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Author and Personal Goal Setting for the New Year

indie author new years eve-1041737_960_720It’s never too late to develop a plan for the New Year. Those of you who have hung around Indies Unlimited for a while know how I feel about business planning, goals, and not leaving things to chance. Goal setting isn’t just about business. Goals pertain to all aspects of your life:

  • Physical
  • Mental
  • Social
  • Spiritual
  • Financial
  • Career

It can be tough to sit down and develop a plan, so here are some “Thought Points” to getting your mind into the goal-setting mode. Continue reading “Author and Personal Goal Setting for the New Year”

Reaching Your Author Goals Before 2016

key to success for authors keyboard-621830_640This is crunch time. How are you doing on your 2015 writing and publishing goals? You know what? There’s still time. This is my favorite time of the year to reset the clock and make the final push. Too many times, we plow through the year without reflecting and reassessing what’s ahead. Continue reading “Reaching Your Author Goals Before 2016”

Follow Your Passion

bestselling author Joanne ClancyGuest Post
by Joanne Clancy

New Year 2010, I was sitting in my campervan overlooking the cold waters of the Atlantic Ocean in the West of Ireland, wondering what I was going to do with the rest of my life. I came across Amanda Hocking’s blog. Amanda Hocking was a twenty-six year old care worker, who’d written seventeen books in her spare time. In early 2010, she began self-publishing her books, and by March 2011, she was a Kindle millionaire! Amanda’s story was the catalyst that changed my life. Continue reading “Follow Your Passion”

A Writer’s Wish List – Getting Better in 2015

A writers wish listAs a kid, I put my best writing skills to work this time of the year. No, I didn’t create the perfect Christmas card message — I perfected the ultimate Christmas List! As the holidays neared, I would craft the best descriptions of the toys that I wanted, cut out pictures and list the optimum places to find Jimmy’s Wish List entries.

Nowadays, I don’t create the master wish list anymore, but I still make lists. This time of the year is a great time to think about the future. Putting into words the things you want to improve on, change, or learn is a great step toward making them a reality.

Here are some great things to include in your wish list for the upcoming year. I’m sure many of you have some of these in place, but hopefully you’ll find a few nuggets that were lacking in the past year. Continue reading “A Writer’s Wish List – Getting Better in 2015”