Another year gone

Well, I made it through another year, pretty much unscathed. As usual, I didn’t get everything accomplished that I wanted to finish before the end of the year, including book projects. I never finish everything I want to, so I wonder why I even bother making New Year’s resolutions. Does anyone ever keep their resolutions?

Curious about the tradition of making resolutions, I looked up the origin of New Year’s resolutions and this is what I found:

The ancient Babylonians made promises to their gods at the start of each year that they would return borrowed objects and pay their debts.

The Romans began each year by making promises to the god Janus, for whom the month of January is named.

In the Medieval era, the knights took the "peacock vow" at the end of the Christmas season each year to re-affirm their commitment to chivalry.

At watchnight services, many Christians prepare for the year ahead by praying and making these resolutions.

I suppose it can’t hurt to make goals for the year. It gives us something to look forward to each new year. But maybe we shouldn’t be too hard on ourselves if we can’t finish these goals.

This year I am going to try my best to write/publish as many books as I possibly can. Plus, I am re-launching my dead blog, hoping to breathe some life back into it.

Maybe I didn’t make all my goals for 2013, but I did make it through the year and that should count for something.

Happy New Year!

 

Kelley Heckart, Historical fantasy romance author

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Happy New Year's Resolutions

Well it's that time of year again, when we don our party hats, dust off our scales and lick our pens in preparation for setting our new year's resolutions. I know I am more than ready - for some reason I've been inspired to clean my house as though I could sweep some inspiration into these walls like the Santa Ana winds that have rolled across the mountains near my home.

This year I'm vowing to work on my screenplay, finish two novels, crank out that short story and work up some new poems. Hmmm.... I think I'm going to need a twenty-five month year.  Or maybe twenty-five years all rolled into the next twelve months.

Many writing sites and books contain advice on setting goals, a notion I am ashamed I used to mock. It all seemed so simple. But that was back in my early days, before I was writing seriously, and before I heard a writing acquaintance speak of the years she spent honing her craft, goal by goal, so she could be the successful author she is today.

What are your new year's goals? Your hopes? Your writing resolutions and dreams? Whatever they are, I wish you much success in 2012.