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It's the Weekend: No Excuses!

So it's the weekend. YAY! It means that I don't have to worry about school or anything and for most of you guys it means that you don't have to work so you can just write for the weekend.



I've never been so excited to see the weekend. Many of you who know me, know that I'm only at university 7/8 hours a week and that only 3 days a week, so I have 4 day weekends EVERY week. That should mean that I'm soaring in productivity right?



Wrong. I'm anything but productive. I think these daily blog posts have been the most writing I've done for some time...with the exception of edits on Lumen and the extra scenes that I am writing for it. I haven't done much writing for anything else, and if you saw the list of books that I have planned then you know that I don't have time to be going through any kind of slump.



So I posted on my Facebook that I am going to be writing The Salem Gates, if you don't know what that is then click the link. I've already wrote a few chapters so I'm going to continue from where I left off, I can't wait to share more of that with you.



If you want to you can leave me some comments that will help me get my butt back into gear and do more writing! Post some quotes! I always love hearing about what your favourite quotes are.



One of my favourite quotes is:

"No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader." - Robert Frost.




What's your favourite quote?

Do you have any words of encouragement?


Oh, and thanks to everyone who's "liked" my Facebook page: Joseph's Writing, I've just reached 1,500! ♥



-Joseph




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Follow Friday!

Q: Have you ever looked at book's cover and thought, This is going to horrible? But, was instead pleasantly surprised? Show us the cover and tell us about the book.



I don't usually buy books that I don't know anything about. I rarely go into bookshops and buy books because I have my Kindle and most of the books on there are from indie authors. However, I do have a book that I was a little bit apprehensive of reading at first.









I've seen the model on this front cover used quite a bit on self-published works. And then I read it and I was surprised, it is well written and the world in which it is set is built so well! I would recommend this for lovers of fantasy and science fiction. It's also self-published, so my commendations on doing that so well.




Happy Friday! Have a great weekend!




-Joseph




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Greek Myths: Twelve Olympians

So welcome guys! It's Friday the 9th of March and you know what that means! It's the second post of Greek Mythology Appreciation month! Whoooo!

Wikipedia has this to say--
"Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices."

Greek mythology is a great thing! I love creating people, families and backgrounds and there is an extensive Greek background for myths. I'm only going to be talking about the 12 Olympians today but it goes further than that, everyone has parents and everyone comes from something. The Greeks had answers for everything and there was no limitation on imagination.



The deities, gods, goddesses, titans, all came from Chaos, which is refers to the formless state preceding the creation of the universe/cosmos. And from Chaos came Gaia (the Earth), who with Uranus (the Sky) created the Titans and a lot of other deities. They believe that Uranus came every night (as the sky) to cover the earth and mate with Gaia (the land). I love how the Greeks used something as ordinary as nightfall to create characters and personalities etc. it's just great.




Now the Twelve Olympians--

From the Titans came the Olympians, and they gained their supremacy when Zeus led his siblings to victory over the Titans. It was a 10 year war before humankind was created, and the creator of mortals/humans was a Titan named Prometheus, he created them from clay and Athena blew life into them. And that is the origin of humans.




Now we can get onto the Twelve Olympians!




Led by Zeus with his siblings, Hera, Hestia, Poseidon and Demeter, and also his children, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Ares, Aphrodite, Hephaestus and Hermes and later on Dionysus. You'd think it was all about Zeus wouldn't you. Well he was the considered the most powerful Greek god and still is today and among his many titles were King of the Gods, God of the Sky, Thunder and Lightning and Law, Order and Justice.




I found a chart with the Greek Name, the Roman Name, a picture of the God/Goddess, a description of what they were God/Goddess of and what generation of god they are.




It's really interesting and informative.


