- Set some writing goals and write poems. I am halfway through the first draft of a new set and I'd like to finish them this year.
Buy more poetry. Try eBooks if you can't afford the paper ones. Some eBooks can be purchased for 99-cents and many are under five dollars. I'm going to try to create a folder for my new eBooks on my computer and hopefully this will inspire me to pare down my Amazon wish list.
- Meet new poets socially. And not just to get some new ears and eyes hostage to your poems. Meet new poets because you are generally interested in having them in your life. Find some at local conventions or readings. Start a poetry reading group.
- Read a few biographies of poets. Check out your local library. I'll be back to Highlands University next week to comb through their library. I've done the American section; time to move on to the Europeans or South Americans.
- Start another writing project. Like a sorbet between courses, this might clear your head. I'm going to get back into my novel about Roy, New Mexico.
- Take a class. I'll be back at the community college extension this spring. Classes there are only 90 bucks each.
- Find a poetry journal you like and subscribe to it. I like American Poetry Review so that's my journal for this year.
- Submit your poems to some journals. I'm going to get back into doing this…and also reaching out to journals for reviewers for Why Photographers Commit Suicide.
- Tag some books of poetry on Amazon. If you truly believe in furthering the cause of poetry, then tag some books you love based on subject. This is the single greatest way non-poets can find our books. It's better than a review and with last year's scandal on Amazon over authors leaving negative reviews for competing books (and then getting all their reviews deleted), a safer use of your time.
- Connect with other people on social networks. Find both writers, readers and new friends. You want to connect with the world. The world wants to connect with you.
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