Bonus Post: Review of Bylines Calendar for Writers

Still procrastinating about setting writing goals? No time, no vision...blah blah? Here's your solution:

1. Read review of Bylines Calendar for Writers: http://www.writer2writer.com/byline.htm

2. Visit Amazon.com and purchase calendar:



3. Plant butt in chair and don't get up til your goals are done!

Happy goal-ing,
Beth

Article: Setting Goals for Your Writing Career by Lee Masterson

While I'm on the goal kick, here's another article to get you jump-started for 2007 and your career.

I haven't mentioned it because I have a deep-seated belief that writers are the most intelligent creatures on earth, but if you've already set goals for the new year, it never hurts to do an occassional reassessment and realignment...so don't blow by these articles thinking they're not for you...

An excerpt...
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Setting Goals for Your Writing Career
(c) Lee Masterson

By failing to plan, you are planning to fail" - Ben Franklin

True success - in every field - begins with a plan. I do not mean the plan to actually WRITE your book. That step forms only a portion of the total process required in creating publishing success. I mean the plan to get your book to the stage where you originally imagined you wanted it to reach.

Goals and plans are important for almost every aspect of your life. Your writing career should be no different.

The problem with goals is that many of the best plans fall by the wayside. People get distracted, better plans are made, easier plans are found or circumstances change.

The simple truth is, if you want to succeed, you should devise a plan that suits you and stick to it. You can always revise a plan as you go, or add to it or amend it, but as long as you stick to your basic plan, you will reach your goal.
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Read the rest here....http://www.fictionfactor.com/articles/goals.html

Happy setting and resetting writing goals,

Beth

Resource: Writers Website Planner

If one of your goals in the new year is to create an author's website, here's an interesting site with lots of things to think about in the planning stage of your site. Not a lot of hands-on activities toward creating your web presence, just some considerations to take into account when designing the site of your dreams:

Writers Website Planner
http://www.writerswebsiteplanner.com/index.html

Happy Planning,

Beth

Article: The Magic of Goals

Because I feel like your mom today (or that person in your life who nags--nicely), here's another article on goal setting from Holly Lisle, romance author.

No dessert until you finish reading....

How to Get There From Here: The Magic of Goals by Holly Lisle
http://hollylisle.com/fm/Workshops/setting_goals.html

Happy writing (and be nice to your brother),

Beth

Article: Setting Effective Writing Goals

Because it's never too early to start planning those writing goals for the new year...and you can't be prodded too often...check out Moira Allen's article on Setting Effective Writing Goals.

In fact, while you're at her site, writing-world.com, be sure and peek around the corners. It's one of my absolute fave sites for any/everything writing related....

http://www.writing-world.com/basics/goals.shtml

Happy goal setting,
Beth