Greek NameRoman NameImageGod/Goddess of...Generation
ZeusJupiter King of the gods and ruler of Mount Olympus; god of the sky and thunder. Youngest child of the Titans Cronus and Rhea. Symbols include the thunderbolt, eagle, oak tree, scepter and scales. Brother and husband of Hera, although he had many lovers.First
HeraJuno Queen of the gods and the goddess of marriage and family. Symbols include the peacock, pomegranate, crown, cuckoo, lion and cow. Youngest daughter of Cronus and Rhea. Wife and sister of Zeus. Being the goddess of marriage, she frequently tried to get revenge on Zeus' lovers and their children.First
PoseidonNeptune Lord of the seas, earthquakes and horses. Symbols include the horse, bull, dolphin and trident. Middle son of Cronus and Rhea. Brother of Zeus and Hades. Married to the Nereid Amphitrite, although, like most male Greek Gods, he had many lovers.First
DionysusBacchus God of wine, celebrations and ecstasy. Patron god of the art of theatre. Symbols include the grapevine, ivy, cup, tiger, panther, leopard, dolphin and goat. Son of Zeus and the mortal Theban princess Semele. Married to the Cretan princess Ariadne. The youngest Olympian, as well as the only one to have been born of a mortal woman.Second
ApolloPhoebus[A] God of light, knowledge, music, poetry, prophecy and archery. Son of Zeus and Leto. Symbols include the sun, lyre, bow and arrow, raven, dolphin, wolf, swan and mouse. Twin brother of Artemis.Second
ArtemisDiana Virgin goddess of the hunt, virginity, childbirth, archery and all animals. Symbols include the moon, deer, hound, she-bear, snake, cypress tree and bow and arrow. Daughter of Zeus and Leto and twin sister of Apollo.Second
HermesMercury Messenger of the gods; god of commerce and thieves. Symbols include the caduceus (staff entwined with two snakes), winged sandals and cap, stork and tortoise (whose shell he used to invent the lyre). Son of Zeus and the nymph Maia. The second-youngest Olympian, just older than Dionysus. He married Dryope, the daughter of Dryops, and their son Pan became the god of nature, lord of the satyrs, inventor of the panpipes and comrade of Dionysus.Second
AthenaMinerva Virgin goddess of wisdom, handicrafts, defense and strategic warfare. Symbols include the owl and the olive tree. Daughter of Zeus and the Oceanid Metis, she rose from her father's head fully grown and in full battle armor after he swallowed her mother.Second
AresMars God of war, violence and bloodshed. Symbols include the boar, serpent, dog, vulture, spear and shield. Son of Zeus and Hera, all the other gods (except Aphrodite) despised him. His Latin name, Mars, gave us the word "martial."Second
AphroditeVenus Goddess of love, beauty, and desire. Symbols include the dove, bird, apple, bee, swan, myrtle and rose. Daughter of Zeus and the Oceanid Dione, or perhaps born from the sea foam after Uranus' blood dripped onto the earth and into the sea after being defeated by his youngest son Cronus. Married to Hephaestus, although she had many adulterous affairs, most notably with Ares. Her name gave us the word "aphrodisiac", while her Latin name gave us the word "venereal".[B]either
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HephaestusVulcan Master blacksmith and craftsman of the gods; god of fire and the forge. Symbols include fire, anvil, ax, donkey, hammer, tongs and quail. Son of Hera, either by Zeus or alone. Married to Aphrodite, though unlike most divine husbands, he was rarely ever licentious. His Latin name, Vulcan, gave us the word "volcano."Second
DemeterCeres Goddess of fertility, agriculture, nature, and the seasons. Symbols include the poppy, wheat, torch, and pig. Middle daughter of Cronus and Rhea. Her Latin name, Ceres, gave us the word "cereal".First


So there you have it, the Twelve Olympians! I hope you learnt something new today! I certainly have done! And if you made it to the end of the post then  congrations, and why not leave a comment! I'm always grateful! ♥





-Joseph




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My Fiction Thursday

I love writing. And I know sometimes I whine about spending too much time on the internet but then I realise, this is my job (although I've not made a single penny from it, it is still my career), I am allowed to be on the internet. I am going to rehash this point -- "life needs balance", which I mentioned in a previous blog, and I'm saying that I think I've found a balance in my life. I am writing, editing, trying to get university work done and I'm also networking, because networking is probably the only way I'll ever make it as an indie author.





So normally for 'My Fiction Thursday' I'll post a piece of fiction, but for this Thursday I thought I'd tell you guys about what I'm writing as it is 'my fiction' --see what I did there? Did you see?



If you look to the left you'll see all of the pieces that I've planned. Yes, I have planned each book and it comes to a total of 19 novels and 4 novellas. Not many people believe me when I tell them just how much I love writing....this is how much. I also noticed that you guys now know what each book is going to be called.



The titles in red are the ones that I am working on at the moment. You will notice that I'm not going to be writing them in the order that they're listed. And all I can say to that is "I WILL GET BORED. And it won't be on purpose but if I keep on writing different things then it keeps me excited and I don't want to become bored with any of them because then it will be a bore to read and I never want that to happen." So it's as much for me as it is for you guys!



