This is K.M. Wyland and you are listening to the 530th episode of the Helping Writers Become Authors Podcast.

Welcome to 2021 and this year's first podcast episode. As you may have noticed, this is also the first podcast episode.

As you may have noticed, this is also the first podcast in over a month.

And that's because instead of the usual Monday posts slash podcasts,

I took a bit of a break in December. I did still share my usual

roundup of years and posts though, which included a list of the top books I read in 2020,

as well as a list of the top books I read in 2020 as well as a list of the top posts on the site during the past year

just in case you want to check if you missed any. And now I hope you enjoyed this week's episode, Seven Writing Lessons Learned in 2020.

For me, the turning of the year is certainly a time of examining habits, renewing intentions, and creating plans.

But more than setting goals for the coming year, I prefer to think about the lessons I have learned

from the year that has passed.

In my experience, goals all but just happen

when their required foundations are in place.

When that foundation is lacking, then even a great amount of energy

and application cannot achieve the desired result. And so when the new year rolls

around I like to look back at the foundations that have been

laid in the past 12 months.

What has the year taught me and how can I build on what I have been given. This past year was a year like

no other. This is clearly true on a global level and I dare say it is true for each of us in small and subjective ways.

Certainly it has been true for me.

Aside from all the big impacts to the world out there, my own year, and particularly my year as a writer has also

been a year like no other.

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