Resolutions

It's a new year and that means that people the world over are setting goals to accomplish in 2013. I'm no different and have set myself several goals for the coming year. Some of them are pretty standard, like losing those extra pounds left over from having a baby and the holidays. Note to self: having a baby right before the holidays was maybe not helpful to my weight-loss goals.

But most of my goals are writing related and I'm going to share them with you for two reasons:

1) If you know what my goals are, it forces me to actually accomplish something. I would hate to disappoint you.
2) It lets you know what to expect this year and gives you something to look forward to.

So my writing goals for this year include:
1) Finish "Mischief, Mayhem and NOT Burning the House Down" before the January 14 submission date for the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Contest. If for some reason "Mischief" is not ready, Finding Prince Charming will be submitted in its place. In either case, "Mischief" will be finished and released by March 2013
2) The third book in the "Charming" series will be written and released by the end of the year. Working title: "Prince Charming's Search".
3) Once my brother is home from his mission (mid-April), I will start a children's story series entitled "The Many Adventures of Dinky Doink and Lanky Lou" to be illustrated by said brother. Hopefully the first will be released in May or June 2013.

Other book related goals will be:
1) At least one blog post a week.
2) A Facebook post daily.
3) Book trailers for each of the completed books (currently that would be Charming Academy and Finding Prince Charming).
4) Possible creation of an audio version of Charming Academy. We're still working out the details for that.

Anyway, those are my goals this year; along with losing the baby weight from having Abigail and a few other miscellaneous things. I hope all of you had a safe and wonderful New Year's celebration. What are your New Year's Resolutions?