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It’s the first Wednesday of March (already!!!) and time for another post in the Insecure Writer’s Support Group blog hop. Every month, we announce a question that members can answer in their IWSG post. These questions may prompt you to share advice, insight, a personal experience or story. Include your answer to the question in your IWSG post or let it inspire your post if you are struggling with something to say.<\/div>\n
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The awesome co-hosts for the\u00a0March 5 posting of the IWSG are\u00a0Ronel Janse Van Vuuren,<\/a>\u00a0Pat Garcia,<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Liza @ Middle Passages!<\/a><\/h3>\n

March 5 question – If for one day you could be anyone or *thing* in the world, what would it be?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Describe, tell why, and any themes, goals, or values they\/it inspire in you.<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

There are a few different jobs I wanted to be at various points of my life. But since this prompt calls for only a one day switch, I won’t touch on this. I’ll go for a radical change.\u00a0But I really am happy with who I am, so this is tough.<\/p>\n

Maybe I should be a tree. An old, tall and strong tree. It wouldn’t matter if it was in a park or in a forest somewhere. (As long as it wasn’t near a forest fire at the moment.)<\/p>\n

Okay, I should pick something different. Or someone.<\/p>\n

I considered the idea of being a forest ranger in one of the US National Parks. But with the current state of politics in the US, that would bring a whole world of stress that I don’t want to deal with.<\/p>\n

So, for one day, I want to be a librarian in a major library somewhere.<\/h4>\n

(Yes, they have the stress of funding right now, but it isn’t as immediate as what the forest rangers are facing.) To be surrounded by books and other media, as well as other book lovers, would be a wonderful way to spend a day.<\/p>\n

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I’ve been a librarian in a very small town library and some of my characters were librarians, so it seems to be a natural fit. Now, if the swap lasted more than one day it would require living in a large city, and I have no interest in that. So, one day is enough.<\/p>\n

What about you? Who or what would you be for a day?<\/p>\n

Don’t forget to check out some of the other posts on this hop.<\/p>\n

As always, until next time, please stay safe.<\/p>\n