Goals for 2010 – The First Nine Months

Tortoise and the Hare by Patrick Q

It’s amazing how much can be learned in just nine months if you’re a willing student and possess the ability to perform an honest self-evaluation. Last week’s post, Failure Is Not an Option; It’s a Necessity, discussed commitment to forward motion no matter how many check marks accumulate under the “Fail” column on my list [...]

Goals for 2010 – The First Three Months

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Nails dragged across a chalkboard. Two pieces of Styrofoam rubbed together. George Dubya giving a speech. All are infinitely more appealing than progress analysis, a crucial step in goal achievement. How do I know where I’m at in my plan for 2010 if I don’t stop to look at what I’ve done and what I [...]

Prolific Blogger Award

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My blog began in August 2008 with the goal to build its readership at a steady, organic rate, which meant I didn’t want to do heavy promotions or use other guaranteed traffic magnets. I wanted people to discover Unleash the Flying Monkeys! because of its content and not because of my marketing abilities. Along the [...]

Update: Goals For 2010 – The First Two Weeks

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Alrighty, I’ve found accountability helps me stay on track, so this post is an update about how well I’ve done thus far on my plan for 2010. Overall, I’m not disappointed, but, upon closer examination, there’s definitely room for improvement. The one thing I am most proud of is the fact that I haven’t procrastinated [...]

WIP Update: Buzzards – Too Much of a Twist?

I told y’all how great Buzzards is coming along, right? Yeah, so, I have a concern and I don’t know if it should be a concern. Or if it’s just my inner critic attempting to censor my muse. Or if it’s a concern best handled during revision. Here’s the situation: For the past few months [...]

WIP Update: Buzzards and Wolf

Buzzards is coming along at a respectable pace. Well, that’s not entirely true; it’s coming faster than anything I’ve written before. There are about 20 handwritten pages I have to type up before I can update the WIP word counter on My Projects page, which is one of my goals for this weekend. I never [...]

Happy 2010!

Yeah, yeah; I’m a day late but they say better late than never for a reason, right? I wanted to do two things with this post: First, I wanted to find out what you have planned for 2010. Second, I wanted to make a quick note of what I plan to do, writing wise, this [...]

Quote of the Month – Topic: Writing

“Write what disturbs you, what you fear, what you have not been willing to speak about. Be willing to be split open.” (Unknown) I don’t know who said this, but it inspires me. It follows along the same lines as another post I made a few weeks ago about writing because you have something to [...]

Quote of the Month – Topic: Writing

“No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.” (Robert Frost) This is one of the main reasons I’ve always been scared of planning in my writing. I was so sure that any sort of pre-planning would kill any and all hope of potential [...]

“Alone” by Edgar Allan Poe

From childhood’s hour I have not been As others were–I have not seen As others saw–I could not bring My passions from a common spring. From the same source I have not taken My sorrow; I could not awaken My heart to joy at the same tone; And all I lov’d, I lov’d alone. Then–in [...]