You might notice some familiar names there...probably just Lumen. You can find out more on their pages. Blood Luminary Series, The Caldwell Witches, and Night Falls Series. I really hope you like what they're about because I've had so much fun planning them and of the writing that I've done, I've had fun with that too.



And if you're wondering why I did this post, then I'll tell you. I did this because it's my blog! Haha. It's about me and my writing, it's my name up there and I'm the one writing all of these posts, so I just thought you guys would like to know more about my writing.



Oh, and all of the above books are fantasy/dark fantasy. I have a different list, a very small list of all the gay romances that I've planned.



On an end note: One of my university lecturers told a friend to tell me that if I self-publish it might ruin my chances of being traditionally published or entering competitions.



I tried to tell my friend that I didn't care what she thought...and I stand by that. I've chosen to self-publish because there's more of a career in it where traditional publishing takes years and a lot of part-time jobs that make you hate life. Besides, I really don't want to wait any longer, I've been wanting this since I was 14.




Are you going to come along with me on this journey?




I hope so!




-Joseph




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Hi, I'm Joseph Eastwood and I'm an Addict!

I've spent quite a bit of time telling you all why you should go on Facebook and Twitter etc. but what I haven't said is how it sucks you in and before you know it that 15 minute break has turned into an hour and then that hour has turned into two.



Well I'm here to say "Hi, my name is Joseph Eastwood and I am a social media addict" and if you've been a follower of my blog for some time then you might already know this.



HEY TO ALL YOU NEW GUYS! I'm so glad that guy could make it! And to anyone who is hovering over that "follow" button, all I can say is "you are missing out, my friend. SO PUSH THE BUTTON"



Now I feel like a drug pusher, I feel like I'm pushing social media onto you guys...telling you to follow my blog and "like" my Facebook page: Joseph's Writing.



"Yeah, so like it!" says crazy Joe, trying to get rid of the twitch in his neck and rubbing at his caffeinated eyes.



So yeah, Facebook, Twitter, Blogging and Tumblr have all played their part in my addiction. It was only a few weeks ago when I was talking to you guys about "Discipline and You" and posting pictures that told you to "get off the internet now", but before that I did stress the use of the internet in my post "10 Top Tips to Raising Your Writer Profile" ---I'm definitely sending you guys mixed signals, right?



Life is about balance, without balance we fall/collapse/crumble etc. it's just the same without support and reassurance we won't fully develop and grow. I'm just here to say --




THE INTERNET IS EATING US ALIVE. And we're letting it.



It's true. The internet has taken over me, I just can't keep away from it! I need someone to take the WiFi receiver out of my laptop. I am sure that there are more ways of weaning yourself off of the internet.



So this is a great way to introduce Writing Wednesday to you! Writing Wednesday is going to be about you! It's going to be about searching for inspiration and getting that time to write! Every Wednesday I will be posting about things that have inspired me during the week and also practical things that you can do!



My weekly schedule for March now looks like this:


Wednesday is about helping you.

Thursday is about my writing.

Friday is Greek Mythology Appreciation month post.



Now it's your time to speak up:

Are you addicting to the internet? Social media?

Do you like my idea of having a set post or do you enjoy the random post?


P.S If you do like the random posts then there's always Monday and Tuesday....and I'm not limited to just one post a day ya-know ;)



-Joseph




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Not Just for Christians: A Guest Post by Brian Holers, Author of Doxology. Plus, $450 in Amazon Gift Cards & a Kindle Fire up for Grabs!

Please enjoy this guest post by Brian Holers, author of the literary novel, Doxology. Then read on to learn how you can win huge prizes as part of this blog tour, including $450 in Amazon gift cards, a Kindle Fire, and 5 autographed copies of the book.


One of the beauties of self-publishing is that the gatekeeper has been fired. In this new world of books made possible by the Internet, no one is left to guard the door. To tell the reader what is what. This state of affairs may introduce an element of confusion for dogmatic readers, but the good news is, new breeds of literature are being created.

