Getting It Done

Yes, it's tax season...

and after last year when I had to pay out for the first time more than $25, I was hesitating doing my taxes this year! Okay, I was being cheap and wanted to hold on to the thought that maybe I'd adjusted my withholdings over last year enough that I wouldn't have to pay anything and not get much back.

I've learned from Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University that it's best to hold on to as much of your mullah as you can instead of having the government handling it for you throughout the year, and to adjust your W-4s in a way that you get little or nothing back. In 2011, I did poorly at trying to figure out what would be too much withholdings and had to shell out quite a bit to Uncle Sam in 2012.

But this time I did good. I'd gotten the taxes done last night and I'll be getting some back. Before adding on my charitable contributions, I would have owed about $17. After adding it on, I'll be getting back over $1000. I'd like to get less than that back, but I don't know if I want to fuss around with my W-4s anymore. We'll see.

Getting it Done....

What else do we writers have to say we're getting done? Well the obvious...

our manuscripts!

And I'm slowly getting my second, what I'm calling my in-between book, of short stories and poetry done. I'm excited to be meeting the new critique partner next Saturday and pray NOTHING gets in our way.


And then there's marketing to get done....


I did a TV interview at the bookstore where my first book signing will take place, and it airs locally Tuesday! (Nail biting! Will my shifty eyes be too noticeable??)

Kudos to me, but there's so much more that could be done and should be done. It seems that the writer's job never really GETS done. No, instead, it's our feat to always be Getting It Done.