Follow Friday is a feature created by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read. It's a fun blog hop where you meet other book bloggers and find people to follow.
GUESS WHO IS FEATURED THIS WEEK???????? Any guesses? ME!!!!!!!!! Yeah, I'm excited!
Question: What New Years Blogging or Writing resolution have you placed on yourself?It's kind of funny I get selected the week of this question because I normally avoid New Year resolutions because I know most of them fail. I've never been a big fan of failure. However, the New Year has coincided with my new life (new job, new city, etc) and I actually have resolutions this year.
- Write regularly - This is more of a writer's resolution. I've gotten really off track with my writing. Some of that was my previous job's weird schedule but a lot of that is being easily distracted. But during NanoWriMo I wrote part of a story (over 50K but not done) and it's a concept that I really like. I'm planning to continue working on it.
- Show other people your writing. You need help. Quit being a pansy.
- Don't request too many galleys or fall behind. I'm partially behind because moving consumed about a month of my life but I hate being behind.
- Read more for myself. One of the pitfalls of blogging is reading lots of galleys while accumulating a never-ending to read list. In 2013 I want to read some of the books that are waiting on my Kindle.
- Be more consistent and creative. Be better. Everyone should always aspire to be better at what they do. I feel like if you're not learning and improving, you're falling behind.
- Cleaning up my likes on Tumblr & Pinterest is not being productive. Quit pretending it is.
As long as your'e in the following mood why don't you visit me on twitter. I'm *almost* to 700 followers and would love to chat with more bloggers (just tweet me to say hello so I know to follow you.)
Any new followers (or old followers) say hello and I'll be sure to make it back to follow you! It may be after work on Friday but I'll get there eventually.
Happy New Years everyone! I hope you have a wonderful, exciting, productive and mindblowing year.
Any new followers (or old followers) say hello and I'll be sure to make it back to follow you! It may be after work on Friday but I'll get there eventually.
Happy New Years everyone! I hope you have a wonderful, exciting, productive and mindblowing year.
54 comments:
lol I always find cleaning up pinterest very productive. Lol
I have never been big on New Year's Resolutions, either. This year, I do have some, though. Usually I have none.
I like y our resolution to be better. I think I might adopt that. And maybe to not be afraid to try something different.
These are great! I love all the side comments to yourself. I'm not a writer so it certainly helps me have more time to read. I wish you luck on your goals and congratulations on being featured! Here's my FF. Old Follower :D
Great rezes! I agree, piling up galleys and trying to read them all is tough. but 50k? Thats really good!
New Follower via FF--
~V
Congrats on being featured this week! I agree with you about having too many galleys and requests and I really miss fun reading. I'm an old follower via GFC as Joder.
The Scarf Princess
Never been big on New Year's Resolutions either. Grats on being Featured!
New GFC Follower.
-Nyx @ Unraveling Words
new follower :) Congrats on being this week's feature!
Awesome interview. Congrats on the feature.
Old Follower.
Mine: http://www.alisoncanread.com/2013/01/feature-and-follow-friday-130.html
Great resolutions! Following up with NaNoWriMo projects is always hard for me, too.
UGH! I always have a problem with #3: my read-requested ratio is somewhere like 25%. Not good >__<
New Follower :D
~ Rachael-Madison @ Moosubi Reviews!
Congrats on being featured! Girl, I just requested a bunch of books. Oops. New follower!:)
Cassi congratulations on being a featured blog in "Feature & Follow Friday".
New follower.
Here's my Feature & Follow Friday post.
Haha great resolutions! I feel the same way about my writing so not to worry you are now alone! New follower! Congrats on becoming the feature this week and Happy New Year!
My FF: http://reesesreviews.blogspot.com/2013/01/feature-follow-15.html
Congrats on being the feature this week! I am totally with you on your resolution to read more for yourself. I always forget I don't have to review EVERYTHING I read!
My FF: http://thebookasylum.blogspot.com/2013/01/feature-follow-friday-8.html
Oh, and I'm a new follower via GFC :)
Hopping through. I'm with you on so many of these. Especially #2. No more pansy.
My Hop
I guess cleaning up my likes on Facebook isn't productive either then ;-) lol.
Congrats on being featured.
New GFC follower.
i agree ! i resolve to read more as well. and reading for yourself a biggie! great blog, congrats on being featured! - Katie
I'm not big on resolutions either, but your list sounds reasonable. Good luck with the writing. I have the same problem - wrote 50K for NaNo but I'm not done with the novel, but life's busy.
new follower. My FF:
http://booksojourner.blogspot.com/2013/01/feature-follow-8-bloggingwriting.html
Love ur resolutions, and congratz on being featured!!
New GFC Follower.
"BookShelves Of Dreams"
Your New Year's Resolutions sound great! I followed you through GFC. :)
My FF Post.
Congrats on the feature :) New Follower via GFC & Twitter
Love your answer! I lol'd @ stop being a pansy... lol, I'm no pansy... I'm with you on that one!
