You know it’s going to be a great month when you’re already six days into it before you remember to write any goals. But hey, sometimes that’s how I roll.
First — how did it go last month? (And that really is a question, because I just had to go copy that text and I don’t remember what it says…)
June Goals
Release All Gremlins on June 30th.DONE! Go buy it!Finish the full first draft of All Rocs.DONE! It’s with my critique partners right now.- Continue getting weekly episodes of the space opera serial (Independent Flight) out on Kindle Vella. Um. I’m two episodes behind. (But literally nobody has been reading it, so there’s that whole “if a tree falls in a forest and nobody is there to hear it, does it matter if you blow off the weekly release schedule?” question.)
Outline the next Penelope Standing book.It’s mostly outlined-ish. I mean, I know who did it, and I know the structure of it, but I failed to write down what has to happen in each chapter after chapter five. (Funny story: I reached the end of chapter five last night and I’m sure that won’t slow me down going forward, ha ha.)- Write the bonus epilog for All Gremlins to convince people to sign up for my newsletter. NOPE!
Stretch goal: edit & load the ghost story on Kindle Vella. (The full draft is written, but I need to fix one character arc, so this may take more time than I have available.)I’ve edited/loaded a bunch of episodes!
I did also start messing around with Facebook ads, which is a whole time and money suck that I need to master sooner or later. And I had foster kittens.
I’m an easy grader, so I’ll give myself an A. Mostly for the kittens.
July Goals
- Write the first draft of the next Penelope Standing cozy mystery.
- Continue to load episodes for The Ghostwriting Blues on Kindle Vella to keep up with a twice weekly release schedule.
- Come up with a revision plan for All Rocs after I get feedback from my critique partners. (I have a pre-order date for that one, so depending on how much needs to be changed, this might take priority over everything else.)
- Learn more about Facebook ads. Try not to spend a zillion dollars while doing so.
- Stretch goal: write more episodes of the space opera serial.
Obligatory Pet Picture
I had to take pictures of the kittens for their adoption profiles at the shelter. Anyone who knows me is cringing — I’m a horrible photographer. But I took a lot of terrible pictures and accidentally got a few good ones, including this one of Curry. It captures the whole kitten body and experience.
