All Entries Tagged With: "New Years"

New Years Resolutions #25 Complete: Create a Portfolio of all Stories Written from 2005-2008

One of my New Years Resolutions was to take all of my short stories written over the past five years and edit and format them once and for all. This was not for the sake of my New Years Resolutions mind you, this actually came about when I realized that some of these stories I’d [...]

New Years Resolutions #26, #74 Completed

It’s hard to believe that almost half the year is over and we’re already headlong into spring. It seems like only yesterday I was wearing Long John’s and dreading stepping out into that -20 below frigid temperatures with my hood up, my scarf tucked around my mouth, hoping I didn’t catch frostbite on my way [...]

New Years Resolutions #13, #21, #24, #40, #67 Completed

It’s amazing how a few weeks can change things. Having not looked up my New Years Resolutions for the month of April I was surprised to find how many New Years Resolutions I’d actually completed in the last few weeks. Which one am I most proud of? Easily it would have to be “Get Invited [...]

New Years Resolution #24 Completed: Attend Three Events as a Reporter

What a difference one week makes. It’s enough to cross off another New Year’s resolution, probably one of the more important resolution in the course of my writing career. From April 17-24 I attended three industry events in my capacity as an assistant editor for two automobile magazines (Jobber News & SSGM) in Toronto, Canada

They [...]

New Year’s Resolution #4 Completed: Complete the first 100 pages of ‘The Seducer’s Handbook’

Whenever I’m currently working on a novel I like to set certain benchmarks for myself. So instead of making one resolution to finish a first draft of a manuscript I usually set another resolution or two for every one hundred pages completed. And I’m happy to say that last night I surpassed page 100 in [...]

New Year’s Resolution #11 Completed: Get Five Articles Published

So with the latest publication of Jobber News Magazine I have completed my eleventh resolution of the New Year. Actually, it’s been a slow year for New Years Resolutions. But it’s not about quantity, it’s about quality. What’s special about this issue is it’s the first magazine I’ve ever had a cover story on. The [...]

New Year’s Resolution #66 Completed, Create $100 Royalties from Freelance Articles

Some might see this as a hollow victory. I, however, don’t. The recent publication of my article “Five Ways the Internet Can Improve Your Contracting Business” in Home Builder Magazine (a magazine that reaches 26,000 renovation professionals each month) earned me a little extra discretionary income in the payment cheque of a $100. Keep in [...]

New Year’s Resolutions 2009

I realize that many people  think that New Year’s Resolutions are a big waste of time and for good reason. If you have ten resolutions and only complete three what’s the big deal (if you haven’t given up on them two weeks into the new year).  But if you have 100 resolutions and complete 30, [...]