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  • How are your yearly writing goals coming along? It's time for your mid-year writing check-in. Don't worry, there's still plenty of time to reset!

    Mid-Year Writing Check-In

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    People all around the world add “write a book” to their list of resolutions at the start of each year. By July many forgot they made that promise to themselves. Life gets busy and responsibilities start to stack up. Dreams of becoming an author slip to the wayside—only to be dusted off at the onset of another new year. Did you promise yourself you would finish a writing project this year and stalled out somewhere between January and now? Don’t worry, there’s still time to focus back in and accomplish your writing goals before 2019 comes to an end. Here…

  • New Year, Old You: Restarting a Failed Writing Resolution. A few tips to getting back on track with your New Year's resolutions, specifically on writing.

    New Year, Old You: Restarting a Failed Writing Resolution

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      Less than two months ago, many of us took the time to write out long lists of New Year’s resolutions. We dreamed of becoming the next Bob Goff or Shauna Niequist—not only finishing the writing and publishing process, but also seeing our books at the top of bestseller lists. The reality for many, however, is strikingly different: Most New Year’s resolutions fail by the second week of February. If you haven’t touched your computer in a week or the last “date modified” on your work in progress shows you haven’t accessed the file since January—don’t fret. You can still…

  • Make it happen - New Years Resolution

    Make It Happen!

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    A long time ago, someone told me that New Year’s resolutions are easy to make, but keeping them is completely different. They weren’t lying. I’ve made and broken more resolutions in my life than I can keep track, but within the past few years I’ve discovered the key to sticking with my resolutions. You see, the goals we set mean something to us; otherwise we wouldn’t make them goals. It’s important to dig a little deeper into why certain goals were selected; it’s there that we’ll find the true driving force behind a particular goal and why it’s important to…

  • Happy New Year from Xulon Press

    Let’s Set Some Goals for 2013

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    Every year at this time, lots of people are talking about making goals and resolutions for the New Year. Whether it’s to put an end to a bad habit, or kick-start a good one, it’s a wonderful time to be able to get refocused and have a fresh new start. I just love new beginnings! For me, I am choosing to restart a journey that I actually began back in September of this past year On September 5th, 2012, I decided to make some drastic changes in my life. I had just turned 49, and I was relishing that final,…