Hey all! Today
is the last Friday of the month, which means that it’s Update Day! But before I
get into that, I just wanted to mention that one of the main characters from Endless, Ryan, is over at Libby Heily’s
blog, getting interviewed.
So, for those of
you who are new to this blog, Beth Fred and I host this bloghop. All the
entrants share their big/crazy/crazy important goals. Then on the last Friday of
the month, we all get together and share updates and encouragements.
You’re more than
welcome to sign up. Just fill in your goal instead of your name…
I have to admit
that May was actually a bit of a terror for me. Within the first week of its
start, I got hit with levels of anxiety that I haven’t experienced since the
day I finished university. (In other words, it had even me worried.)
Interestingly enough, the stress had slowly been receding, but I guess the
exhaustion I’d been powering through caught up with me.
Add to that my
blog tour and the surprise news that I might suddenly be without a job next
month…
Yeah. May
sucked. I’m glad it’s over.
But the thing is
I changed my priorities from my goals to survival and then recovery. So…
overall, I didn’t get much done.
In summary:
Goals
for May:
1) 60k words written, 60 hours
spent on edits or some combination.
Just
over 22 hours on edits.
2) Find Crit Partners for Wo6C3.
Any takers? It’s book 3 in The War of Six
Crowns…
I
didn’t get to this, because I took ages just to finish my round of edits.
3) Wo6C3 rough edits.
Got
this one done.
4) Edit ES1.
Didn’t
touch ES1 itself, but I’ve slowly been immersing myself in research, movies,
books etc set more or less in that era so that I can get more of a feeling for
the “world” of 1850s Texas.
5) Prep BvB2 rewrite.
Didn’t
get there.
6) Finish Revisions to O1.
Didn’t
get there.
7) Rewrite SS1. (Yep. This one’ll
be sticking around for a while, I suspect.)
I
was completely correct.
8) Add 10k words to StW1.
Didn’t
write a single word of fiction this month.
9) Work on CdW concept.
Nope.
10) Start Sci Fi project. (Acronym
still forthcoming.)
Nope.
11) Edit Untethered Realms
Anthology short story.
I
only got the editor notes back a few days ago, so I’ll get to this one in the
coming month.
Reading:
Read 6 books.
I
read four.
Read some chapters of Les Trois Mousquetaires.
This
wasn’t one of them.
Networking
and Marketing:
1) Get through blog tour for Endless.
Almost
there. Only two more posts to go.
2) Regular updates to social
networks.
This
I can sorta call done, but I have to say, my whole anxiety experience is making
me re-think my approach to social networks. Namely: I’m wasting precious time
with most of them.
Life:
1) Find and maintain a balance
between work, writing and life.
Kind
of getting there, although the feeling like I had more balance *might* have
been caused by circumstances more than any active decision on my part.
2) Find an exercise that I
actually can do without the weather getting in the way. Balance is one thing.
But let me just say that jogging just won’t happen if it’s cold and raining,
and the wind blows hard enough to topple a link truck.
Done.
I’m going to start dancing again, starting on Monday.
Goals
for June:
Writing
Goals:
1) 60 000 words written, 60 hours
of edits or some combination of those.
2) Find and submit to Critique
Partners for Wo6C3
3) Critique works by critique
partners.
4) Edit ES1
5) Prep rewrite for BvB2.
6) Complete revisions to O1
7) Add 10000 words to StW1
8) Work on CdW concept
9) Start Sci Fi Project. (Still
thinking about an suitable acronym.)
10) Work on concept for a new
story that came to me while I rested.
11) Edit my Untethered Realms
anthology story.
Reading:
Read 6 books.
Read some chapters of Les Trois Mousquetaires.
Networking
and Marketing:
Rethink Social Network Strategy
Regular updates to at least some
of the social networks.
Confirm new covers for Wo6C
series.
Life:
Maintain balance between life,
writing and work.
Go to dancing classes once a week.
Get into the habit of eating more
frequent, smaller meals. (Stress and an ulcer don’t mix, so I have to help
where I can.)
How
are your goals coming along?
