New Year, New Goals and a Contest Marking One Year of Brad’s Reader!
2008 is right around the corner. I can’t believe another year is gone. But 2007 was pretty amazing. This blog has really taken off and December marks the 1-year birthday of Brad’s Reader! My goal, however, is to grow and expand this blog even more in the next year.
My other goals for 2008 also include spending more time working on my own fiction, which has taken a backseat to blogging and my other projects. I even hope to dive a little deeper into poetry. But instead of boring you with my own goals, I want to read yours!
What are your goals?
What are your writing/literary goals for 2008? It can be anything from finishing that novel to reading a certain book you’ve been putting off for a while. Leave a comment below with five (5) writing/literary goals you have for the upcoming new year, and you could win!
Celebrating 1 year of Brad’s Reader!
This blog has been going non-stop for one year now. So in celebration, I want to give something back to you, the readers, who have been more than supportive over the past twelve months. So when you leave a comment with your goals, you have a chance to win an awesome prize. Here’s how it works:
1) Leave a comment for this post with five (5) writing/literary goals for 2008. You have a full 24-hours to do this. This post is published at 3pm (US central time) on Sunday December 30, and you have until 3pm (US central time) on Monday December 31 to leave a comment. After 3pm Monday, further comments won’t be eligible.
2) I pick a comment at random. I do this by using a random number generator. Assuming the comment selected meets the criteria of posting 5 writing/literary goals, that commenter will win a $20 Amazon gift card!
3) The winner will be notified first via email, and then again in a post announcing the winner!
That’s it! Just by leaving a comment you have a chance to win. I wish I could give something out to everyone, but I have limited financial resources right now. But I will say that this won’t be the last Brad’s Reader contest.
2007 has been an awesome year! This blog has really grown in readership and gone through many changes (I actually started it using the Blogger platform). I am very excited to see what the 2nd year has in store. This contest is just my way of saying "Thank you for all your support!"
Disclaimer (aka the fine print)
My lovely wife, my cat, and other family members are not eligible to win the prize. Please leave one comment only. People who leave multiple comments in hopes of increasing their chances will be disqualified (I do check IP addresses). The $20 gift card will be in US currency only. No prize substitutions will be made (ie. gift cards to another store, cash instead of a gift card, etc). Your chances of winning are dependent on the number of people who enter.
Good luck and have a safe and happy New Year!
Related posts
- Announcing the Brad’s Reader birthday contest!
- Win a $30 Amazon Gift Card!
- Happy New Year! Welcome 2009!
- Don’t miss your chance to win a $30 Amazon gift card!
- My blogging goals for 2009
Read More: PSAs, Reading, Writing
1) Read
2) Write something, even if it’s just a real letter
3) Read
4) Write a short story
5) Read some more
This may sound silly to most, but for me, a new mommy / old bookworm, this is a huge commitment. I used to read a book a day; now I’m lucky if I finish a book a month, sigh.
Great contest, though. I’ve blogged about it on my blog as well : A Book Blogger’s Diary
http://abookbloggersdiary.blogspot.com/
Okay, here goes:
1. Finish re-reading the entire Pern series in chronological order. Then, put a major dent in my “to read” pile.
2. Participate and win NaNoWriMo.
3. See my blog grow exponentially month after month.
4. Find time to write poetry like I used to (I used to write it almost every day).
5. Earn a decent living wage as a freelance writer.
Here’s to 2008!
~Melissa
My five writing/literary goals:
1. Finish at least one novel (revision and editing).
2. Write a non-fiction book.
3. Attend a writer’s conference with manuscript[s] in hand.
4. Read every vampire novel ever written. (Or as many as I can get my hands on.)
5. Read all the writing books I have bought.
1. Finish my blog reviews on time.
2. Dont ignore schoolwork to write the blog reviews.
3. Read more than 5 books that are not children’s books.
4. Finish The two books on the coffee table that are almost finished but have been sitting there for two months.
Thats actually techically more than 5.
I blogged you too.
http://www.prizeatron.com
1. Finish all the books I haven’t finished yet
2. Finish the novel I am writing
3. Read those writing books
4. Do the exercises in said books
5. Publish something in a magazine
1-blog 3 times a week
2-Finish the monthly book assigned for my book club
3-read every day to my two littlest kids
4-write all the thank you notes from Christmas and birthday presents within the next week
5-Enjoy a few books for myself!
Thanks for the contest, and have a wonderful new year!
1. Keep track of what I am reading.
2. Keep track of the authors
3. Blog
4. Complete the TBR Challenge, (my first real reading challenge)
5. Limit T.V. and computer time to allow even more time for reading.
1-Read a non-fiction book once a week.
2-Stop reading fiction books for one week every month.
3-Do a blog post at least twice a week.
4-Write more than a paragraph (150 words or more) for each blog post.
5-Start buying some new books.
1. Finish the book I have been trying to finish forever.
2. Read more adult books.
3. Read to my little ones EVERY night.
4. Write more blog post.
5. Stay off the computer long enough to read and write.
1) Begin that novel which has been bouncing around my head
2) Read more non-fiction
3) Re-read the entire Baxter Family Chronicles by Karen Kingsbury after the final 2 of 14 books come out
4) Continue faithfully writing my column
5) Re-read “The Last of the Mohicans”
Happy New Year! Here are my five goals~
1.) Read 1 book a month.
2.) Vary monthly books between
fiction and non-fiction.
3.) I have always wanted to do
free-lance writing. I need
to act on this!
4.) Read more books that I
already own.
5.) Buy better reading
glasses!!!!! Thanks,Cindi
1. Write at least 5 short stories that are not too cliche.
2. Finish all the books that I bought, but never got a chance to read.
3. Work on my English report on the Puritans and how it relates to the book “The Crucible”.
4. Do better on the SATs.
5. Get a bigger vocabulary.
1 Not read a book in one sitting
2. Re-read the classics
3. Read some classic I have never read
3. Read Shakespeare
4. Read unread books in my book shelf
5. Not finish a book if I don’t enjoy it
1. Read 100 fiction books
2. Read at least a couple non-fictions
3. Write in a journal at least weekly
4. Start a sharing journal with my daughters
5. Read the Narnia books
1. Keep up my blog and I sign up for 365
2. Go back to some of my good heath habit or try not to fall of the wagon as much.
3. Learn to link from an image.
4. Meditate in the morning.
5. Enjoy life
1. Read to my baby girl everyday
2. Read a book to myself once a month
3. Write letters to friends/family more often
4. Join a book club
5. Buy books from my childhood for my daughter
Great giveaway! Thanks for the chance to enter!!
~melody~
I don’t write books, just my blog, but here are my goals:
1. To write at least 4 times a week on my Good Stuff blog.
2. To get my pr back on my Qtpies blog with the new addy by writing great posts and getting new links.
3. I want to do at least 2 product reviews a month and 4 book reviews a month.
4. Read 2 books a week.
5. Write one spiritual post a week.
qtpies5@ msn.com
1. Get caught up on the books I need to review. I am looking at 22 on my shelf right now. I am reading as fast as I can.
2. Finish writing my story I posted on my blog (I am only on part 3 I think or 4).
3. Start a journal again
4. Blog (reviews, daily snippets, etc.)
5. Reach my goal of blogging once a day in 2008… see Blog365 challenge for more info on that.
blogged ya here:
http://laurawilliamsmusings.blogspot.com/2007/12/monday-edition-of-contests-galore_31.html