Self-publishing allows literature to cross over in new ways. Traditional Christian fiction publishers, for instance, disallow most references to sex, and even the most juvenile profanity. Self-publishing changes this. Not to suggest a writer should ever debase a genre—as writers we are obliged to choose our words carefully. But the old Christian books kept many readers away. "I'm not going to read that. That's Christian. It's boring." Still, nearly every Christian I know periodically swears, fights, and even becomes amorous from time to time. Christians like good stories too, with depth of character, excitement, whimsy, action. The success of a book like The Shack shows the need for stories of real people dealing with real problems, in a faith-based context. It doesn't even have to be good literature.

As humans, we all look for answers. Stories are stories. Conflict builds to crisis, which leads to a form of resolution. Sure, some people never doubt their faiths, even in the face of horrible tragedy. Others do. Some never ascribed to a faith in the first place, and instead spend their days casting about for a context to this condition we call humanness. The problem with much traditional Christian literature is this; when a character is pushed to a crisis, and the only change we read is "he fell on his knees, then and there, and accepted Jesus into his heart," that incident may describe a beautiful sentiment, and may have value to a real person in real life, but as a reader, it doesn't tell me anything. A reader wants details. He wants to see the sweat break out. She wants to hear the thoughts and words that accompany the character's condition. Literature is literature. We want to see development. We want to get inside the characters. We want to get to know them. That's why we care. Regardless of the genre label put on the book.

Doxology is a story in between. The book has a religious message; given its primary setting in rural north Louisiana, that message is Christian. But the characters are just people. They experience the same emotions all people do—love, joy, loss. Their conflicts grow and grow until they must be resolved. Like real people, they go astray, take paths of separation from God, or just from what is good for them. They experience desires that can never be fulfilled, want things that can never be had or even understood. They discover the traits in their lives that aren't working, and set out to find new habits that will work. Many Christian values are universal—a belief, despite evidence to the contrary, that our lives are worthwhile. An understanding that letting go, and learning how little we are in charge, makes life more manageable. A certainty that the kindness and compassion we offer to others is returned to us a hundredfold.

Some say God. Some say the universe. But we all–when we're honest, and when we pay attention, have a sense of something looking out for us, giving us what we need. Putting people we need into our lives. We give credit for these gifts as we see fit. Good literature promotes a point of view by showing the reader how a character's modes of operation and beliefs work for her (or don't). Good literature, whatever its genre, lets the reader inside. Lets the reader do part of the work. Doxology, in this vein, is a story at the crossroad of God and man. It presents God as the characters experience God, and as real people experience God, looking out for them, giving them what they need. Coming to understand how God has been there all along.

Doxology is a love story. Faith plays a role, as it helps the characters find answers and resolution, improves their lives. Like Jody and Vernon and the others, we all look for redemption from brokenness of the past. They and we find it, as people both real and imaginary alike do, in family, friends, productive work, a sense of place, a faith in something greater. Doxology is a story, first and foremost. Its characters face problems. Their conflicts grow. They look for resolutions and ultimately find them, imperfect as they are. We the readers get to know them, and we care. We sympathize. They matter.


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My Muse has Made Me!

Someone on my Facebook page said that they wished their muse would speak, of course all of this started when I said that I had had very little sleep because the voices in my head wouldn't hush.



That got me thinking about my muse...all creative people have a muse and sometimes people think we're crazy when we talk about the voices in our heads and give our muse a personality.



My muse is a different part of me, it's the creative part and I'm the vessel that expresses the art! And as long as I've known myself I've always been very creative and artistic. I can spend hours writing, drawing or reading and to a lot of people all of that is a bit of a chore---I would rather be in my own world than this world. My muse allows that.




What is your muse to you?



I used to picture my muse as a blob of glowing light...it was the saviour to all of my problems but only through hardship could it save me. It's slowly turned from that soft glow of comfort to a person, someone inside that I talk to. I'm starting to think I sound like a crazy person now. I consult my muse and sometimes I'm stubborn and my muse shouts at me, I've often been shaken when I know that I'm doing something wrong but I keep at it...that's when he shouts. (Yes, my muse is a he.) it's a surreal feeling--I should probably get that checked out.




"Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia." - E. L. Doctorow


I really do love my muse and without it I wouldn't have this outlet, these stream of creativity and all of these hopes and dreams welling up inside my lungs but there isn't enough air in me or time in the day to tell anyone what I want in life or why I write or what they mean to me etc.



I added that last one because I don't express my emotions and it's ruined quite a lot of things, but that's why I write so that I don't have to tell people how I feel (I suppose that's really unhealthy for my mentality). However, it's better than just bottling it all up.



