January 7, 2008
Goals….I gots them
One thing I haven’t done for 2008 was….post my WRITING goals. Now goals are a tricky thing, especially when it comes to publishing. There’s so much we have little or no control over–whether an agent will like a proposal, whether or even when an editor will BUY a proposal, but still, I think goals are a good thing. They give us something to strive for and I even advocate making at least one seemingly impossible goal.
So here we go:
Work on NAS(ty) project. (100 pages)
Work on project with Vee (200 pages?)
Write Screwed (Will’s story - 360 pages? Feb-May)
Finish Forbidden (300 pages to go!)
Sell at least two novellas (200 pages)
Write at least two propopsals (100 pages each — one will be John’s story)
So my goal is to write around 1260 pages. Stay tuned!
As for my impossible goal? Try to pick up a second house.
What about you? What WRITING goals are you working toward this year?
Finish the The Lost. If this is all I do this year, I’ll be happy.
After that: Write down the outlines for the next 2 fantasy books that are somewhat connected to The Lost by some secondary characters. Work on one of several 1/2 finished contemporary romances sitting on pc, finish, polish and submit. Then polish The Lost and get at least 5 chapters into the follow up book before sending The Lost out to agents.
Finish Wand.
Finish Pinky.
Finish Mrs. French.
(there seems to be a pattern here…)
Do as much of the urban fantasy (my ‘dangerous’ book) as possible.
And move into the second house Amie is going to provide…
Finish two books. Start another one. Submit, submit, submit.
I have two books I need to finish.
A book to start and finish.
Two conferences to prepare {gulp}
Get an agent.
Sell above three books!
and a freaking cabana boy!