Canada is living up to its True, Arctic North this winter season. Below freezing (think -30) where your nostrils freeze over from the walk from the parking lot to work, freezing rain that turns roads into a skating rink, wearing layers. the house taking hours to heat to a comfortable 23 degrees. Add to that the deadly flu season....you know

I haven’t gotten to write as much as I would like to. But now at the end of the month, I am trying to get back on track. I am currently working on a 1200 word limit short story to submit the ’Chicken Soup for the Soul’ compilation- the submission topic being "Things that my Mother Taught Me." Oh boy, she has taught me a great many things. 

I also plan to get more busy at Inkshares as well. 

Thank You to those who follow me so far & please leave suggestions for edits & comments on the work that I have posted so far. 

After a restful holiday and a hectic 2 weeks of work back (I work as a student counsellor/advisor), I am jumping right back in to writing! 

I’m already feeling nostalgic for Christmas. We had a giant white tree that is now a few years old. We changed the decor on it to a blue and gold this year- figured the traditional red could use a change. 

Now back to writing. My goals for this year is many-fold:

- Continue improving upon my work by writing, reading exemplary and crappy works of literature.

- Learn more about the publishing industry through a variety of means

- Submit my short stories to literary magazines and competitions, in order to gain writing credits and further credibility as a beginner author.

- Network with other writers & industry professionals. I am part of a local chapter of an authors association & now I need to make it the meetings! 

- Find new avenues to publish Zombie Catz or my other adult literary fiction manuscript.

Will I meet all my writing goals for 2018? I cannot say, only that a writing career is a marathon, not a sprint. It will take many years of writing, hard work, trying different strategies and succeeding or failing in them. 

Happy Writing to everyone for 2018! Thank You for following me