Happy New (End-of-the-World) Year
Happy 2012! Thus begins the end of the world (haha) You still have 353 days left until the end of the world so if you get started now, you might be able to make some terrific changes for this last year of the world's existence :)
Joe Konrath does an annual list of resolutions and repeats them each year in a sort of historical archive of resolutions. Click here to read the whole list:
http://jakonrath.blogspot.com/2011/12/konraths-resolutions-for-writers-2012.html
Some of my favorites are listed below. What are YOUR favorite resolutions?
#1 from 2006
I'm on that one right now as my first SciFi thriller (Conditioned Response, Book 2 of The Phoenician Series) is now officially "late" being released and I've had the Lacey / Rainey Story (my first Romantic Suspense) on "hold" until I release Conditioned Response. My backlog of books I want to write is starting to feel oppressive. I have about 8 or 10 in the queue already! I need to just quit the day job, eh?
#3 from 2007
I'm already a unique and special snowflake. I resolve that I shall NOT melt under the glare of others' determination to assimilate me into the Collective!
#3 from 2008
Feeding the Addiction. I am such an addict to my writing habit! I have already forsaken all others if they do not serve getting the damned book(s) out! Except the crappy day job. It leeches my precious positive energy so I guess I need to address #1 from 2008, using the anger for my art.
The entire 2009 resolution.
Joe only added one thing that year, learning from your mistakes. I'm not sure I do that yet...one of these days (haha)
#2 from 2010
I am already a Pioneer. As a unique and special snowflake, I make my own way. I resolve to try the ways others take as well--as long as I haven't already been down that road. I want to take one of those roads not taken in 2012. Since the word will end on 12.21.12, I don't have much time for getting lost and finding my way back so I'd better start gettin' on down the road now! :)
#2 from 2011
It's a no-brainer that I resolved to publish not crap eBooks. I'm holding back my first release until the editing is sufficiently well-done. I haven't even allowed my First Readers a crack at it yet because I know I can do better. I'm not going to settle for less than I know is my best. I resolve not to turn out crap just to turn out something. Unlike DTBs, eBooks are forever ;-)
#2 from 2012
I will (continue) to help other writers. One of the points of reopening the Webbiegrrl's Writings Blog was to offer other writers some of the lessons I've learned in business over the years. So few Indie Authors today really understand that being an Indie Author today is being a business owner. You are your own boss. And your own employee. And your own ad agency. And your own PR agency. And you are the brand. Understanding these things that have NOTHING to do with writing is hard for some of today's emerging Indie Authors.
The fact that some of the most-gifted writers cannot run a successful business shouldn't be the reason they fail, but often is, especially in the new publishing industry where eBooks are the growing and dominant force.
I resolve to help Indies understand that they, too, can hire employees to do these things for them. Hey! It can even be twisted into a tax write-off sometimes! Careful, though, Uncle Sam will still want a bite of your pie.
-sry
Sarah, the Webbiegrrl Writer
@webbiegrrl
http://webbiegrrl.blogspot.com/
Joe Konrath does an annual list of resolutions and repeats them each year in a sort of historical archive of resolutions. Click here to read the whole list:
http://jakonrath.blogspot.com/2011/12/konraths-resolutions-for-writers-2012.html
Some of my favorites are listed below. What are YOUR favorite resolutions?
#1 from 2006
I'm on that one right now as my first SciFi thriller (Conditioned Response, Book 2 of The Phoenician Series) is now officially "late" being released and I've had the Lacey / Rainey Story (my first Romantic Suspense) on "hold" until I release Conditioned Response. My backlog of books I want to write is starting to feel oppressive. I have about 8 or 10 in the queue already! I need to just quit the day job, eh?
#3 from 2007
I'm already a unique and special snowflake. I resolve that I shall NOT melt under the glare of others' determination to assimilate me into the Collective!
#3 from 2008
Feeding the Addiction. I am such an addict to my writing habit! I have already forsaken all others if they do not serve getting the damned book(s) out! Except the crappy day job. It leeches my precious positive energy so I guess I need to address #1 from 2008, using the anger for my art.
The entire 2009 resolution.
Joe only added one thing that year, learning from your mistakes. I'm not sure I do that yet...one of these days (haha)
#2 from 2010
I am already a Pioneer. As a unique and special snowflake, I make my own way. I resolve to try the ways others take as well--as long as I haven't already been down that road. I want to take one of those roads not taken in 2012. Since the word will end on 12.21.12, I don't have much time for getting lost and finding my way back so I'd better start gettin' on down the road now! :)
#2 from 2011
It's a no-brainer that I resolved to publish not crap eBooks. I'm holding back my first release until the editing is sufficiently well-done. I haven't even allowed my First Readers a crack at it yet because I know I can do better. I'm not going to settle for less than I know is my best. I resolve not to turn out crap just to turn out something. Unlike DTBs, eBooks are forever ;-)
#2 from 2012
I will (continue) to help other writers. One of the points of reopening the Webbiegrrl's Writings Blog was to offer other writers some of the lessons I've learned in business over the years. So few Indie Authors today really understand that being an Indie Author today is being a business owner. You are your own boss. And your own employee. And your own ad agency. And your own PR agency. And you are the brand. Understanding these things that have NOTHING to do with writing is hard for some of today's emerging Indie Authors.
The fact that some of the most-gifted writers cannot run a successful business shouldn't be the reason they fail, but often is, especially in the new publishing industry where eBooks are the growing and dominant force.
I resolve to help Indies understand that they, too, can hire employees to do these things for them. Hey! It can even be twisted into a tax write-off sometimes! Careful, though, Uncle Sam will still want a bite of your pie.
-sry
Sarah, the Webbiegrrl Writer
@webbiegrrl
http://webbiegrrl.blogspot.com/
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