Welcome to the last Sunday Edition of 2014!
Has this year flown by, or is it just me? It feels like I only blinked a few times and, here we are, on the cusp of 2015.
Do you make resolutions each year on January first? How do you do at keeping those? I quit resolutions cold turkey a few years ago and focused on creating goals instead. The word resolution comes from “resolve” which gives me a visual of wishing something into existence. Thinking it will happen if we just want it enough.
Life’s not really that way, is it? To get results, we need to make plans. We need to break them down into manageable bites and set a schedule for achieving each. And thus, goals are born.
I like lists. I like creating them down to each measurable detail so I can have the pleasure of crossing things out more often. Every January I post a new set of writing-related goals on my blog, and every December, I let folks know how I did. There are always deviations, but that’s okay. I still accomplish more than if I didn’t set goals at all. Here’s my 2014 in Review. Of course, I have more detailed goals for both my writing and my private life that I don’t display publicly.
I’d love to hear about the types of goals and/or resolutions you set in comments.
This past week:
On Monday, Carol Moncado shared Inspy Romance’s Christmas Sales and Reads.
On Tuesday, Elizabeth Maddresy offered her top picks in romance for 2014.
On Wednesday, Valerie Comer talked about a favorite carol, Away in a Manger, and how it relates to Snowflake Tiara.
On Thursday, we were closed for Christmas Day.
On Friday, Laurie Tomlinson shared the Top 5 Books she’s looking forward to in 2015.
On Saturday, Gail Sattler lamented Is Christmas Really Over?
Up next week:
Monday: Kimberly Rae Jordan
Tuesday: Beth Vogt
Wednesday: Lorraine Beatty
Thursday: Closed for New Years Day
Friday: Heather Gray
Saturday: Sally Bradley
Special Deals!
Finding Mr. Write by Carol Moncado is 99¢ December 28 – January 3
Good Enough for a Princess by Carol Moncado is 99¢ December 25 – January 3
Finally Mr. Write by Carol Moncado will be $1.99 December 25 – January 3
Falling for Mr. Write by Carol Moncado is up for pre-order for $2.99
Kept by Sally Bradley is $1.99 through December 29
Love Brings Us Home BOX SET by Hallee Bridgeman, Valerie Comer, JoAnn Durgin, Kimberly Rae Jordan, Staci Stallings, Lynette Sowell, and Debra Ullrick — for 99¢!
A Side of Faith by Krista Phillips is only $1.00 this month. #DollarDecember
Snowflake Tiara by Angela Breidenbach and Valerie Comer is only 99¢ this month. #DollarDecember
NEW RELEASES December 2014
Yuletide Baby by Deb Kastner
Heart of a Soldier by Belle Calhoune
The Best Man’s Holiday Romance by Gail Sattler
A Model Bride by Autumn Macarthur
Prelude (Prequel to The Lewis Legacy Series) by JoAnn Durgin
Inspy Romance Christmas Reads!
Christmas Comes to Bethlehem, Maine by Lorraine Beatty, Elizabeth Ludwig, Sandra Robbins, and Virginia Vaughan (4 contemporary stories)
Snowflake Tiara by Angela Breidenbach and Valerie Comer (historical -> contemporary)
A Great Teton Sleigh Ride by Lynette Sowell and Elizabeth Goddard (4 generations, historical -> contemporary)
Sleigh Ride Together with You (Starlight Christmas 3) by JoAnn Durgin
A Holiday Proposal by Kimberly Rose Johnson
Yuletide Baby by Deb Kastner
The Best Man’s Holiday Romance by Gail Sattler
A Model Bride by Autumn Macarthur