June 2021 Goals

May was a weird month for many reasons, but how did I do on my goals?

~~Clean up the current draft of Penelope Standing 2 (tentatively titled Death Tracks the Clue… ugh, why are titles so hard?) and send it out to WF for feedback.~~
Write the short story reader magnet for Jackpot Drift. This will be a freebie for newsletter subscribers. It takes place between The Chaos Job and the next Jackpot Drift book, and will be from the viewpoint of one of the other characters.
~~Start edits on the second Jackpot Drift book — there are some major structural changes that need to happen, so this will require some thought.~~
Covers 101 class! I’m taking a 6 week workshop on creating covers. Given my (lack of) artistic talent, I doubt that I’ll get to the point where I would release books with covers I’ve made, but I’d like to have a better grasp of how to evaluate covers, and I’d also like to be able to create adequate covers for things like reader magnet freebies.
~~Clean up and submit the next chapter of Charlie’s Angels in space. (I really ought to come up with a title for this thing at some point…)~~

Huh, look at that. I actually accomplished all my goals AND I sent out a newsletter. That’s amazing.

Depending on the feedback from my critique partners, either fix or start finalizing Penelope Standing 2. If there aren’t major changes, I should be able to hit publish by the end of the month.
Finalize the Jackpot Drift short story reader magnet and figure out enough of Book Funnel to make it available for download for anyone getting the newsletter.
Send out a newsletter!
Get through the rewrite on Chaos Connection (Jackpot Drift #2). I have a plan and things feel like they are moving in the right direction.
Covers 101 class! I’m learning things, but it’s a fair amount of work. Also, InDesign is just not intuitive for me.
Clean up and submit the next chapters of ~~Charlie’s Angels in space~~ Unguided Flight. The book has a tentative title, but I still need a series name.

I ran across this during one of my walks around the neighborhood.

flower in front of a fence