and after last year when I had to pay out for the first time more than $25, I was hesitating doing my taxes this year! Okay, I was being cheap and wanted to hold on to the thought that maybe I'd adjusted my withholdings over last year enough that I wouldn't have to pay anything and not get much back.
I've learned from Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University that it's best to hold on to as much of your mullah as you can instead of having the government handling it for you throughout the year, and to adjust your W-4s in a way that you get little or nothing back. In 2011, I did poorly at trying to figure out what would be too much withholdings and had to shell out quite a bit to Uncle Sam in 2012.
But this time I did good. I'd gotten the taxes done last night and I'll be getting some back. Before adding on my charitable contributions, I would have owed about $17. After adding it on, I'll be getting back over $1000. I'd like to get less than that back, but I don't know if I want to fuss around with my W-4s anymore. We'll see.
Getting it Done....
What else do we writers have to say we're getting done? Well the obvious...
And I'm slowly getting my second, what I'm calling my in-between book, of short stories and poetry done. I'm excited to be meeting the new critique partner next Saturday and pray NOTHING gets in our way.
And then there's marketing to get done....
I did a TV interview at the bookstore where my first book signing will take place, and it airs locally Tuesday! (Nail biting! Will my shifty eyes be too noticeable??)
Kudos to me, but there's so much more that could be done and should be done. It seems that the writer's job never really GETS done. No, instead, it's our feat to always be Getting It Done.
Wow! Congrats on all of this fantastic news. Taxes turned out great, a new CP, bk sign interview... you have busy life right now. Praying you keep a little peaceful place somewhere in there.
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#warriorminion
Peace is a very important aspect of my life! Thank you. :)
DeleteI can never get it balanced out well, so I just try to ensure that I won't have to pay.
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Brett Minor
Transformed Nonconformist
Glad you are getting money back! I am too, but only because I over-paid in estimated taxes.
ReplyDeleteGetting it done is not my forte. Putting it off is more my thing. I could do with taking a leaf out of your book!
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Yeah, that happens. I'm really not good at upkeep. Anything that needs regular attention to and can't just get done, whoa is me!
DeleteI honestly thought that pic there were your taxes, not your manuscript. I cringed at the thought of it.
ReplyDeleteI have so many things I want to get done with, but priorities are set.
Well, it's not MY manuscript either. I just found a pic of a big manuscript as hyperbole. :) Priorities are important... What are those again??
Deletehahaha, and here I was impressed by your huge manuscript, hahaha. Priorities? Humm, those that are more important than the fun and mischief. :oD
DeleteHow exciting that you did a tv interview!! I'm sure it will be awesome. Sending more kudos your way. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks! Kudos mean so much more coming from someone else! :)
DeleteCongrats on the t.v. interview...that's awesome :) Yep, sometimes we don't like to do things, but we still have to get it done.
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At least try our darnedest to do so!
DeleteHello, Nancy! There's always something a writer must get done. We're busy little bees! Congrats on the interview!
ReplyDeleteHappy A to Z-ing! from Laura Marcella @ Wavy Lines
Thank you Laura!
DeleteTV interview Nancy? Wow, you are on the ball! So proactive!
ReplyDeleteYou are the queen of "getting it done!"
Writer In Transit
Not the queen! Just trying. :)
DeleteWow, congratulations on your TV interview. That must have been super nerve-wracking!
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Only the idea that I won't know what I looked like until I see it Tuesday. It's just a local show the bookstore owners have on local cable, and they used a camcorder to record it. I'm still so looking forward to seeing it though.
DeleteGreat choice for G, and congrats on the TV spot!
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You're right, a writer's job is never done! I have the toughest time with the marketing. I would never have the courage to do a TV interview! Congrats!
ReplyDeleteYes you would! It helped knowing that this isn't the most well developed or watched show, so if I screwed up, it wouldn't really matter, but if it's good, I can use it in my media kit (somehow!)
DeleteHow exciting for you to be interviewed on TV and to have a book signing! I agree that it seems like writers are always working on getting it done. Just the other day I was thinking to myself about how exhausting it is. But like anything that's worth it, you pull up your socks and keep on truckin'.
ReplyDeleteHave fun with a-z.
Lol. Yes, pull up the socks, scratch the head and keep on keeping on!
DeleteThe list of things that need to get done is never ending, isn't it? Congratulations on the interview, and also on getting those pesky taxes done!
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