Encourage a writer, support literacy

Posted by Kelly Smith on January 31, 2010

I made my goal for January!
Those of you who have been following my blog for the past couple of weeks know that I have been trying to accomplish two goals:

Complete the draft of my historical novel
Make a meaningful contribution to a good cause

Happily, I can say that I have met my word-count goal for January! [...]

 Writing goals update week 3

Posted by Kelly Smith on January 24, 2010

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It’s the end of the third full week of the year. My progress on my historical novel has been a little slower than I’d like, but I’ve been doing other things such as writing magazine articles, designing a quilt, preparing to teach a quilting class, and collaborating with friends on what will be [...]

 Writing goals update

Posted by Kelly Smith on January 17, 2010

So far I have one sponsor for my 2010 writing goals. (Thanks Ami!)
If you’d like to help out the literacy charity First Book and encourage a writer at the same time, check out my post from Jan. 14 for info on how.
I will be updating my goals on the blog each week. Since I didn’t [...]

 Writing goals part deux

Posted by Kelly Smith on January 14, 2010

First Book

My friend and writing mentor Ami Hendrickson has proposed a way for writers (and others with big dreams) to not only commit to reaching their goals for 2010, but to make a meaningful contribution to the charity of their choice.
You can read the details on her blog, then come back here if you want [...]

 Writing goals for 2010

Posted by Kelly Smith on January 2, 2010

Now, instead of sorting through twenty documents and wasting time trying remember where exactly I put that little piece of information, I can just click on a tab and boom – there it is. I LOVE it! Can you tell?