My FF
Ana♥ @ Beach Bum Reads
Hi!!!!
I've just found your blog and you've just gained a new follower. I've had a look around and I like your blog very much!
Here is my FF
I have similar goal, finally get to the books waiting on my Kindle and regularly write.
GFC says I'm an old follower :) Congrats on being featured!
Ivana @ Willing to See Less
Congrats on being featured! And good goals! I'm a new follower, have a great friday!
LOL Love your resolutions ~ especially the one about showing people what you write :) Round of applause for the feature!!
*Old Follower*
My FF
Happy Reading :)
Keely @ Realms of an Open Mind
Ooh nice! Sounds like you got a good plan going on!
Good Luck!
Here's my Follow Friday
Have a GREAT weekend!
Old Follower :)
I always make really tiny resolutions, like this year I want to drink more water. I even put two signs up in my office that say 'drink water' haha, but I don't make big ones, I don't really believe I will stick to them.
Congrats on the feature! New GFC follower.
My FF
Moving sucks! Hopefully you're able to catch up on everything pretty quickly this year.
Congrats on being the Featured Blogger this week!
Wow, your answer was pretty much the same as mine. Goals NOT resolutions for me - all year long!
New follower via GFC.
Come say hi!
Holly @ Words Fueled by Love
Haha I'm terrible for requesting galleys as well and then just drowning in them!
Old follower and congrats on getting featured :).
Here's my FF :)
Happy New Year! Oh, I hate being behind with reading. And I think Don't request too many galleys is a really good resolution. :)
Good luck!
Those are great resolutions! Old follower!
FF
Congrats! on being featured.
http://tributebooksmama.blogspot.com/2013/01/feature-follow.html
I want to read more for myself too! Great goals. Happy New Year ;)
Michelle @ Book Briefs
my FF post
Wonderful resolutions! I try to balance how many galley and review requests I get so I can still read for me too. Congrats on the feature! Old Follower :)
Traci @ Mad Hatter Reads
My FF
Congrats on being Featured! :) Good luck with your resolutions! They are good ones - I especially like your writing ones. I need to keep some of those same things in mind. :)
Old GFC Follower - New Twitter follower
Bookworm Brandee
Congrats on being the feature! I am horrible with resolution and I agree with you, I'm not a big fan of failures either.
New follower! :)
Here is my FF.
PS. I read that you went to switzerland! I'm going to the world center this summer! I can't wait!
Grats on the feature!
Already following via GFC
My FF
Congrats on your feature!
Old Follower
My FF: http://bibliophilesthoughtsonbooks.blogspot.com/2013/01/follow-friday-26.html
Great resolutions, me too, write more! New follower via #FF. Here is my FF post: http://glamglory.blogspot.com/2013/01/follow-friday.html
Oh & followed you on twitter too
-Reyna
@glamourglory
Yeah congrats on the feature! I'm not usually a resolutions girl either, but I am hoping to change that this year. Old GFC and email follower, but new on Twitter!
Congrats on being featured! I never bother with resolutions either because I usually end up forgetting about them.
New follower via GFC!
Samantha @ The Secret Life of a Bookworm
Congrats on being featured this week! I'm a new follower of your blog RSS feed and on Twitter! :)
My FF: Coffee Bean Bookshelf
Bree
Good luck anyway, lol. :D
old follower! ^-^
#ff :http://booknookgirl.blogspot.com/2013/01/feature-and-follow-1.html
You've got some really great resolutions there! Best of luck with them!
Congrats on being a feature this week! New GFC follower! :)
All great resolutions!
I have a terrible time with not requesting too many galleys, I'm so far behind because of this little trigger finger problem ;)
Anyway, congrats on the feature!
I'm an old follower, hooray!
Here's My FF!
Happy Reading! =D
Congrats on being featured! Good luck on your resolutions this year! New GFC follower!
~M
M.A. Church
http://machurch00.blogspot.com/
Congrats on the feature!! Good luck achieving your goals!!
Here's My FF!
Naomi @ Nomi’s Paranormal Palace
Old Follower :)
New follower on GFC and Twitter. Congrats on the feature!
My FF
Great answer! :) And congrats on being featured! Old follower hopping through! You can visit my F&F here. Have a great weekend! :)
PS: I waste too much time on tumblr too. LOL
Yay for you being featured this week! That's awesome and I know how long you have to wait for that, so congrats, and congrats on all the new followers!
#4 is my pitfall. I had cleaned up all my galleys and the second I was done a bunch of new ones came out and I could not stop clicking the button. Now I am way behind again and my books are piing up on the shelves! DAMMIT! I wish you luck on this because it takes tremendous willpower and is not easy to do.
Hi, I am a new follower thanks to FF. Congrats on being featured!.
Jessica at FueledbyFiction
I'm a new follower with FF :) Can't wait to check out the reviews you post in the future.
Rose @ www.thecosydragon.com
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