A reminder for my fine-feathered friends who need a little motivation to turn their writing-for-publication dreams into reality:

• If you never start writing the first draft, you’ll never finish the manuscript.
• If you never finish it, you’ll never submit it.
• If you never submit it, you’ll never publish it.
• If you never publish it, no one will ever read it.
• If no one ever reads it … you, and your could-have-been readers, and the Lord who gave you the dream, will all miss out.

Same goes for all the other kinds of projects you’re still sitting on, writing-related and otherwise.

So don’t just sit there. Start hatching!

What are my new ideas?

• Compile and publish a book of my hymn lyrics set to existing hymn tunes. I’ve got about 75 new ones, ready to get kicked out of the nest.
• Develop a book and video tutorial to help other poets try their hands at writing hymn texts and setting their verse to music.
• Finish my Christmas Eve cantata. That project’s been incubating for over ten years!
• Last, but not least, do whatever my Holy GhostWriter scribbles on my to-do list.

What new projects are you hatching for the new year? Please share in a comment!

Blessings,
Linda