Ramblings of an aspiring writer

My best friend left for home this morning, so I’m a little sad. Then I figured, what better way to get over that than talking about goals for the year. It’s a topic that came up a lot last week, but I wanted to have mine in one nice central place so people could readily beat me over the head with them. I’m so masochistic considerate that way.

• People: I want to spend more time with the people I care about: play with my kids more, spend more time with my husband where we actually talk, be there more consistently for my friends. It isn’t that I don’t do these things, I just want to be better about it.
• Health: Sure, I want to lose weight, but more importantly, I want to be healthy. So rather than some stupid number goal, I’m just going to work on watching what I put in my mouth and exercising on a regular basis again.
• Writing: I hate to give numbers, but I’d like a solid 3000-5000 words and/or 50-100 pages of editing a week. That means finishing/editing Partly Human as well as writing/editing the new project that has been percolating, and then doing some more. I also want to keep growing and learning as a writer: honing skills, trying new things, and meeting people in the business. Of course, I also want to sign with a fabulous agent who loves Pretty Souls as much as I do
• Reading: Throughout the past couple years, I’ve found that I have a much more difficult time reading for fun. I critique everything I read, and it’s slowed down my reading speed. I want to make reading for pleasure a priority again. Whether that means I find a way to shut off that editor or I become much more choosey about what I’m reading, I don’t know. But I love books, and I don’t want reading to be an afterthought anymore.

What does all that mean for you? It means (as you may have noticed in the past couple months) that my blogging won’t be incredibly consistent. I will still shoot for a weekly post, but I’m not going to feel guilty if I don’t. I’m not abandoning the blog (not by a long shot), but I’m also not going to post just because I “should”. Trust me that I’ll be here when I have something profound/wonderful/funny to say.

May 2010 be the best year yet!