What the heck is up with 2014?

It’s somewhat ironic. I’ve been writing professionally (that is, actually getting paid for it) for around three years, now. Yet, apparently, what has happened over those three years is that I seem to have less time for actually writing.

Why is that?

Well, I guess because I ended up taking on a lot more than just becoming an author. I began building an independent publishing company. Silly me. One more than one occasion, I have wondered (aloud) to myself: have I shot myself in the foot? Have I taken on more than I should have?

Perhaps.

In the end, however, I feel like I am moving toward something amazing. Something phenomenal that will stand long after I blow this popsicle stand. It’s called a “foundation.” Just like any building, you have to begin with the foundation, the solid under-structure that will support all that you plan on piling on top of it. And, God knows, I plan on piling shit on!

I’ve been a member of WANA for a while now and Kristen Lamb is a bit of a guru in the foundation-building area. She has long proposed that no author should ever not have a solid foundation, a platform from which to build their writing world around them. It’s true. I have lacked in this area, admittedly, and am attempting desperately to get it all in order.

One of the things Kristen recently mentioned was that it is much simpler (not easier!) to build a new platform from the ground up rather than try to tear down a previous (poorly designed one) and rebuild it correctly. I’m on the fence on this, if only from the sheer amount of work required on both sides of said argument. Still, one must get off one’s ass and get a move on.

Therefore, you will be seeing a LOT more of me blogging and tweeting this year, as well as me busting my hump to achieve my goal of completing two novels and an anthology in 2014. Sound like a madman talking? Tell me about it.

So, what are your plans for this year? Are you writing a book? Tell me, what’s it about? Are you going to blog more? Do you plan out your blogging (like, for example, using a scheduling template)? Or, do you write about whatever comes to your mind?

I’m interested to hear, so do please share.

Laters!