Before the new goals, it’s time to evaluate how January went.
- Get started on the sheep heist edits. This is the first book I plan to publish this year, and I’d love to have it on track for a March release. Well… I brought everything up and looked at it, and started thinking of ways to deal with parts I need to fix, so I guess I got close?
Finish the rough draft of the second sheep heist book and do a consistency edit so things make sense.Done- Stretch goal! Outline the next Penelope Standing mystery. I have the overall structure planned, and six chapters outlined. For me that’s a feat that outshines all failures.
I’m going to give myself a passing grade. I would have liked to get more done on the edits, but frankly, there was just so much happening in January that it’s a miracle I was able to concentrate at all. So now on to this month!
February Goals
- Do the structural sheep heist edits.
- Turn in the sheep heist cover art info sheet. (This sounds like it should be simple, but it means I have to have the back cover copy written, and… whew, that’s a thing.) I don’t have a slot with the artist until August, but if everything is ready to go, they might be able to slot me in earlier.
- Finish outlining the second Penelope Standing mystery.
Space Kittens
For fun and hilarity, I’m also playing with photo editing software in a series I’m calling “Space Kittens”. This is the first in the series…
