I don’t do resolutions. They’re like rules. They’re made
to be broken, but this year I do want to get some of my longer manuscripts completed
and out there. I’m always telling other people that their work will never get
published if it's sitting in a pending file, so I suppose I really should
listen to myself. This means that I’ll be doing a fair bit of editing over the
next few months and, as editing can be tedious, I’ve planned two Twitter distractions:
#UKwriters
@mariaAsmith and myself, @RosalindAdam, thought it would
be useful for UK writers to have a tag so we can link up with each other to
share news on Twitter. The news can be writing opportunities, competitions,
conferences, in fact anything that's relevant to UK writers.
If you're
interested then please tweet ‘I'm
in #UKwriters’ to
@mariaAsmith and she'll include your twitter name on her UKwriters twitter
list. If you're already on the list and want to follow more UK writers go to Maria Smith UK writers list where you can check it out. Do please use the #UKwriters tag whenever you tweet writing
advice etc. Who knows, we might even get it trending.
#smallstones
I’m having another try at taking part in the River of
Stones project. It’s
run by Fiona and Kaspa and this is how they explain what you have to do:
"You'll create a 'small stone' every day when you pay
proper attention to something (a cloudy sky, or your cat leaping lightly across
the lawn) and then write it down as accurately as you can.
Writing small
stones will help you to engage with the world around you - to enjoy every sip
of your black coffee, to savour the scent of lemon wafting around your kitchen,
to appreciate the grungy sliminess of your compost pile."
You can find out more on their website at Writing our Way Home. I tried
to take part in last July’s project but life overtook me. Hopefully, if I can
keep ‘on task’, I’ll be tweeting a ‘small stone’
daily throughout January using the tag #smallstones. I’ll post up
the best at the end of the month.
What are your plans for January?
