goals, and first lines
Jan. 1st, 2012 04:10 pmLast year I had writing-related goals, and for the most part they didn't work out at all. (Success: revised "One Only" and applied to VP; partial success: posted to DW a minimum of once/week and on average probably close to 3x; failure: everything else.) Eh. Like I said earlier, I choose to look at last year as a foundation that will need further development, and this as a year for building on it.
This year, as mentioned, I want to finish six stories. That's drafting one a month, alternating with revising one a month. Usually not the same one, to give me some distance and avoid burnout. (I say "usually" because the deadline for the Bibliotheca Fantastica anthology is 15 March, and by my schedule I'm not revising Bookwyrms until April, so something's gonna give.) I'd also like to have those six stories out on submission more or less constantly as soon as they're done. That's the easy part, though. (I get to play with spreadsheets and organizing things!)
As a secondary writing-related goal, I still want to surround myself with people who Do Things. These people will have to be in person, I expect: the thought of a DW or LJ community has some merit but ultimately the internet isn't sufficient. I need the physicality of interacting with other human beings, the tangible drive and excitement. I can get it sporadically at cons, with this year are Wiscon, Readercon, and World Fantasy at least; possibly more depending. I'll need to find some way to get it more consistently and here.
In the meantime, I keep typing away.
And because it's been awhile, the first lines of things I'm at least nominally working on, with status reports.
( Cut for caring )
This year, as mentioned, I want to finish six stories. That's drafting one a month, alternating with revising one a month. Usually not the same one, to give me some distance and avoid burnout. (I say "usually" because the deadline for the Bibliotheca Fantastica anthology is 15 March, and by my schedule I'm not revising Bookwyrms until April, so something's gonna give.) I'd also like to have those six stories out on submission more or less constantly as soon as they're done. That's the easy part, though. (I get to play with spreadsheets and organizing things!)
As a secondary writing-related goal, I still want to surround myself with people who Do Things. These people will have to be in person, I expect: the thought of a DW or LJ community has some merit but ultimately the internet isn't sufficient. I need the physicality of interacting with other human beings, the tangible drive and excitement. I can get it sporadically at cons, with this year are Wiscon, Readercon, and World Fantasy at least; possibly more depending. I'll need to find some way to get it more consistently and here.
In the meantime, I keep typing away.
And because it's been awhile, the first lines of things I'm at least nominally working on, with status reports.
( Cut for caring )
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