Yes, 2014, I'm talking to you! Can you hear me? You and I are going to kill it! It's going to be Big, totally Ballin', completely Beautiful, and lots of other B-Words.
2014 is my debut year as an author!
(and maybe the year I get a Boob job)
[see how I wrote this Boob part so small that it's less noticeable/controversial/outrageous]
(and maybe the year I get a Boob job)
[see how I wrote this Boob part so small that it's less noticeable/controversial/outrageous]
And in honor of this climactic year, I would like to announce my theme:
(yes, I have a theme)
“Jessie With A Shot At the Night”
*Based on The Killers song
I’ve always been a dreamer. From a very early age I began setting goals to achieve my dreams. Some panned out (I made it to college by the beach) and some didn't (I never starred on my own Disney show called "Jessie"--someone else did that for me...15 years later!)But here's the thing: Sometimes I get to feelin' like a washed-up dreamer, a mom-jeans-wearing nobody, a dime-a-dozen-two-bit lawyer, a carpooling hack, a burnt-dinner-wifey, a church-going-cut-out, a closed-garage-door-neighbor, and worse.
When what I really want to feel like is an artist with a bright future, a skinny-jeans-wearing somebody, a zealous advocate for good, a movin-and-shakin'-mama, a rockstar wifey, an impassioned believer, an opened-door-friend and...a girl with a shot at the night.
There are so many schools of thought when it comes to goal setting vs. new year resolutions vs. daily systems, etc. I recently read some very interesting information about unrealistic goals. Apparently, setting an unreasonably large goal is an adrenaline infusion that provides the endurance to overcome the inevitable trials and tribulations that go along with any goal. I found this idea fascinating.
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So as for 2014, here's my flat-out unrealistic, crazy-stupid, and downright ridiculous goals:
- I will Blog EVERY DAY (excluding weekends and holidays). I have some really crazy-stupid ideas of how I am going to do this. Stay tuned—I promise to be shocking, controversial, and borderline inappropriate (as usual). I am going to do this through the use of three B-words: Bullet points, Brevity, and Bridget Jones. You’re welcome.
- I will take a shot at the night...and get Brandon Flowers and The Killers to appear at my book launch for KILLING RUBY ROSE. I told you these goals were going to be crazy-stupid. But just so you know, Brandon Flowers is from Las Vegas (we even went to the same high school--he was a freshman when I was a senior--go Chaparral Cowboys!), and the band is crazy-awesome, and this goal is not outside the realm of possibility. After you get done rolling your eyes…(done yet?)…make sure that you clear your calendar to come to Las Vegas on September 16.
- I will embark on trips to New York City, Chicago, Orlando, Seattle, San Francisco, Salt Lake City, Los Angeles (and maybe a few other cities) for various literary reasons: to attend book expos/library conventions, writing confrences, to meet my publishing team, party with my agent, tour with my publishing sisters at Skyscape/Amazon Children’s Publishing.
- I will write/revise and sell another Book. Plain and simple.
Love,
Jessie With a Shot At The Night