Well, I said at the beginning of the month that I had ambitious goals, and yes, they were ambitious, and they failed miserably. This makes me sad. Sure there were reasons, excuses, excuses, blah blah.

Course, if this had been my day job, perhaps I would have gotten fired. Those excuses don’t fly in the [...]

There’s one thing I never realized about this whole writing thing until- embarrassingly enough- this year. Whether you’re doing the “get started writing” thing or the “begin to get published” thing or the “alternate/indy/new media publishing” thing or even the “established writer veteran,” there is one thing you absolutely must have:

Measurable goals.

Having [...]