The Beautiful Woman Has Come

The Beautiful Woman Has Come
A Historical Novel by Debra Giuffrida

Monday, January 7, 2013

With a Sniffle and a Sigh

It is now seven days into the month of January and the new year and I can tell you that I failed at NaNoWriMo. Failed...big time. I started off gungho and my keyboard smoked right up until Thanksgiving then nothing, nada...zilch.

My shoulders rise and fall with a huge sigh but it doesn't change the fact that I am afraid I will never finish any of my books! This is scary. I can laugh all I want and call myself a reluctant author but deep down I always believed that I would finish something.

All right, enough sobbing and whining. Do something about it. New Years resolutions are wonderful but they are made to be broken so instead I will make a checklist that I review daily. On this checklist will be only four things. The less I have to do the more likely I will be to accomplish them. My logic is frightening.

So here is my checklist:


  1. Complete chores by 1pm
  2. Check blogs, emails and Facebook
  3. Work on one WIP and complete 500 words +/-
  4. Take a nap
I like number four the best.

So what are your resolutions? Did you make a huge list with tons of stuff you are sure to break or did you keep yours short and sweet. I would love to know.

Happy New Year everyone!

4 comments:

  1. Lots of people don't finish NaNo, including me! Don't beat yourself up over it [g]

    I like your resolutions. Several of mine are similar. I resolved to write at least 2013 words on the WIP's per week, which breaks down to about 280 words per day--very doable.

    Stick with it, and you'll finish!

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  2. Thanks Lara! Yes, I am very good at beating myself up. And 280 words IS very doable. I like it better than 500 which can be a tad bit scary.

    As to NaNo...I have an excuse. I painted store Christmas windows for the last few weeks of the month which left little time for anything but feeding animals and sleeping.

    Good luck on your resolutions!

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    1. You painted store windows? That sounds awesome! Got any pictures?

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  3. Hi Lara, sorry I haven't checked my blog this past week (Ha! Already broke my resolutions!) so I missed your question. My next entry I will post some photos...shows I really did have an excuse!

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