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It’s January 2, 2012 and I’ve posted my goals for the New Year on www.lionheartedkat.com

In 2007 I posted my weekly goals on Fellowship of Christian Writers www.fcw@yahoogroups.com. Goal setting did help me, but when I started reviewing what I accomplished and writing the things I learned, I gained even more.

This year I have a goal of writing a “Lesson Learned” weekly on lionheartedkat.com —that’s not a lofty goal, just a tool to help me.

Hope to see you all at the first Wordsowers meeting of 2012 at Garden Café this coming Thursday at 7-8:30.

“…there’s a hormone secreted into the bloodstream of most writers that makes them hate their own work while they are doing it, or immediately after. This, coupled with the chorus of critical reaction from those privileged to take a first look, is almost enough to discourage further work entirely.” –Francis Ford Coppola, “Letter to the Reader,” Zoetrope magazine

ALMOST Such a small word, but to a writer it is the difference between giving up and persevering. In my Flip Dictionary other words suggested for perseverance are: constancy, continuance, dedication, determination, diligence, drive, endurance, grit, insistence, patience, persistence, resolution, spunk, stamina, steadfastness, tenacity. All of which are necessary in a writer’s life.
So all of you writers out there — pick up the pen and write something. No matter how much. One word, paragraph, page or chapter at a time. It all adds up and surpasses the almost for submitted. Because, as Kat will remind us, you can’t publish what you don’t submit!
To God be the glory!