miss the deadline.

We need co-hosts! If you can co-host October 2, November 6, December 4, or January 8, please let us know. Leave a comment or send an email to either me or the IWSG email.

September 4 question - If you could pick one place in the world to sit and write your next story, where would it be and why?

There’s a show called The World’s Most Extraordinary Homes on NetFlix. The homes are pure works of art. One episode featured a coastal forest home in New Zealand, sitting hidden in a bay and built within the woods. (The photo doesn’t do it justice.) Not only was it beautiful and all hardwoods, but it looked very lived in and inviting – plus the view was incredible.
That is where I would love to write and play my guitar for a week or month or more!

Here is September’s IWSG Instagram:

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

This NetFlix series takes place many years before the events in the 1982 movie, The Dark Crystal.
From IMDB:
Returns to the world of Thra, where three Gelfling discover the horrifying secret behind the Skeksis' power, and set out to ignite the fires of rebellion and save their world.

First off, the film is stunningly beautiful. The scenes, set pieces, and creatures are pure works of art. Live sets and CGI blend well and create a lush and beautiful world.
The series also stays true to the original film in tone, style, and concept. With more time to explore, they fill out a complex world, giving it depth and detail. It also sets up the events leading up to the destruction of the Gelflings as well as explaining how the Skeksis gained power over the Crystal.

In following three main characters, we are set on a grand adventure – think Game of Thrones with milder violence, no sex or language, and Muppets!
The voice cast is stunning – Simon Pegg (as the Chamberlain), Eddie Izzard, Helena Bonham Carter, Lena Headey, Benedict Wong, Mark Hamill, Sigourney Weaver – and the list goes on and on and on…
The series dropped August 30 on NetFlix and I’ve been spacing out the episodes so I can enjoy it for at least a week. (So I haven’t reached the end yet.) But if you enjoyed the movie, dig fantasy and adventure, or just want something different in your Muppets, then definitely check it out.
Highly recommended!

September Movie Preview

Here are the upcoming theatrical releases for September! As always, descriptions courtesy of the IMDB. Snark provided by me.

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It Chapter Two
Twenty-seven years after their first encounter with the terrifying Pennywise, the Losers Club have grown up and moved away, until a devastating phone call brings them back.
Director: Andy Muschietti
Stars: Bill Skarsgård, Finn Wolfhard, Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy
Worth the price of admission for the clown spider alone – combining two phobias in on!



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Freaks
A bold girl discovers a bizarre, threatening, and mysterious new world beyond her front door after she escapes her father's protective and paranoid control.
Directors: Zach Lipovsky | Adam B. Stein
Stars: Emile Hirsch, Bruce Dern, Lexy Kolker, Amanda Crew
No conjoined twins, bearded lady, or wolfboy – what would Tod Browning say?



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Rambo: Last Blood
Rambo must confront his past and unearth his ruthless combat skills to exact revenge in a final mission.
Director: Adrian Grunberg
Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Paz Vega, Yvette Monreal, Óscar Jaenada
The next film will feature Rambo in a nursing home, battling it out for the last green Jello on the buffet.



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Abominable
A magical Yeti must return to his family.
Directors: Jill Culton | Todd Wilderman
Stars: Albert Tsai, Chloe Bennet, Sarah Paulson, Eddie Izzard
I thought I saw this already…oh wait, that was Smallfoot. Or was it Missing Link…?

Where in the world would you like to write? Can you co-host in the coming months? Have you been watching The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance? And what movies interest you this month?

And if you can, check out my interview at NFReads.