Out with the old ...
The new year is steadily marching on and I am sure you may have had your fill of New Year posts. So, you may be wondering what on earth I am doing writing another post and where I might be going with this. Let me start by saying, December should have been my last post with Authors Electric and I was planning on handing over my weekly post to a new author. However, during my planning for this coming year I found myself planning posts for my monthly Authors Electric post. I may have thought I was finished with AE but it turns out I was not, which I am actually frightfully excited about. This started with planning and it is planning I want to talk about today.
Usually, when we plan and set out our goals for the year ahead we decide what we want to achieve and what steps need to be taken in order to achieve those goals. Often this means giving up other aspects of our writing and publishing life. I have learnt a valuable lesson during this process, that being I should think carefully about what it is I actually want to give up. Planning isn't just adding new things and moving forward, it is also about assessing what we are already doing. It is about looking at their value and how they not only help our own writing life, but how they help others. This blog is a chance for me to give back and add value to the writing community. Sometimes, what we do is about others and not just ourselves. Now, don't get me wrong, it is also another platform for me to talk about writing and my writing specifically, but that is not what drives me to do. What drives me to write the blog each month is to give to my fellow writers. Reading the other AE blogs allows me to learn as a writer as well.
So, before giving something up, think carefully and make sure it really is something you want to give up.
About the Author
Wendy H. Jones is an award-winning, international best-selling author who writes adult crime books, young adult mysteries, children's picture books and non-fiction books for writers. She is also a writing and marketing coach, runs the Writing Matters Online School and is the CEO of Authorpreneur Accelerator Academy, The president of the Scottish Association of Writers and hosts The Writing and Marketing Show podcast. She is currently writing a series of historical fiction novels based around the life of a 19th Century Surgeon in the Royal Navy.
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