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Stereotypical Writing Resolutions Post
Hello one and all! A very Happy New Year from the writing crew over here (aka me)!
So, it’s finally 2015, and it’s about time I got my act together as a blogger. When I first made this website, I had high hopes of blogging frequently. For some reason, I thought I was capable of coming up with witty, interesting, and intelligent posts that would bring readers to my website in droves.
I was, of course, sadly mistaken. If 2014 taught me anything, it’s that I have big ideas, but I’m actually pretty lazy about executing them. I mean, sure, I can make myself focus to get freelance jobs done. Last year I wrote seven novellas for freelance clients. I also wrote and published a book, and continue to update a rather popular piece of fanfiction. But when it comes to interacting and reaching out to others on social media, I’m still a bit of a dud.
Hopefully, things will change this year. I’ve set up a blogging schedule for this month, just to see if it’s manageable. I’d like to post an entry every five days, though I think I should probably get some themes going to make all this easier for myself. Who knows? Even though I’ve been online in various forms since I was twelve, I sometimes still feel extremely inept when it comes to social media. I guess it’s because I’ve always been a lurker. I like to watch, then retreat to my own domain and have fun by myself.
And just FYI, that’s no way to build an audience—or friendships. Time for a change! Time to stop being lazy!
I realize that most resolutions for a new year are broken fairly fast, so I’ve decided to set myself some doable writing goals for the upcoming year. Will I be able to meet them all? Maybe. Hopefully. But I won’t beat myself up if I don’t.
And so, without further ado, may I present Liz Meldon’s Writing Resolutions:
- Blog more often: see above.
- Publish two books for my Lovers and Liars series: I feel that this one is a bit of a cop-out, since I already have The Vampire of Vancouver slated to be released in February. Whatever. It’ll still be two more books published for the series by the end of the year, so I’m not complaining.
- Write two standalones, potentially publish both: I’d like to give readers a chance to enjoy my work beyond the Lovers and Liars series. I’m aware Norse and Greek gods aren’t for everyone. I do, however, love the paranormal romance genre, so you can fully expect the standalones to fit squarely in there.
- Take on more freelance work: If possible, I’d like to do another couple of freelance jobs once I finish the ones I’m working on currently. The pay is pretty good, and I haven’t had to use any of my own money to self-publish thus far. I’d like to keep it that way.
So, there we go. Four resolutions that will guide my 2015 writing schedule.
Here’s to hoping my tendonitis-addled wrists hold up in the meantime!
So, it’s finally 2015, and it’s about time I got my act together as a blogger. When I first made this website, I had high hopes of blogging frequently. For some reason, I thought I was capable of coming up with witty, interesting, and intelligent posts that would bring readers to my website in droves.
I was, of course, sadly mistaken. If 2014 taught me anything, it’s that I have big ideas, but I’m actually pretty lazy about executing them. I mean, sure, I can make myself focus to get freelance jobs done. Last year I wrote seven novellas for freelance clients. I also wrote and published a book, and continue to update a rather popular piece of fanfiction. But when it comes to interacting and reaching out to others on social media, I’m still a bit of a dud.
Hopefully, things will change this year. I’ve set up a blogging schedule for this month, just to see if it’s manageable. I’d like to post an entry every five days, though I think I should probably get some themes going to make all this easier for myself. Who knows? Even though I’ve been online in various forms since I was twelve, I sometimes still feel extremely inept when it comes to social media. I guess it’s because I’ve always been a lurker. I like to watch, then retreat to my own domain and have fun by myself.
And just FYI, that’s no way to build an audience—or friendships. Time for a change! Time to stop being lazy!
I realize that most resolutions for a new year are broken fairly fast, so I’ve decided to set myself some doable writing goals for the upcoming year. Will I be able to meet them all? Maybe. Hopefully. But I won’t beat myself up if I don’t.
And so, without further ado, may I present Liz Meldon’s Writing Resolutions:
- Blog more often: see above.
- Publish two books for my Lovers and Liars series: I feel that this one is a bit of a cop-out, since I already have The Vampire of Vancouver slated to be released in February. Whatever. It’ll still be two more books published for the series by the end of the year, so I’m not complaining.
- Write two standalones, potentially publish both: I’d like to give readers a chance to enjoy my work beyond the Lovers and Liars series. I’m aware Norse and Greek gods aren’t for everyone. I do, however, love the paranormal romance genre, so you can fully expect the standalones to fit squarely in there.
- Take on more freelance work: If possible, I’d like to do another couple of freelance jobs once I finish the ones I’m working on currently. The pay is pretty good, and I haven’t had to use any of my own money to self-publish thus far. I’d like to keep it that way.
So, there we go. Four resolutions that will guide my 2015 writing schedule.
Here’s to hoping my tendonitis-addled wrists hold up in the meantime!
