Well, dear reader… We made it… This is the last Forever Mountain Publishing post of 2018. For good or ill, the year is just about over.
I have to say while we didn’t get everything to go our way, I’m kind of pleased with where the year is ending up. I personally got two fiction first drafts done, I found the motivation to get one that was stuck in my drawer fixed and out. I got a book out and published (always a good thing when you’re a writer…), met my publishing goals, survived being a leader for the local Cub Scouts, and found solutions for improving my writing, filming and other projects. For the first time in a while I’m going into 2019 with a complete planning picture of what I will do in the year to come!
Planning is vital lf you’re going to be a writer or publisher; you’ve got stuff to do and you rarely have an hour to hour manager looking over your shoulder. It’s a perk of the career, but it means you have to figure out how to manage your own time.
Planning is a big thing. Too big for a single blog post. It’s also one thing that will be an ongoing discussion here at FMP in the year (and years) to come. For now, dear reader, know that one of the best things you can do for yourself as a writer is to think about where you are, where you’ve been and what you need to do to become better. This principle of taking stock and making plans for the future is right there at the core of planning as a writer (or in just about any other field). And the end of the old year and the beginning of the new is a great time to do it.
Whoever you are and whatever you believe dear reader, I’m wishing you the best here at the year end. I am looking forward to Christmas with my family here in a couple of days.
Take stock, take care, and I’ll see you next post.
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