As promised (although late - its a long story that involves a flat tire and waiting for a tow truck) here are my goals. I plan to put up meters on my blog to track my progress.
Because of the state my projects are in, these are going to be general deadline type goals until I can get to a point where I can set finer, weekly goals.
Writing: Three of Ivory, a fantasy series
- 1. Complete world building and overview series outline by end of August.
- 2. Complete character related pre-work (work sheets and so on) by end of September.
- 3. Complete detailed outline of the first book by the end of October.
- 4. Begin first draft in October.
Publishing: Shadowed Stones, a fantasy novel
- 1. Research 10 publishers a week.
- 2. Finish researching publishers by August 20th (no more research after this date!)
- 3. Have a detailed submission plan by the end of August.
- 4. Send out first submission by the end of September.
- 5. Keep up with beta reader edits - finish last round of edits by end of year.
Reading: I have two goals with my reading. First, re-read some of my all time favorites (and review them on good reads). Second, help support other authors that are either new and upcoming, indie or self published, or who I meet or hear about through the electronic grape vine.
- 1. Read one book from my to-re-read list every month.
- 2. Read one book from a new upcoming/indie/web sphere author every month.
Fact: You're going to meet and rock every single one of those goals! Any part you're most, or least excited about?
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear about your flat tyre!
ReplyDeleteI read this post and suddenly a little light bulb came on, why can't I try something similar? It might help my slump to have some self imposed deadlines. Thank you so much for the inspiration :)
Those are great goals! I really need to sit down and make some goals for myself to get more stuff done and reading. I love that you made reading goals too! I hate that my free reading always gets put last and not done. I'll have to work on that. :)
ReplyDelete@East Coaster, I like doing the unpleasant tasks first. Not that my goals are unpleasant :)
ReplyDelete@Sarah, I am glad you are inspired :) that is one of my goals for this blog. To inspire others.
@Krista, I read about reading goals on another blog (can't remember where). I thought it was a great idea - because after all reading is what made me want to write in the first place.
That's really a great idea, I definitely need reading goals. :) Hey another question, what did you use to create the progress images (with the %s) for your works? I've been searching for something like that, but haven't found anything so nice.
ReplyDeleteI made the myself in gimp. I have learned layer for each step. Then I show the appropriate layer and set the percentage. So there is a bit of manual work involved.
ReplyDeleteYou know this would make a good post :)
Stay tuned.