Design of a Decade: Lessons Learned in the Past 10 Years

Tacos, TED Talks, and Taking Leaps. If I had to come up with an alliterative title for the past 10 years I think that’s what it would be. For weeks I’ve been planning to write a Year in Review post. But last week it hit me that since we are at the end of a decade, reviewing the past 10 years might be much more fun and more valuable to you. So let’s do this!

Here are 10 lessons I’ve learned in the past 10 years…

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The 2019 #BlogLikeCrazy & NaNoWriMo All-Stars

Each year, I challenge any blogger who wants to play along to join me in publishing a new blog post every day for 30 days in the month of November. I call this challenge #BlogLikeCrazy and it certainly lives up its name. But it’s also SO MUCH FUN. And I’m so glad each year some brave bloggers step up to the challenge.

Today I salute the #BlogLikeCrazy All-Stars for 2019 — the bloggers who succeeded in giving their readers new content every day in November. And I’m giving a shoutout to members of the See Jane Write community who completed the National Novel Write Month (NaNoWriMo) challenge.

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20 Things to Do Before 2020

I’m a huge fan of the mantra “December is the new January.” I believe if I’m going to be successful next year I have to start planning and preparing for that success this year.

If you’re looking to get a jumpstart on your January, too, here’s a list of 20 things I think writers should do before 2020.

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