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Monday, January 3, 2022

A New Year and a New Start

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 image credit: poetryclubs.com

Monday Morning Musing

I love this graphic. Leaving 2021 behind and leaping into 2022. That appeals to me as I leave all the worries of the past year and look forward to a better one.

For the past two years, I've neglected my blog. I showed up once a month for Insecure Writers Support Group day (1st Wednesday of the month) and hosted authors with new books. Anything else was too much effort as we dealt with the covid pandemic and my husband's illness. As a full-time caregiver, my energies were challenged. I'm sure anyone who has been a caregiver knows what I'm talking about. But now that Hubs is better, I can focus on my writing.

I started the new year by rejoining Weekend Writing Warrior blog hop, where writers post snippets of their work. I shared the beginning of my latest Alex O'Hara PI mystery, The Case of the Wedding Wrecker. It begins with Alex and Nick's wedding. Such a happy and exciting time. From the title, you know something awful is going to happen. If you're interested, go to the previous post and read the snippet.

On New Year's Day, or thereabouts, it's tradition to set goals, make resolutions, or plan what to do for the year. Since I have two works-in-progress (full length novels) and a couple of novellas in the works, I plan to finish at least two this year. That means buckling down, BIC-HOK (butt in chair, hands on keyboard).

It also means being more active here. Today, I resurrected Monday Morning Musing. Tomorrow, I'm celebrating a friend's book birthday. I hope you'll come back and see what it is.

Starting out with plans is great. Following through is tough. I'll let you know how I'm doing next Monday. See you then.


 


6 comments:

  1. Real life needed you more and that's all right. I hope you can keep on track with your plans.

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    1. Thanks, Alex. With help from friends like you, I'll keep on track.

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  2. I'm so glad to see you back! And it's wonderful to read that your husbands is doing so much better! The year ahead looks like my hub's challenges will continue, so I can't commit to much m ore than Weekend Writing Warriors. I think this will be the year of visiting others' blogs when I can. :-) Have a great week, Diane!

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    1. I'm grateful for the docs who persisted until they found a solution. Sounds like you're going to be in the same place I was last year. I learned to take time for myself. Mostly it was reading and binge-watching TV. I considered it filling the creative well. Don't push yourself to try to do everything. Do what you can.

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  3. If you can maintain for 3 weeks, then you can do it for most of the year. Good luck!

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