[Stylist] Friday Fav from Lynda
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Sun Jan 6 01:00:50 UTC 2019
Good Luck. Be sure to let us all know what you get published. I love to
celebrate the accomplishments with you. Lynda
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From: Stylist <stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of D Dyer via Stylist
Sent: Saturday, January 5, 2019 1:34 PM
To: Writers' Division Mailing List <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Cc: D Dyer <dgrrl39 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Stylist] Friday Fav from Lynda
I used to write for at least 1 hour every morning but life became
complicated and I fell out of the habit. I will definitely take your advice
on organizing and setttdaily goals for preparing submissions.
D
> On Jan 5, 2019, at 9:41 AM, Linda Lambert via Stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org>
wrote:
>
> 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
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stylist <stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of D Dyer via
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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
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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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