I've never been big on New Year's resolutions, mostly, because I've been bad at sticking to them, but this year is going to be different. Why? Because I'll make it different.

Inspired by this post by Lilith Saintcrow, I am planning to take my writing more seriously. It is something that is very dear to my heart and that I've wanted to do for a while now and I realised that I've not been treating it that way. I've procrastinated, been lazy and generally haven't applied myself enough for what I want to achieve.

So here come my resolutions for 2010:

Writing
# Edit Angel book #1/ Find a damn name!
# Get the guts to submit something. The worst thing that can happen is a lot of rejections!
# Outline and write angel book #2.
# Figure out the adult story that's been attacking me since November.
# Poke Phoebe to see what we're doing with our collab! =D
# Blog twice a week.

Personal
# Continue to eat more healthily & work out = drop more pounds.
# Pass all my modules in uni, so I can change to my other course!
# Read at least 30 books this year.

Ambitious? Yes. But technically do-able, if I don't procrastinate and set myself goals and stick to them.

This week I finished my WIP, Angel book #1. It is a great big mess, but that's okay, because it's the first draft. There are many things that need to be done to improve it, but I can't wait to throw myself into the editing process and strenghten it.

My new year stars with a clean slate at least here on my blog. A new layout is in place and I've also changed my username (carolinswriting), to something that is more me. The one I had before was chosen years ago and I feel that I've grown out of it. ... expect my Twitter username to also change in the next time when I've figured out how to call myself on there.

Until then. ;-)

P.S.:

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