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This is a resolution-free zone. Just some goals, smart targets, desires, that sort of thing.<\/p>\nNo New Year Resolutions here. This is a resolution-free zone. Just some goals, smart targets, desires, that sort of thing.<\/p>\n
* I\u2019d like to think I shall be writing at least a quarter of a million words this year. Last year, I wrote more than 276,000, but that was with very little editing, and no publishing. I now have an office, so I have no excuse (I actually have hundreds of excuses, but I\u2019m keeping those for this time next year). With a scheduled two sessions of #100kwords100days and a #NaNoWriMo, there\u2019s 250k right there. Of course, I\u2019d like to do more, but we\u2019ll have to see about that.<\/p>\n
* I\u2019d like to be publishing 3 novel-length books this year. This is self-publishing, of course. Something I\u2019ve done before, but it\u2019s been a couple of years since I last self-published. My collection of short and flash fiction (previously available as two books) is being squashed into one publication, and will be available soon in every outlet I can find.<\/p>\n
* I want to expand the Writer Chat channel, and maybe do just one chat a week, but with a wider variety of writers. Anyone have Stephen King\u2019s email address?<\/p>\n
If I achieve those three things, then 2015 will have been a win. And they\u2019re all within my own control. I can do these if I want to, and no one can stop me. Except the Stephen King thing. That might be a stretch.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s some writing motivation to start off the new year:<\/p>\n
First from Dean Wesley Smith:<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.deanwesleysmith.com\/new-world-of-publishing-failure-must-be-an-option\/<\/a><\/p>\n http:\/\/www.deanwesleysmith.com\/new-world-of-publishing-control\/<\/a><\/p>\n And then from Chuck Wendig:<\/p>\n