It’s that time of year again. When I set goals in order to pretend that I have something resembling focus and not just magpie energy for the year to come and share them on my blog here. At the end of each year I assess how well I did in accomplishing my goals and set new ones. It’s an important thing for me, this setting and sharing of goals. Setting them and having them written down in concrete language really helps me regain my focus when I lose it (which is often), evaluate progress, get things done and also, look back over time and see a bigger picture of things I’ve accomplished. Sharing them on my blog here with you is equally important because it provides a sense of accountability which can be a huge motivation at times when I need it most.
My Goals for 2017
- Write the first draft of Deadmonton — my Winterknight Towers book
- Participate in the release and promotion of Dream Eater to the best of my ability
- Publish D is for Dinosaur in February
- Promote it to the best of my ability and hit my launch and sales goals
- Have Equus ready for a summer publication
- Promote it to the best of my ability and hit my launch and sales goals
- Announce [Top Sekkrit Anthology #1] and hit all the publisher’s deadlines for it. (Announce in February?)
- Announce [Top Sekkrit Anthology #2] and have it ready for a November publication date
- Have a successful open submissions period for Fire: Demons, Dragons and Djinns and hit all my deadlines for it
- Announce E is for REDACTED and hit all my deadlines for it for a 2018 release
- Take a vacation in July. For real.
- Promote Haunted Hospitals to the best of my ability upon its release.
- Read 30 books that are not related to work, including those on my partial reading list.
- Spend at least half a day a week away from the internet, writing.
- Create and release the Magical Menageries colouring book
I think that’s enough, don’t you? LOL
I have several other miscellaneous things that I’d like to do (acquire a book during WWP’s open submission period next month, participate in Advent Ghosts, participate in NovPad, do another charitable blog tour, self-publish Shadows…) but the stuff above, those are the things I feel a real need to do. The other things I’m being more flexible about. I’d like to do them, but I’ll be okay if they don’t happen.
