Well another Christmas has come and gone. Got some goodies and a Kindle Fire from my wonderful husband and son. Spent quality time with the family which is so important. Hope everyone had a great holiday with their loved ones.
Now I am hoping to change a few things in the new year to come. I have never really done this before. I mean I hope to always better things no matter a new year or not, but this coming year I hope to focus more on some things than I have in the past. Just a few are; being a better mother, wife and person, but also working more on my writing goals.
I have spent so much time trying to get my name out their with Damon’s book I have totally put Jared’s book on the back burner and that’s not good. I also feel a little pressure because most of the reviews I have gotten have been good (not complaining at all) and I don’t want to disappoint. So I want my writing to improve each and every book I put out. I am trying to learn as much as I can about the business of writing and what readers want. It’s a lot to take in.
I love to write period and I do write for myself, but the reader is always in the front of my mind as I ask myself would a reader like this, would the reader get this, etc. To me that is the most important part of writing. As I said I love to write…period. Guess you can tell this by my overly long post. 😉 But a reader is spending their money on something I wrote and I want them happy.
I don’t like to make new year resolutions because it’s too much pressure. Pressure is fine, but if I am not enjoying what I am trying to achieve then I’m not happy and failure rate is high. I learned this about myself when I was competing in martial arts tournaments. It was the start of a new year so anyone could go for Top 10 then compete in the World Championships. Well I said okay I am going to be in the Top 10 and I am going to be World Champion. I am going to win this tournament, blah, blah and more blah. Well I put so much pressure on myself I was nervous and afraid to lose. I almost hated to compete and anyone who knew me back then knew how much I loved to compete. The more the year slipped by the more I lost. I got tired of losing and stopped saying I was going to win and stopped worrying about the World Championships and Top 10. I had fun and enjoyed myself like I had always done. Then it started happening. I was winning and was happy getting in their with mean women and beating each other up. LOL! Seriously… Loved it! So to not to go through that again all I want for 2012 is what I mentioned above, and to be happy and to give someone escape with one of my stories and no pressure. 😉
Thank you for stopping in and I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas!
Hugs,
Teresa
