A New Year, A New NouveauWriter...Change Ahead

Some of you may have noticed that I haven't posted in a while. Okay, two months to be exact.  (There. I said it. *phew*) In the blog world, a stagnant blog becomes a dead blog. I don't want that to happen to NouveauWriter. Not after all the hard work I put into it!

Back in September, I experienced some changes in my secular working schedule, namely I lost a lot of free time. Besides being a writer, I'm a Special Care Counsellor now working more in the field with seniors experiencing Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. I've got two young kids. I teach and I also volunteer. My days are full. Initially, I thought it would be best to give up NouveauWriter altogether but as time passed and my follower list grew, (how did that happen?) I realized that what I really want to do is bring about changes to NouveauWriter that better reflect what I am currently doing.

In the last year,

• I have been working more closely with publishers, publicists and authors. This has allowed me to see new trends in writing and publication. Are you keeping up?
• I am reading more books and posting the reviews on my other blog Library of Clean Reads and other review sites.
• I am now also part of Montreal Book Bloggers and have designed our website. We are a group of bloggers who get together regularly, talk about books and publishing news, and support authors. You can connect with us on our Facebook page.
• I am hosting reading challenges to discover more of the books I love and to push myself to read different genres. You can learn more about the challenges by visiting Time Travel Reading Challenge, Short Story Reading Challenge and the I Love Italy Reading Challenge. I hope you join me in challenging your reading!

So what are the changes I want to implement? In the next couple of weeks I will:

• revamp this blog to reflect these changes
• post articles not only geared to new writers, but also authors and readers
• make this blog more personalized, post more about my reflections as an author
• still accept guest posts
• make an effort to post on a regular basis, aiming at once or twice a week

I'm excited about this change! I hope those of you who have faithfully followed my journey will continue to support me and benefit from these changes. 

Here's what's coming up in the next week:

• The Savvy Reader Book Pledge
• So You Want an Online Book Tour: An Author's Guide to Online Book Tours (Book Review)
• Guest Post

Feel free to tell me what you think of all this. I always love to hear from my readers.