Since we are fast approaching the end of 2009 it’s a good time to start thinking ahead to

Will it be a Happy New Year for your writing career in 2010?

what 2010 will be like.  Not so much in general, but in terms of our writing careers.  It doesn’t matter whether you are a full timer, a part timer, a casual writer or anything else.  What matters is that it can help to have various goals in place to help you achieve even more in the New Year.

And that is exactly what I have been doing over the last few days – thinking about things I would like to achieve in the New Year.  So I thought where better to write them down than on my blog?  And who knows, they might even inspire you to think of a few goals of your own.

So here are the main goals I shall be trying to achieve during 2010.  Do any of them match up with what you have in mind for your writing career?

1. Relaunch my main website, www.allisonwhitehead.co.uk.  You may not have much to look at if you go to that domain name at the moment.  But that is because the new site is underway and in the planning stages.  I have some good ideas for this and it will be very different to this blog, which is primarily aimed at helping other writers.  But while my relaunched site will also be along the lines of a blog, it will be aimed at attracting clients and sharing advice and information on content of various kinds.  Watch this space!
2. Raise my writing fees.  Fees seem to be very much in the news at the moment with regard to freelance writers.  Everyone wants to know how much they should be charging for their freelance work, and while we all have our own ideas it’s good to keep on raising the bar.  And that is what I aim to do next year.
3. Attract more new clients.  I will end 2009 with more clients than I started the year with, and I intend to build on this in 2010.  I am going to focus on providing articles and blog posts, since those are the forms I enjoy the most.  I also have the most experience with these, since I have written thousands of articles and hundreds of blog posts to date.  Onwards and upwards!
4. Launch a new PLR site.  Writers can make a lot of money from PLR articles, and there is certainly a big market out there for it.  And it should also offer those clients that want to pay less for articles another option to consider.  Of course it also offers another income stream, which is always a good thing.
5. This one might surprise you.  I want to get stuck into using Hubpages a bit more.  I know of writers who are earning a lot of money from Adsense every single month (another income stream once again….) and I want to try and join them.  As you may know I recently successfully completed the 100 Articles in 100 Days Challenge on Ezine Articles.  Since I proved to myself that I can find the time to write for myself as well as for other people, surely I could set my own goal to write a specific number of hubs within a specific time?  Not sure on the numbers yet but I will let you know about that very soon.

So there you go – those are my top five writing resolutions for 2010.  I haven’t thought about any time limits or deadlines for them yet, but I am aiming to get started as soon as 2010 arrives.

Until then it is time to make hay on eBay!  Our eBay business has gone into overdrive and we’re busy packing up and sending out orders on a daily basis as well as fitting in writing and various other activities.  Oh yes, and being sociable as well!

What resolutions do you have for your writing career in 2010?  Why not share one or two below?  You might just inspire someone else to do it too…