Rick' s Blog on Writing

Happy 2007 - Wtiting Resolutions

I hope everyone had a safe and fun New Years eve, and enjoying the first day of 2007...It's cold, rainy, and crappy here in Massachusetts...the bright side is that there's only a short few months before we'll be back on the golf course (Man, I hate this winter weather...the older I get, the more I hate it...Oh well, retirement is coming and all of this will just be a bad dream...lol)
I joined WDC in August 2006 (found the site by mistake) and been having a ball here ever since...I've concentrated mostly on poetry, as that's what seems to come the easiest for me...it is something I enjoy writing.
I've recently joined the "poetry league" and look forward to the weekly "battles" where we are paired up every Thurdsday with an "opponent" and assigned a random topic...we each then have to write an original poem about the topic...the poems are posted and everyone here at WDC has the opportunity to vote on the poems and indicate which one they think is best...we are all then ranked and placed in the standings on a weekly basis...should be a lot of fun...hope everyone will join it for the fun (join as members or cast a weekly vote) in 2007.

One of my New Years resolutions is to write at least 100 new poems (short stories, etc...) in 2007. I would eventually like to have enough material to self-publish my own book (probably poetry, at least #1..)
100 new pieces of writing probably doesn't seem like a lot to some of you authors here...some of you are like "machines" and seem like you are able to put out dozens of new pieces of writing per week...I seem like I have spurts...my "creative" juices seem to come and go....I'll have a "spurt" and write 4 or 5 new pieces, and then seem like I go dry for a while. I do keep a journal where I "write" daily, however, some of the stuff (to be honest) is crap...and although I could simply put stuff in my portfolio just for the sake of doing it, I will only put that which I feel is "good" (relative term, I know...lol) out for public viewing.

Also, I hope to continue to meet new people here at WDC in 2007...It is a great site, and everyone I've met here is so nice...Seems like, as writers, we all understand each other, and all have similar goals...
I hope to keep meeting new friends here as the year goes on.

I was just "promoted" to a preferred author in December...I really didn't know how this worked and certainly wasn't expecting it, but it was an incredible "rush" and honor to be singled out (along with quite a number of other writers) for recognition...I'm now a "yellow brief case"...lol.

Also in 2007, I want to learn a lot more about the mechanics of this site. I am a bit "technologically challenged" and I'm sure I'm only using a small fraction of the "tools" and resources available on this site....I would like to organize my portfolio and utilize some "topic" folders so that navigation (for me and others) will be easier...

I also like to reach 1,000,000 GP's in 2007...not for any particular reason, just so I can say I did it....kind of like being a millionaire here at WDC...LOL....Yeah, I know, a bit anal....lol.

Well gotta run for now...hope everyone had a safe and happy new year...here's to wishing everyone here at WDC a good year for "creating" art and achieving their personal goals....Hopefully, I'll have the honor of chatting with many more of you in the coming year...I think we can all learn from each other and certainly support each other's "addictions"....

Happy New Year!!

Rick