As nearly a quarter of the year has gone already (where did that go?) I thought I'd post a review of how I'm getting on with my goals for this year. So, here we go:
1. Republish Billy. Yes, did that in January. You can find him here https://www.amazon.co.uk/Billy-Sparkling-Socks-Rainbow-School/dp/154264853X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1492950556&sr=1-1&keywords=billy+and+the+sparkling+socks
2. Publish 'Birds Flock Together'. Hope to do this next week once I have finished self-editing Qessa's story.
3. Publish Charlie. Hope to do this in June. The cover is currently been designed by my illustrator.
4. Publish Susie. Want to do this near end of year.
5. Write more womag stories. Am doing that.
6. Get a story accepted by Woman's Weekly. This has now changed. I now want to focus on writing for one womag at a time until I get one story published. Have had 2 rejections from them this year.
7. Get a story accepted by The Weekly News. Same as above. I now want to focus on reading and writing for The People's Friend. They still have one of mine. I am currently working on another, then will change the ending of another to send to them too.
I am also going to try writing sci-fi to expand my areas of writing and targets. Now aim to get a story accepted by TPF and a sci-fi mag by end of year.
8. I am keeping my biz expenses up to date.
So, how are your goals for this year doing so far? Let me know.
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Sunday, 23 April 2017
Tuesday, 3 January 2017
Happy new year - Goals for 2017
Happy new year, everyone. So, I am back posting what my main goals are for this year. They will be more specific this year. Here we go:
1. Republish 'Billy', hopefully on Amazon KDP paperback service now. It appears that Createspace might have it's days numbered now.
2. Publish 'Birds'. Waiting for edits.
3. Publish 'Charlie' and 'Susie'. Need to send second edits to my editor once I get edits for Birds.
4. Write Qessa and Alistair's stories - already started the former.
5. Write more short stories for womags.
6. Get one story accepted by Woman's Weekly.
7. Get one story accepted by The Weekly News.
I would have put get a story accepted by Take a Break's Fiction Feast, but they no longer take stories from new authors. Boo. So, I don't buy that magazine any more.
8 Promote my Asper Fiction more.
9. Read more on the biz side of writing.
10. Keep my biz expenses up to date.
That is it for now. I think they are enough. So, what goals do you have?
1. Republish 'Billy', hopefully on Amazon KDP paperback service now. It appears that Createspace might have it's days numbered now.
2. Publish 'Birds'. Waiting for edits.
3. Publish 'Charlie' and 'Susie'. Need to send second edits to my editor once I get edits for Birds.
4. Write Qessa and Alistair's stories - already started the former.
5. Write more short stories for womags.
6. Get one story accepted by Woman's Weekly.
7. Get one story accepted by The Weekly News.
I would have put get a story accepted by Take a Break's Fiction Feast, but they no longer take stories from new authors. Boo. So, I don't buy that magazine any more.
8 Promote my Asper Fiction more.
9. Read more on the biz side of writing.
10. Keep my biz expenses up to date.
That is it for now. I think they are enough. So, what goals do you have?
Tuesday, 16 June 2015
New goals - the update
Do you remember my goals for this year that I posted in January? Here they are. Here is the update on how I am getting on with them:
1. To complete my YA fantasy series 'The Guardian Angels'. I am working on this one. Started writing this in May on the retreat, continued with it during last week whilst waiting for edits. Will finish it this year.
2. To complete my mermaid trilogy. Not started the last one yet. Don't think I will have time, unless I do this in the afternoon when I've finished my Pocket Novel partial and Billy.
3. To complete my adult romance series 'Geraldine's Gems'. Hope to do this after I've finished last of my Angel ebooks.
4. To write 1 or 2 more of my Singleton village series. Working on edits for this one, as lots of comments from my editor and lots to learn still about pacing.
5. To maybe write another of my Asperkids series. Need to revise part of Billy first. So not this year.
6. To publish my first Asperkids books about Boring Billy. Maybe by end of the year as I want to revise part of it from what I learnt at the retreat in May.
7. To get at least 5 short stories accepted and published by women's magazines. Work in progress. lol. Have had rejections so far. One out with Woman's Weekly and working on another for Yours. I have found a blog esp for womag writers who give feedback to your stories, so have been using that for help.
8. To earn at least £500 from no 7. Not sure if I will get there by end of year. Another work in progress.
9. To break even with my writing expenses this year. I've been working at a loss the last few years. Getting there. Half way there but only thanks to my new business, my 1-2-1 author service.
10. The main one I feel is... to graduate from the RNA's New Writer's Scheme, hopefully with a Pocket Novel script. Working on this now. Am rewriting a script that I submitted a few years ago and did nothing with. This is a slow work in progress as I only work on it when I have time late afternoon. Decided that I won't have time to do all of it by end of August, so have been working on the first three chapters and will rewrite the synopsis for it, and send the rest of the ms as a draft.
My other goal, which was new, instead of writing Pocket Novels, is to work on my author service. That is going really well and I have four clients so far, one of whom is v appreciative of my help to him.
So, how are you goals going? Will post again at the end of November with my progress.
1. To complete my YA fantasy series 'The Guardian Angels'. I am working on this one. Started writing this in May on the retreat, continued with it during last week whilst waiting for edits. Will finish it this year.
2. To complete my mermaid trilogy. Not started the last one yet. Don't think I will have time, unless I do this in the afternoon when I've finished my Pocket Novel partial and Billy.
3. To complete my adult romance series 'Geraldine's Gems'. Hope to do this after I've finished last of my Angel ebooks.
4. To write 1 or 2 more of my Singleton village series. Working on edits for this one, as lots of comments from my editor and lots to learn still about pacing.
5. To maybe write another of my Asperkids series. Need to revise part of Billy first. So not this year.
6. To publish my first Asperkids books about Boring Billy. Maybe by end of the year as I want to revise part of it from what I learnt at the retreat in May.
7. To get at least 5 short stories accepted and published by women's magazines. Work in progress. lol. Have had rejections so far. One out with Woman's Weekly and working on another for Yours. I have found a blog esp for womag writers who give feedback to your stories, so have been using that for help.
8. To earn at least £500 from no 7. Not sure if I will get there by end of year. Another work in progress.
9. To break even with my writing expenses this year. I've been working at a loss the last few years. Getting there. Half way there but only thanks to my new business, my 1-2-1 author service.
10. The main one I feel is... to graduate from the RNA's New Writer's Scheme, hopefully with a Pocket Novel script. Working on this now. Am rewriting a script that I submitted a few years ago and did nothing with. This is a slow work in progress as I only work on it when I have time late afternoon. Decided that I won't have time to do all of it by end of August, so have been working on the first three chapters and will rewrite the synopsis for it, and send the rest of the ms as a draft.
My other goal, which was new, instead of writing Pocket Novels, is to work on my author service. That is going really well and I have four clients so far, one of whom is v appreciative of my help to him.
So, how are you goals going? Will post again at the end of November with my progress.
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