We were going through yearly goals in one of my critique groups, and I came up with “draft two novels, and publish two novels”. I think that’s not an impossible goal, but there’s definitely going to be some learning going on.
How did January’s goals turn out?
Lock in an editor for SHIFT HAPPENS (general edit)Finish the rough draft of the heist novel and then go back and fix the big obvious holes.Get the next chapter of IMPULSE out to YWC.Start learning about marketing.
I have the comments back from my editor and she suggested a bunch of stuff that I think will make SHIFT HAPPENS stronger, so I’m looking forward to working on those.
Overall, the January goals led to a fairly ambitious schedule and I think I did pretty well. This would all be easier if I just quit my day job. I currently have the heist novel on my Kindle for a first read-through and I think it’s going to be a fun novel.
Goals for February, the really short month:
- Get the untitled heist novel out to the WF critique group. Probably should put some kind of title on it first.
- Work on changes to SHIFT HAPPENS.
- Study book covers, especially urban fantasy book covers, and get an idea of what I’m looking for and how much I’m willing to shell out to get it. (Budgets are hard when you are clueless.)
- Continue studying how to market a book.
At some point I’m going to have to spend some time to make this here web site look like it is owned by a professional. It doesn’t have to happen this month, but soon!
