Monday, January 2, 2012

Post: New Year, New Goals, New ... Laire?


With a new year, people embrace this magical idea that right now is the time to plan, set goals, and change our lives for the better (when, really, we can do that any time of the year). I'm a totally shameless participant.

I spent last week away from social networking to rethink a way to better manage my time this year. I mentioned possible changes to my blog, but I think it will stay, visually, the same. It's more of a downsizing. I'll make occasional random posts for blogfests, contests, and the such, but for now, three posts a week is what I can manage before it cuts into my novel writing time.

2012 Blogging schedule:

Mondays - Shout-Outs / Updates
Tuesdays - Tuesday Tropes
Fridays - Aspiring Advice

Posts should be up by 8 AM, MST (except today - long story). By May, I hope to have a revision done and a new novel finished. Maybe good news for Woven ... ?

I'm also attending most writing conventions in Utah this year. Maybe some out of state. Know any good ones?

Until then, here's some award awesomeness!


Elizabeth Varadan was cool enough to give this award during my absence. Thank you (even though I need to comment more)! To accept it, I have to pass it on to my top 20 commentators. If I got this award last year, it would have gone to only a few. Now, I can't make up my mind. This place as grown so much! So, in no particulair order, I pass this awesome award onto the following:


You guys are commenting wizards! Seriously. Thank you for your dedicated readership and sharing your voice.

Update: The Woven query is back to the drawing board after some sweet agenty feedback. The new approach looks good so far. Just waiting for buds and CPs to give me their take on it. Hopefully this will do wonders in the next round. The Dragon's Heart? Slow going. Rewrote the first three chapters. Three times. But if the revision is done by V-Day, that will make the Mrs. happy!

I'm looking forward to another new year of writing, blogging, and living the journey. Let's make it count!

I'm David, and who'd like some Hobbit LEGOs?

(Yes - it's really happening)

30 comments:

  1. Great goals, David. I need to refresh my blogging goals. Taking a couple of weeks off has really shown me how much it's cut into my writing time. I think I'm going to cut back, WAY back.
    Thanks for the award! I think my comments are sub-par, but that's because I rarely have anything interesting to say... is that a LEGO hobbit? Cool. : )

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  2. I need to rethink my blogging goals to. I need to do more "On Writing" posts, I think, and more frequent updates on my work.

    Good luck with your goals! Look perfectly reasonable to me. =)

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  3. Sometimes you have to adjust the blogging! I just need to get through CassaFire's release and then the A to Z Challenge, and then I'm making adjustments as well.
    Good luck with the revisions!

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  4. Congrats on your award and the new awardees.

    I've been trying to come up with new blogging goals as well. Still trying to figure it out.

    Happy New Year!

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  5. Congratulations on the award, David! Happy New Year! :)

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  6. As of a couple of weeks ago, I made slight changes to my blogging too. I'm also only posting three times a week, and taking the weekends off. It's already taken a load off my mind most days.

    I want a Lego ring!

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  7. Yeah, when I first started blogging I did so everyday. But I realized I just didn't have enough interesting stuff to say that often :) haha.

    So I make sure that i blog at least twice a week and that they are pertinent (at least I hope they are) topics. Some weeks it can be as much as five.

    Good luck with your works. Don't you just love query letters?? ;)

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  8. Agghh! Hobbit legos? Huge Lord of the Rings fan here... I may have to get me ... I mean ... my husband some. :) And good luck on querying Woven! If you ever need any fresh eyes, you know where to find me! :)

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  9. Awww! Thanks for the pass along. Did I ever mention that you ROCK? Yeah - for reals! I will hopefully see you at many of these Utah conventions. Trying to manage some babysitting situations and then I'm registering. Whoo-hoo!

    Best of luck - and I hope to hear lots of awesome news from you coming up!

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  10. That award made me realize I don't comment on posts. I probably should. Sheesh, I haven't been in the blogosphere at all lately. That's a New Years resolution! Blog twice a week.

    My uncle mentioned something about LOTR LEGO'S, and it didn't really occur to me. I just finished Fellowship and Two Towers Extended Edition, and the photo you posted almost made me pass over and die. I'm much more excited for this than I realized.

    Anyway....

    -Jackson

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  11. Congrats on the award, David. I just got that one, too. You going to LTUE? It's at UVU this year.

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  12. Thank you for the shout out, and best of luck with the rewrites. You can do it!

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  13. Happy new year as well! Blogging goals are one of my new year goals too, we'll see how it goes :) Good luck with yours!

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  14. Happy New Year back atcha! You're still in the same week so not too late.

    Thanks for the comments award. Easy to comment when there's something to comment about. You keep the place hopping, so, yeah...well, thank you.

    Sounds like you've got some great progress in the writing realms. Glad you've some great feedback regarding your query. That could get you two steps closer to the 'Yes' you want.

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  15. I'll probably see you at the conventions. I'm going to most of them too.

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  16. Ooh! Hobbit Legos! I am addicted to the Star Wars Legos. Come to think of it, I buy my kids the general Lego people series just because I want the people! Good luck on achieving your goals in 2012!

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  17. Happy New Year David. I admire your ability to juggle the blog trice weekly and writing. Good luck for this year.

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  18. Hobbit legos..that's just awesome!

    Happy New Year to you David!! This year should be productive for many of us I'd say!!

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  19. Good luck with the novels and blogging schedule. I'll be looking for some great news from you in your future posts.

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  20. Happy New Year! Sounds like some great adjustments. Good luck with your query and writing in 2012!

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  21. Happy New Year!! That's cool that you've received feedback on your query. (Thanks for you help with mine!)

    Thanks for the award!

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  22. OMG I missed the Hobbit Legos. Woohoo. So cool.

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  23. Wow. Thanks so much for the Comment Award! I appreciate it. And yes, I'm am so ready for the Hobbit Legos, and so are my kids.

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  24. How did I miss this post? My mind must've been totally cramped yesterday. Congrats on the award! You do leave some awesome comments. :) And I may have to steal your online goals. I'm having a hard time prioritizing everything when it comes to blogging, writing, networking, querying, researching... and I mother at the same time. I think that's why my mind is gone, lol.

    And Hobbit Legos!!!!! Oh my gosh, I know what I want for my birthday. :)

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  25. I will always WANT hobbit legos, but I would just play with them all day and not get anything done. I'm with you on cutting back on blogging. It's great stuff but needs balance.

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  26. Awe shucks. I've never been called a Wizard before. I may have to type that up and wear it on my shirt while I write. YOU are really the comment wizard, if ever oh ever a wiz there was, it's you!

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  27. Thanks for the award David.

    And I hope the Hobbit legos are only half the size of the other characters.

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  28. Happy New Year! I really like your blogging schedule. It's better to leave more time to write. I need to balance more too.

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  29. Great goals, David! Balance is the key, definitely. Best of luck in 2012!!

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  30. You know, there's just something about seeing your name up in lights that zaps the thrill button! Thanks for sliding my name into your lit-up list of commenters!

    And isn't it electric thinking about attending all those conferences?!!! I'm highly hyper about going to everything I possibly can! Did you discover any great out-of-state ones? I'd love to plan for something like that too. Some time I want to attend the SCBWI conf in LA. I don't know if I'll make it this year - I have a lot going on in my family right then, but who knows.

    And here's wishing you complete awesomeness in weaving your WOVEN query.

    And hey, kudos on your smarticles for making more writing time!

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