#Reverb12: Write Through December to Prepare for 2013
When I was a high school English teacher, I used to put a prompt on the board almost daily to get my students in the right frame of my for class. Now that I am a full-time freelance writer and social media manager, I’m the one who needs to get in the right frame of mind for 2013, so I am going to write my way through #Reverb12 questions to prepare for what I hope is the best year of my life. I encourage you to join me, even if you just journal along! Here’s a link to all the information about #Reverb12.
Q1: How are you starting this last month of 2012? Take a moment, close your eyes, take a deep breath and ask yourself the question: how do you feel… in your body? in your mind? in your day job? in your creative life? in your heart?
My body is literally aching after one too many days of cranking out 10,000 words in order to hit my NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) goal of 50,000 words in 30 days last month. I’ve learned that I cannot push my body and mind like that without some serious rest in between. However, my mind is feeling great as I’ve started a new process: 90-minute chunks of work periods, followed by 30 minutes or longer rest/meal/workout breaks. I’ve surprised myself how much I can write and accomplish in these chunks, and I honestly feel that this structure is going to make my 2013 amazing. In my first 90-minute work sprint of the day, I can write between 1500-2000 words (reserved for my books only, not articles, etc. for other publications or clients), which means that if I keep that up daily, I’ll have about 750,000 words (or 10 novels!). Pretty excited about that 
I am also starting with a new client, Freedom Flask, which I am stoked about because it’s a fun product and the inventor is willing to try lots of ideas and see what sticks. I’m really looking forward to helping them grow and become THE go-to flask. I’m also psyched to start helping other people chase their writing and business dreams with the release of three writing ebooks in early 2013. These are more challenging to write than novels in some ways because they are educational, yet they are much quicker to edit because the language is straightforward, simple and factual. I’ve also recently made some connections with new potential clients that I am also looking forward to pursuing to see if we would be a good fit.
My heart is probably what is the worst off of everything. I’ve made a lot of sacrifices financially but even more so emotionally I think in this last 18 months of being a freelancer. I haven’t had the money, time or sometimes just energy to invest in my relationships with friends and family as I’ve been trying to build my business and make a living, and I am ready to have a more connected 2013.
How are you feeling as 2012 winds down and you gear up for 2013?
