[Stylist] Friday Fav from Lynda

Sat Jan 5 14:41:31 UTC 2019

That is an ambitious goal to write every day or to submit something once a
week. 
I quit setting goals 5 years ago.  Maybe a way of getting started on that
would be to make a monthly chart to record your progress.
And, I would break it down more, to a weekly chart; and then a daily chart.

When I was an Executive Director of a museum, I used to do a 5-year goal
plan. 
Then, from there - after we established the 5-year plan or Big Picture - I
broke it down to Year; then month; then weeks.
This way it spread it all out to very manageable parts - and I only looked
at one month at a time so it was not overwhelming.

Putting our goals into achievable pieces - one little step at a time - can
help a lot.
But, since I am retired from  the academic life - I no longer work like
that.  I can be far more relaxed in my intentions.
For the past 5 years, I just choose ONE WORD and that is my intention or
plan for the year. This works in an amazing way for me.
I actually get a lot more done by being more flexible now. And, it is really
enjoyable.

I wish you the best of luck in 2019 to reach your goals and beyond. Lynda

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From: Stylist <stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of D Dyer via Stylist
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Subject: Re: [Stylist] Friday Fav from Lynda

This is a really great question. For myself I have fallen out of the
discipline of daily writing and intend to use the start of a new year as a
way to get back to that. I would also like to have something prepared for
submission every week.

D

> On Jan 4, 2019, at 8:50 PM, Linda Lambert via Stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org>
wrote:
> 
> Vejas, first of all congratulations on the publication of your piece 
> on Jury duty.  That is wonderful and I applaud your achievement. You 
> are a good writer and I love to see you getting your work out to the 
> public. Keep it going.
> 
> Barbara, WOW, to write 13 poems is a good goal. I bet that you will do 
> it this year. I never really set an amount of work to be done in a 
> month - but, I think it is a good way to go.  Since I am retired, I 
> can write every day and most days, I do. I find it difficult to write 
> between the spaces of livingness/  I have to know when I sit down to 
> write, I can just keep on going all day. That works best for me. But  
> some days, I simply have to write here and there, as I can configure 
> my time in little spaces throughout the day.
> 
> I'd really enjoy hearing about the writing lives of each of you - like 
> how you find time to write and where you write and what your thoughts 
> are on getting your work published - or not.  With the wide age-range 
> and experiences of our membership, it would be interesting to hear 
> about, I think.
> 
> I also want to add that Magnets & Ladders has a writing call out right 
> now for the Spring/Summer issue. It is free to enter your work and 
> they give monetary prizes which are an incentive.  I'd love to see 
> many of the NFB writers being published there, as well as in the 
> Stylist. They are both good opportunities for you to get published and 
> I know so many of you would be successful at that.
> Lynda
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stylist <stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Barbara HAMMEL 
> via Stylist
> Sent: Friday, January 4, 2019 7:14 PM
> To: Writers' Division Mailing List <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Barbara HAMMEL <poetlori8 at msn.com>
> Subject: Re: [Stylist] Friday Fav from Lynda
> 
> Every year I begin with two goals: to write more poems than last year 
> and to write at least one poem in each month. For a number of years 
> now I have not met that second goal and I sure hope I can beat 13.
> 
> Barbara Hammel
> 
>> On Jan 4, 2019, at 17:58, Vejas Vasiliauskas via Stylist
> <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Lynda,
>> This is a great question.
>> I'd like to write more articles this year for the Braille Monitor (I
> published one last month about jury duty). I'm not sure what my 
> creative writing goals are yet.
>> Vejas
>> 
>>> On 4 Jan 2019, at 15:48, Linda Lambert via Stylist 
>>> <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Friday greetings for the first of the year.
>>> 
>>> I wanted to check in with you all to say I hope your new year plans 
>>> are about ready to be in full-swing as we take off in 2019.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I'd like to hear about what the members of this group are working on 
>>> or planning in their writing life in 2019.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Are you setting any kind of writing or publication intentions for 
>>> the
> year?
>>> 
>>> What sparks your interest as you think about the new year?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I'll be getting a 3rd book published this year - and probably my 
>>> first chapbook, too.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I hope to do lots of writing on my 2 blogs - they have more than 
>>> doubled in readership this past year. December was an all time high 
>>> in visitors,  and my mailboxes are filling up daily with contacts 
>>> from readers. It keeps me hopping but that is a good thing.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I'm in the beginning stages of writing my 4th book - have it 
>>> outlined and will be working on the stories that will be placed in my
outline.
>>> 
>>> This would be for publication in 2 years, if all goes well. 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I also plan to continue promoting the work of many other writers on 
>>> my blogs. I love sharing the work of other writers and authors.
>>> 
>>> I love networking  and promoting - and that will not change. 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Today, I've been working on my stats for my 2 blogs - looking over 
>>> those stats and analysing them.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 2018 was a remarkable year of over-the-top publications and 
>>> remarkable events for me.
>>> 
>>> I pray that 2019 will be a great year for us all - I chode my ONE 
>>> WORD for the Year - which I started doing 5 years ago.
>>> 
>>> My ONE WORD is SHINE.  Like the kind of SHINE I learned about in a 
>>> song in Bible School as a young child. That kind of SHINE, that 
>>> lights up the world all around me and lifts others up -
>>> 
>>> "Let it shine! Let it shine! Let it Shine!
>>> 
>>> This little light of mine - I'm gonna let it shine."
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> While working on the stats today, I discovered my Most-Visited blog 
>>> article of all time, on SCAN, is a memoir called, "The Connie," 
>>> which I first released in 2016.
>>> 
>>> I just did a blog post in celebrating  this story which you may 
>>> enjoy reading.
>>> 
>>> You can find this post at:
>>> https://llambert363.blog/2019/01/04/the-connie-2/
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I look forward to reading your stories and poem here at NFB Writer's 
>>> Division this year.
>>> 
>>> Thank you for your friendship, advice and encouragement over the years.

>>> 
>>> Lynda Lambert
>>> 
>>> www.lyndalambert.com <http://www.lyndalambert.com>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> About Lynda McKinney Lambert
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On FaceBook:
>>> 
>>> My FaceBook Personal Page
>>> <https://www.facebook.com/lyndamckinneylambert>
>>> 
>>> River Road Studio Page
>>> <https://www.facebook.com/River-Road-Studio-175785105811956/>
>>> 
>>> Walking by Inner Vision Page
>>> <https://www.facebook.com/walkingbyinnervision/>
>>> 
>>> My SCAN BLOG Page <https://www.facebook.com/SCAN-782814908467623/>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Visit my 2 Blogs:
>>> 
>>> <http://www.lyndalambert.com/> Website & Blog:  Walking by Inner 
>>> Vision - personal blog
>>> 
>>> Scan Blog <http://www.llambert363.blog/>  - A quiet Place of 
>>> Inspiration. We love Art, Nature, Literature
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> More information on my books:
>>> 
>>> My Author's Page <http://www.dldbooks.com/lyndalambert>
>>> 
>>> Buy the book on Amazon - for $3.99
>>> <https://www.amazon.com/Walking-Inner-Vision-Stories-Poems/dp/154312
>>> 1
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>>> 
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>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Contact Lynda:  riverwoman at zoominternet.net 
>>> <mailto:riverwoman at zoominternet.net>
>>> 
>>> Address: 104 River Road, Ellwood City, PA 16117
>>> 
>>> 
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