WineontheKeyboard

okay, confession time. I just don’t DO January very well. Ever. I try, honest. But the whole post holiday letdown (which I tell myself I should think of as peace and quiet). The whole rush of goal setting (which leads to long to do lists where I’m not motivated to anything on them). The endless series of gray days. Sigh.

And I don’t like to be cold. Ever. I’m a wuss that way. Don’t like driving on snow. I actually suck at it. (not that we’ve had snow this year).

The writing is going slower than I thought, because I’m avoiding the thinking part of writing. Figuring out what is wrong with a part of the story.

I always start out January with a bang. Motivated. Off to the races. Then. Sigh. I don’t do Januarys well. At. All.

The good thing is I know this passes every year.

I know, I know, quit whining and get back to work.

EDITED TO ADD: So what do you do to kick yourself out of the January blahs? (or don’t you get them, lucky you?)

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okay, I’m working on another proposal for NEXT. I hope to have it winging it’s way to NYC either this week or next week at the latest. You know, once everyone gets back to school and life settles down. Does anyone have ANY idea how much laundry FIVE boys generate?? With a handful of them over 6 foot tall??? Not to mention trying to keep groceries on the shelves and food in the fridge Don’t get me wrong, I so enjoy every minute of having them home. But since they are only here for hit and miss visits, it’s really hard to get into any routine and figure out how to make real life work when they’re here. So real life just takes a back seat… (do NOT, I repeat, do NOT come to my house right now. Give me a week or so to shovel it out.).

Good thing my boss is understanding at work…

Couple of sales this last week around blog land. That’s always exciting. See, publishers really do buy new authors. Or so I keep telling myself.

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A new year. A new month. I really enjoyed my month off. Kind of freeing to give myself a month off and not feel guilty. Ease up on some of the crazy holiday stress. Call me crazy, but I also didn’t bake any Christmas cookies this year.

Now we’re on to the new year. New goals. My critique group does awesome goal making. We post them to each other and do check ins every so often to see how we’re doing. I’m upping my number of proposals I want out there at all times this year. And I’m branching out to more publishers/lines.

So do you start the new year off with goals?

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