It’s a new year, and my new year has started with getting my first round of edits sent to my editor so that we can stay on target with my March 17 release date. What better way to start the New Year than with a new publishing contract, right?
Because my birthday is twenty days after the New Year, I rarely start contemplating my new goals (forget resolutions!) until after my birthday. That gives me a few weeks to ease into the new year without feeling guilty. And right now, my goals are pretty much what they’ve always been: write, exercise, eat healthy, spend more quality time with family, travel more, laugh more, and continually learn something new. I’m always open to learning.
But because I am touting my author tagline as “Solving the mystery of love with romance novels”, my goal for this blog is to feature more posts about love and relationships. I believe in love, but I also believe love is work, just like anything else. Being single is work, so why not work just as hard at being married as you would if you were single? My plan is to offer my love and relationship advice on the last Tuesday of the month.
This year I will celebrate my twenty-year anniversary to the love of my life. Doesn’t mean we don’t irritate each other (at least once a week) but we do continue to enjoy each other more than we irritate each other. There’s a lot of love advice out there, and I don’t always agree with some of it, but I have plenty of my own advice I could share about love and relationships. So this year, I hope to do just that.
I have no idea what we’re going to do for our 20th year anniversary. Any ideas? I have six months to plan it, so I better start now!
I will also continue to post guest posts of authors because it’s a treat for me to help others as they bring their dreams to fruition.
My husband thinks I should share more about my writing experiences. Lord knows I have enough that could potentially help others as they trod along a path of writing and publication. So my plan is to share more of my writing and publication experiences.
Lastly, I have a full-time job that takes away from my writing career, and it’s not something I can do anything about at the moment. It’s not that I don’t love my job, but I love my writing better. Unfortunately, right now I don’t get a choice in the matter. So my job sometimes makes it difficult to write and post as often as I would like. My biggest goal this year is to make time to blog, but the writing must always come first! And, because life is too short to worry, I have to make time for myself and my family. I’m working on a schedule and hope to be better about blogging.
We’re already over two weeks into the New Year, and it’s been great so far! It’s going to be a big year in a lot of ways:
• My sister turns forty. She has recently moved and is not close by, so I need to come up with something bit (and fast) to make her day special.
• I celebrate my 20 year anniversary.
• My 2nd book is being released in March.
• I will attend RWA Nationals this year, since it’s in Texas.
• I will attend the XGames this year, since it’s in Texas (and hubby and I are huge fans).
• We wanted to start building a house, but not sure that’s going to work out. Might just do some remodeling and definitely must replace our roof!
Cheers to 2014, and Happy Birthday to Me!