Si, Se Puede--Yes, you can!

Thanks so much for stopping by during this month of #wipmadness! I'm cheering you on! For my final post of this month, I thought I'd talk about karma. You know the saying: What you do comes back to you? Photo courtesy of http://writerswin.com/karma-secrets-to-author-success/ In this biz, it can be tough at times. The ups and downs are like being on a roller coaster ride. You get on the coaster, not sure what to expect and then experience highs(like signing with an agent, signing a book deal, successful author speaking/signing engagements, landing on the NYT best sellers list) and then the lows(rejections galore, low book sales). You have to be tough. I've found it really helps to cheer on my fellow authors when they have successes and hope that karma will come back and bite me some time later on. I really love what is posted in http://writerswin.com/karma-secrets-to-author-success The Giving Game The idea of  giving first  is as old as time. What...

Are you all ready to start 2015 off with a bang? Photo courtesy of http://blog.localed.co/ I don't know about the rest of you but this last month with illness of my pet cockatiel, stress of the holidays, deadlines, and just life in general, I ended up suffering a mega bout of blahs or: Photo courtesy of http://revisionwarriors.blogspot.com/ To start the new year off, let's share what our goals are for this month.  Nothing too big but enough to get our creative juices running again! **Love this blog post from YA author Shannon Delany on setting achievable writing goals: http://linkis.com/uncommonya.com/1/pos/tutk0 Favorite advice: ... “But what if I don’t achieve a goal?” you ask.  “Worse yet—what if I can’t achieve the goal that is really the first of my building blocks of my success?” Then adjust. Forgive yourself and adjust your goals and maybe your timeline .  Be realistic and—perhaps most important—be kind to ...