A New Year Dawns by Wendy H. Jones

 

It's that time again when we stand on the cusp of a new year. The past is now firmly behind us, although the past two years are not ones we will forget in a hurry. On social media many people are saying they are not looking forward to the year ahead and I can understand that. Yet, I stare into the year full of hope both personally and professionally. As a writer, I have all sorts of projects planned. Yes, planned. Despite the fact most plans have been disrupted over the past two years I am still filled with hope and expectation that this year will be different. Why do I feel this way? - because I have put systems in place to reach my goals. Because I believe that I can achieve what I want to achieve. Yes, we are in the middle of a pandemic but the only person that can stop me doing what I want to do professionally is me. 

As we stand, staring at the year ahead, what plans have you put in place for this year? What do you want to achieve and what systems have you put in place to achieve it? This can be professionally or personally. It can be the number of books you want to write, finding an agent, finding a publisher, increasing your word count, number of books you would like to sell, a financial goal. Whatever it is, or even they are, write them down large and put them in front of your desk so you can see them as you write. Believe you can reach them and that is the first step. Work out what other steps you need to take and write them down. This is the path which will lead to you achieving your goals.

I will finish by wishing you a very Happy New Year. Lang may yer lum reek wi other folks coal. May you achieve everything you want to achieve this year. I'm rooting for you. And remember, God is with you every step of the way. You are never alone.

About the Author

Wendy H Jones is the Amazon #1 international best-selling author of the award winning DI Shona McKenzie Mysteries. Her Young Adult Mystery, The Dagger’s Curse was a finalist in the Woman Alive Readers' Choice Award. She is also The President of the Scottish Association of Writers, an international public speaker, and runs conferences and workshops on writing, motivation and marketing. Wendy is the founder of Crime at the Castle, Scotland’s newest Crime Festival. She is the editor of a Lent Book, published by the Association of Christian Writers and also the editor of the Christmas Anthology from the same publisher. Her first children's book, Bertie the Buffalo, was released in December 2018. Motivation Matters: Revolutionise Your Writing One Creative Step at a Time, was released in May 2019. The Power of Why: Why 23 Women Took the Leap to Start Their Own Business was released on 29th June, 2020. Marketing Matters: Sell More Books was released on 31st July 2020. Bertie Goes to the Worldwide Games will be released on 5th May, 202,  and the third book in the Fergus and Flora Mysteries will be published in 2021. Her new author membership Authorpreneur Accelerator Academy launched in January 2021. Creativity Matters: Find Your Passion for Writing the third book in her Writing Matters Series was published in September 2021. Wendy's latest release is Killer's Curse, the seventh book in the DI Shona McKenzie Mysteries. 

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