Checking In....

Checking In

I started off the year making a list of goals that I wanted to accomplish with my writing. My main goal was to make something happen. After the past year, I know that things don’t just happen out of the blue for anyone. You have to actively work at it and that’s what I’m doing – actively working to make my dreams come true. It’s different now because I now know what doesn’t work. I’m ready to try other things that might possibly work.

So far, in the first 7 days of 2013 I’ve done enough to feel accomplished....

1. I got an invite to the Kentucky Independent Writers group meeting in Lexington on the 19^th. I’m pretty sure I’m going to be able to make it. I’m excited about the prospects of going to this meeting.

2. I started a self-publishing class yesterday.  I’m hoping to learn a lot about the industry as a whole because I have a lot of questions about how to really go about doing this. And most importantly, doing it right the first time.

3. I’ve kept my resolution of writing 500 words a day so far!

I found some interesting articles that gave step-by-step instructions on how to self-edit and do a few other things for myself that traditionally others would do. Therefore, I’m going back and doing what I realize I should have done before. I’m going to learn the craft and what all I need to do in order to become successful.

I’ve had some missteps along the way and I’m learning as I go. It’s frustrating at times and I feel like I go around in circles sometimes, but there are moments when I do take large steps forward. I feel like I’m there at this point. I’m taking a large step forward and a huge leap of faith.

Nobody ever accomplished anything by staying complacent; dreams have always been achieved by doing.  That’s the phase I’m in right now…the doing phase. Everything else will fall into place. I just have to keep my head up and keep moving forward.

I can’t even begin to tell you how excited I am for this year!