A long time ago (like, the beginning of January), in a
galaxy far, far away (my kitchen table as opposed to my desk), I put together a
handwritten business plan and a list of goals for 2013.
One of those goals was to write up those goals and post them
as a blog on a particular date in January…
Ha! Hahaha! LOL! I
just kill me!
Another of those goals?
A weekly blog schedule!
Hahahahahahah!! ROTFLMAO!!
Totally dying of laughter, here!
But, as I've said in prior blog posts… (and couldn't find to
link after 15 minutes, so I gave up… but believe me, they're there!) … one of
the most important life lessons I've learned from riding is that you do, in
fact, get do-overs. So long as you don't
give up and get back in that saddle!
And I say this having suffered cracked ribs, disjointed
vertebrae, bites, sprained and strained ankles and knees… months or weeks or,
pre-Calico, even years of doing next to nothing with horses.
Back into the blogging saddle I go, then. Because I do love blogging… and I have an
awful lot of amazing things to share this year!
Now that I'm here, let me hit that other goal of writing up
some of my goals here. I know some people say writing and sharing one's goals
is more detrimental than helpful, but honestly, I've not seen such in my life.
Goals: Better late
than never, right?
Meet all Spencer Hill
Press Deadlines
I'm truly in love with my work in both writing and editing
for SHP, and I have a lot of people's dreams of publication and their stories riding
on my ability to hold up my end of the contract. Thus far, I've been pretty good. There are a few things running later than the
most preferred deadline, but none that are running far into the extra-security
padding that Kate, in her infinite wisdom, has built into the system.
Done in January: 1 novel proofed from galleys, 1 to galleys,
1 to closing edits, 1 through copyedits, my own to 2nd round edits, 2
submission novels read, 3 I gave the ok to offer on (one I read back in
December). Also, first round of edits on half the Doorways submissions, and
second round of edits on half the remaining half.
Dude… that's 8 different novels and 15 short pieces that I
worked on! Yay!
Novel Goals
The Kelpie comes
out this December, and I'm going through edits for this, plus working on the
marketing plan.
A Silent Starsong
is with Vikki to be submitted to Spencer Hill Press upon her edits.
The Earl's Childe
is the sequel to The Kelpie is one of
the novels I'm currently working on and needs to be finished, polished and
submitted this year.
A Shooting Star is
the sequel to A Silent Starsong and
is actually entirely drafted! It just needs polishing.
The Banshee's Cry
will be the third MacArthur book, and needs to get started.
Besides that, there are two other novel-length projects that
I'm attending to but are not ready for discussion yet. ;) Stay tuned!
Other Fiction/Poetry
Goals
Write three new short stories.
Submit to at least 5 different short fiction or poetry
markets this year.
Write one new novella (done! And by accident, too!)
Write three new poems (one down, two to go!)
Business Goals
Make Goodreads profile and list fiction
Update Amazon profile
Update blog every week
Update website every week
Send website revamp changes ASAP
Horsey Goals
Two major trail rides
Three horse shows
Ride 2x per week on average (very difficult this winter!)
Other Goals
Lose 25 lbs
And that's what I'll be up to this year. :) It's a lot, but more doable than other plans
I've made for myself.
I look forward to sharing the journey with you!
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