Rather than tormenting yourself with resolutions that last only a few days, or weeks at most, keep it simple: Each day choose a letter from my Author's Alphabet to focus on. Then see what emerges this year for you as a writer and author!
A - Affirm aloud that you are a writer!
B - Browse your local bookstore
C - Create something new today
D - Delete at least one sentence from each page of your manuscript
E - Edit...AGAIN!
F - Finish a chapter
G - Give yourself fifteen more minutes to write
H - Hook: if the one you've been using in your query hasn't worked yet, get a new one!
I - Imagination, Introspection, and Intrique Invite Interesting characters
J - Jeff Herman's Guide to Book Publishers, Editors, and Literary Agents: check it out!
K - Keep at it...no matter how many rejections you get
L - Literary Marketplace: check it out!
M - Memorize your pitch and practice it until you know it as well as you know the ABC's
N - News: Read your local newspaper for interesting marketable writing ideas
O - Open a favorite book you haven't read in years and read it again
P - Publisher's Weekly: subscribe today!
Q - Query letter: rewrite it again after careful research on what it should look like
R - Respect your agent's and editor's time...respect your own time
S - Synopsis: condense it!
T - Trust your inner voice and write from your heart not your head
U - Understand why you write and you will better understand yourself
V - Viewpoint: reread your manuscript from a different viewpoint
W - Writer's Conference: research options and sign up for one today!
X - eXpect results equal to your efforts, skill, determination, talent, and perseverance
Y - YES! The word you will be shouting when your editor calls to make an offer
Z - Zany: do something crazy today to invite creativity!
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