Author Heather McCorkle

I hesitate to say resolutions because those seem to carry a negative connotation for most. But goals, I love those. They are my friend, especially as a writer. I promised myself I would check in with last year's goals to see how I did, and to help me set new ones. Here we go: 2015: #1  Work out harder, more often. Planned weekly regiment with activity on the weekend as well! Results: I did good, working out four days a week at minimum, usually five. Dropped a bit of weight, feel a lot better. 2016 Resolution: Kick it up a notch to get even more healthy. 2015: #2  Write three more this year. Get them to my agents, sell them, hopefully this year as well. Results:  I did good. I wrote two more novels and got them in my agents hands. The last part, I cannot say yet. :) 2016 Resolution:  Write three more this year. Get them to my agents, sell them, hopefully this year as well. It's a good goal, I figure why mess with it? 2015: #3  Get my manuscripts that...

I love to set resolutions. They are like huge goals, and I love goals. I take them very seriously, stick to them, and check my progress throughout the year. It keeps me focused and motivated. Yep, I'm that kind of crazy. This year's goals are some of my biggest yet. #1 Focus on fitness. A healthy body leads to a healthy mind, and when the blood is flowing, ideas and words flow easier for me. So, I resolve to exercise each day. This one is off to a good start with two seriously hard hikes under my belt already this year, and daily workouts as well, some small, some big. #2 Write every day. My goal is three pages a day at least to help me reach my goal time of finishing the steampunk novel I'm working on.  I haven't quite hit three pages every day, but I'm close! #3 Pursue traditional publishing. I'm doing good on my own, but I want to revive my dream of working with a publishing house that shares my vision. Already off to a good start with two fantasti...