IWSG BOOK CLUB ON GOODREADS:
Our book club is changing things up!
Our December/January/February reads are…
Ghost Light by Joseph O'Connor, a book written in second person. Since many readers haven’t read a book in second person, and many writers haven’t written in second person, we figured this is a great chance to explore something new.
Preparing to Write Settings that Feel Like Characters by J Lenni Dorner. This will be our writing craft book, with a focus on settings.
Discussion Day for both books will be February 24, 2021!
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A NEW YEAR
Every start of a new year I have a list of goals or things I hope to do, but not this year. This year, I am going to keep it simple.
MY GOALS:
BE & DO
BE who I am.
BE the best Chrys I can be.
DO what I want.
DO what feels right.
I also have two words that'll be my mantras/mottos for 2021. I couldn't settle on just one. I came up with these early in the morning on December 22, after the Winter Solstice and The Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn in Aquarius, when I couldn't fall back asleep. They popped into my head when I wasn't even thinking about what my positive word(s) would be.
MY ONE-WORD MANTRAS:
REACH
for new things.
BUILD
my dreams into realities.
QUESTION: What are your goals and positive word(s) for 2021?
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
More time to read is always good! I haven't had time for the book club reads yet - we'll see if I can this time. J Lenni's sounds great.
ReplyDeleteI love your words - interesting that forms of both of them are title words for my Bloo Moose & upcoming series!
My last year's word was Risk - I think this year will be Forward.
Wishing you all the best for the year, Chrys!!
I'm glad my book sounds great to you! <3
DeleteYou're right about the titles for your Bloo Moose series. I have Reaching for Normal on my TBR list. It's on my Kindle now. :)
DeleteMy biggest goal is to get back out there for live events. Audio and eBooks did well last year but print sales took a hit. I'm ready to move them this year and spotlight several of our latest releases.
ReplyDeleteThe fact that audio and eBooks did well is something to be very thankful for. I know as an author that I am grateful for that, because print book royalties are so small, far less than that of eBooks and audio books.
DeleteLook at you being all positive and goal-oriented.
ReplyDeleteMy goal for 2021 is the same as it is every day - make it until tomorrow. ;-)
Make it until tomorrow is a perfect goal for 2021.
DeleteSounds like excellent goals and mantras to take into the new year.
ReplyDeleteAs always, wishing you all the best!
Thanks, MJ! Wishing you all the best, too. :)
DeleteSometimes one word just doesn't cut it. :) My word this year is FOCUS. Focus on what I'm doing in the moment, focus on what direction I'm heading in, etc. Over the years, I've gotten much more distracted and it's time to rein that in.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with your goals, Chrys!
Focus is a great word for 2021. I was distracted a lot in 2020 (I think we all were), so FOCUS is great.
DeleteI'm that little kitten hanging on to that branch. Caption: Hang in there. And yes! I am that cute. hehehe
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I love that gif of the kitten. Hang in there, Anna!
DeleteNice mantras for 2021! I don't have one, but now you've got me thinking.
ReplyDeleteI hope you find one for yourself. :)
DeleteBuild - I like build!
ReplyDeleteThanks.
DeleteGood selection, Chrys. I like the mix of fiction and non-fic.
ReplyDeleteWe usually did one of each at a time, but it's nice to have them as a choice - one of the other. Or both. :)
DeleteGreat positive words. Mine are: be kind, grateful, helpful, and hopeful that better times are coming
ReplyDeleteThat is lovely, Natalie.
DeleteGood post. My goal is to up my productivity and not be afraid of hard topics. Also, letting go of fear and worry. Happy IWSG!
ReplyDeleteNot being afraid of hard topics is an important one, especially since hard topics have come up a lot last year and will likely continue to do so this year.
DeleteHappy New Year Chrys, I love your £Goal List" for this year.
ReplyDeleteTake care and safe.
Yvonne.
Happy New Year, Yvonne!
DeleteI love your goals and mantras! I really like the idea of the one word mantras. Maybe I'll try coming up with one or two of my own for this year.
ReplyDeleteI hope you do, Sarah. :)
DeleteFantastic post! Thanks for the mention of my book.
ReplyDeleteI hope your New Year is going well. I only read and reviewed 23 books last year, but my goal for this year is 30. My other goals are to publish another fiction book in 2021, do the Blogging from A to Z Challenge in April, and increase the number of authors helped by Operation Awesome.
I think "determined to try" would be my positive manta for 2021. Last year it became more about survival.
You're welcome!
DeleteYou are great goals, J Lenni. I wish you all the best with them.
Happy New Year.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year, Liz!
DeleteHi Chrys - excellent about the book club. I like your idea about keeping things simple and just being gentle ... I think I'm just going to remain positive and give everyone smiles ... hopefully cheering them too. All the best - Hilary
ReplyDeleteGive everyone smiles...I like that...I may have to give emoji smiles, though, since no one can see me smile through my mask. lol
DeleteI LOVE your goals and mantras. Such great intentions of positive change. My words: gratitude, grace, and service.
ReplyDeleteWarmly,
Elsie
Great words, Elsie!
DeleteNice goals for the year! Last year I had a fancy list and I was only able to check off about two. It was too insane for me, but yours is very doable.
ReplyDeleteMy conintuing goal for 2021 is to be my best self!
♥.•*¨Elizabeth Mueller¨*•.♥
Being your best self is a lovely goal to always have. :)
DeleteI like your approach to this year, on which we are all putting so much. Being and doing may well take all my time! In fact, those might be my one-word mantras: Be. Do.
ReplyDeleteBe. Do. I just love how they sound.
DeleteSimple is better than any other way. Good idea.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year, C Lee!
DeleteOoh, those look like great books for the book club! I'm going to get both on Kindle right now.
ReplyDeleteAwesome!
DeleteI like the idea of reading a book written in the second person... I often listen to books when driving, but lately I started listening to the Great Lectures series. The last one I listened to was on Writing Creative Non-fiction and she spent a part of a lecture talking about writing in the second person.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea to have a word(s) for the year.
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The second person is a neat POV to explore.
DeleteHappy New Year Chrys.
ReplyDeleteI just finished Preparing to Write Settings that Feel Like Characters. Since no local libraies had a copy of Ghost Light, I order a used one online, but it still hasn't shown up. At least there's still plenty of time. I'm excited about your blog tour and your new site.
Happy New Year! You're ahead of me. I will be starting J Lenni's book soon. :)
DeleteMomentum! I love that!
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