These are my goals for 2009. This is the first time I've actually thought about this sort of thing and put it out for all to see. I plan to do checkpoints throughout the year, maybe every three months or so, just to see how I'm doing. I started reporting my writing progress a while back, and I think it's helped keep me motivated. The intent here is the same.

So, here we are: my writing, reading, and other goals for this new year.

Writing

1.) Finish my current WIP

I've been blogging about my progress on The Five Elements for some time now. My primary goal is to complete this novel and get it sent out to poten... [More]

New Year's or not, I haven't made any resolutions in many, many years. Given that only 12% of New Year's resolutions are actually kept, it's a wonder anyone bothers making them at all. Yet, people do.

That's not to say I don't have goals; the distinction is important. Their definitions:

goal (noun): the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it

resolution (noun): a decision to do something or to behave in a certain manner

A resolution is therefore a change in behavior. A goal is a task requiring completion. ... [More]