So my muse has made me. He's shaped me. He tells me when things go and when things don't. He draws my attention to things and makes me feel around for the finer details. And most of all, he makes me love life.



I just realised that this whole post makes me sound like I love myself. And it's true! You can't love anyone else until you can love yourself!



To end, I'd like to talk a little bit about that picture. I found it through a Google Images search and it immediately popped out. I thought that this picture was great because it looks has that muse-y look about it. It's hidden but looks so powerful, and that is a muse, nobody sees them but they are the most powerful thing in your life. They can make or break you as a writer. You just need to feed them!




What is the relationship with your muse like?




I would like to know what you thought of my post so please comment guys! It makes me really happy to see comments awaiting to be moderated! ♥


-Joseph




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10 Top Tips to Boosting Blog Traffic

I was going to post this on Friday and then realised that Friday is now Greek Myth Appreciation Month! (not a real appreciation month, just something I created) Wooo!



So the reason why you clicked the link to this post is to read "10 Top Tips to Boosting Blog Traffic" so I assume that you have a blog and if you do then leave your link in the comments below! If you don't I think that it's a must for all writers. (For more points on raising your writer profile click here -- 10 Top Tips to Raising Your Writer Profile)



These tips are in no particular order because you need to be doing ALL ten of these points.




1. Target an Audience!
This might seem pretty obvious but you need to know who your target audience is and you need to show this in the content. If your posts are all over the place with nothing in common with each other people will be less inclined to follow you. If you're a writer you might want to document your journey with an informative post about what you've learnt about the industry here and there. You NEED to aim it at a group of people, and you need to have something that interests them.




2. Use Your Social Ties!
Facebook and Twitter are used differently by different people, as a writer you might use them to document your word count and share with the rest of the world in hopes that they will encourage you to "keep up the good work" and a lot of people will. Another use is promotion! Promote your blog, sell your blog with your words and make people want to read THAT post you've just posted. (See above link on how to raise your writer profile)




3. Do Guest Posts!
Guest posts are a great way of getting to a new and broader audience, the audience of whoever blog that you're guest blogging for. You might want to exchange, so you provide them with a guest post and they will provide you with one.



A great website were you can meet new bloggers is http://myblogguest.com and there you can exchange blog posts and create new ties! Or you might just want to use Facebook, Twitter and other social networking sites.




4. Blog About Popular Topics!

By this, I mean that you should blog about the popular topics in your area. When Borders was closing down there were so many people blogging about it and trying to get their opinion out. It's also a great way of driving traffic to your blog. Another example would be when Amazon introduced KDP Select -- there were a lot of opinions on this, some good and some bad. I didn't get involved with this but I did read a lot of posts on the matter.



You need to be involved with the community, if you're not involved and you're just going about your own thing, then you'll never know about what's happening in the world. So stay informed and inform your readers.




5. Reference Your Own Posts!
You see what I did above, right at the top, I referenced two of my previous posts! There is also LinkWithin that is how I got those little thumbnails at the bottom of this post. (Scroll down and have a look, but don't forget to scroll back up and read the rest of the points.) It links to posts that are similar to the one you're posting.




6. Allow Email Subscriptions!


I think that all bloggers should have some tie with FeedBurner because it's one of the most useful sites on the internet that allows you to see how many people have clicked on your posts etc. and it's free! They also offer to email people every time a new blog posts goes up! My FeedBurner email subscription box is just below the Facebook page on the left.



Feedburner is easy to use. Just sign up and it will walk you through the rest. Have a play around with some of the widgets. It's fun.




7. Add Pictures!


I add pictures to my blog and a lot of people have said that the picture I have used originally attracted them to my blog. I get my images from Google and I don't ask for permission, which someone should slap my wrist for, but it is a lot of effort to go through and most of the time the picture has circulated the internet realm for so long that nobody knows who it belongs to.



There are picture hosting sites like Flikr that will allow you to embed photos to your blog post and that's so much easier to get a hold of the person who owns the photo. This also serves as a great way for them to get noticed. Also, with any picture you use, if you know who the artist/author/photographer is, you can always add a link to their profile within the image.




8. Use SEO!


SEO is an abreviation of 'Search Engine Optimization' and that is the process of improving the visibility of your blog in the search engines. These means that you need to use the titles of your blog and use key words! If you use titles that mean nothing then you're going to get nothing.




Another part of SEO is getting indexed by search engines and all that means is your page will come up in the list of searches. To be indexed you need to go to Google Webmaster and it will index your pages. It explains everything that it does. But have a play around with it and familiarise yourself.





9. Use Your Email!


Use an email signature! It might not drive much traffic to your blog but it will drive some. The more often you send emails the more people will click the links in your signature. An email signature is the end of an email. I have my blog, my Facebook page and my Twitter URLs all added to the end of my emails.



Some people who are advanced add images that are clickable, if you can do that I would advise it.




10. Interaction is Attraction!
Everyone loves comments. I follow a lot of blogs and you should follow a lot too! You should also read their posts and leave comments that interact with the post. Don't spam! If you spam then they might block you or unfollow you. When I do leave comments I also include my blog URL because I like to leave long comments that interact with the post etc. and that's what you should do as well!




Have any of these helped?

Do you have any that you'd like to add?


-Joseph




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Greek Myths: They're Helpful!

So last month I posted about LGBT because it was LGBT History Month! And for this month I was trying to figure out what I was going to do, there was no interesting history month that fit in with what I was about. So instead I created Greek Mythology Appreciation Month! (It won't be too long before Hallmark start creating cards for it!)



I hope you can stay with me every Friday for a new post relating to Greek myths! Post are scheduled for the 9th, 16th, 23rd and 30th of March.



So to get you all into the spirit of learning and loving to learn, I've decided to tell you why I think Greek mythology is so important and helpful, especially for writers.



Well it's still part of modern culture, we use it all of the time and there are references to it everywhere. There is the Oedipus and Electra complexes and there's Pandora's box. The Greeks used intricate stories to explain everything in the world and as one of the ancient civilizations they helped shape the world and influence artists, writers and philosophers.





A lot of the culture you know now came from Greece originally. We associate Greek with its strong connection to mythology and stories, and they help us understand more about where we came from.




The stories are all about passion, love, betrayal, hate, anger and gods...most importantly about the gods. The gods are portrayed as real, with real human emotions. Zeus keeps everyone in line with his weapons and violence but then cheats and acts like he's better. Hera is another example, she's faithful to her husband but hates him and turns his girlfriends into animals.




You can find inspiration in all of the characters. You can find it in the setting and the story, and that's why I think we need this Greek mythology appreciation month.




Are you going to be coming back every Friday to get your Greek fix?

Do you like Greek myths or is it something you've always been fascinated by?




Maybe you hate them. Tell my why.



-Joseph




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My Blog through March!

So I found this picture which is in a series going from January to May...so I decided that I will put them to good use on my blog! I don't know who they belong to, but I had a look around and apparently they come from an old book.



To add more of a format to my blog I will be write a post at the beginning of the month saying what I want to achieve through the month and then one at the end of the month, hopefully I will have achieved everything I had set out to...and I'll also give you a run down of my social site stats.

1. I want to finally publish Lumen! And I will do it! I have to! If I don't then I will be letting myself down and also you guys who want to read it! But I feel that if I don't get it perfect then my footing in the self-publishing world will just stumble and that will be it for my future.

2. I want to blog everyday! Monday to Friday! If you've been with my blog for some time then you will know that I always fail at this every time I promise you it...but this time it's different! I did it in February! YAY for February! So I decided that I'm going to carry on doing it!

You might be asking, what kind of posts are you going to be posting Monday to Friday throughout the month of March....well I'll tell you the kind of posts I'll be doing!

Mondays - open post about anything writerly.

Tuesdays - 10 Top Tips to --

Wednesdays - open post about anything writerly

Thursdays - My Fiction Thursday!

Fridays - Greek Myth Appreciation Month (created it myself)



So that's the post list for March! And if I don't have any posts for Mondays or Wednesdays then I'll be accepting guest posts, so submit them to josepheastwood@ymail.com and if I have a free spot then I'll tell you! I'll be accepting posts about anything to do with writing or publishing etc. and no blatant self-promotion.



3. I want to make great great progress on The Salem Gates! If you want to know more about The Salem Gates and the Caldwell Witches series, here's a link to the page! http://www.josepheastwood.com/p/caldwell-witches.html I have already made a start and I really want to have this published for May!

4. My Social Site goals!


Facebook page -- I want to reach 2,000 likes!

Blog -- I want to reach 200 followers and 20,000 page views!




What do you want to achieve in March?

Do you think that I'll achieve my goals?


-Joseph




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