I can't believe I've hit a thousand posts. It's a strange thing. A good thing, I guess. It's been 3.5 years and I've been consistent. I haven't been as good about getting around and trying to build this year, both because my personal life has had a lot of distractions, and because... when you reach a certain size it just becomes an unruly task.
Here is the End of the World Fitness Plan
Here were my Networking Plans
And here were my Writing Plans
How'd I Do?
I can tell you right off I failed on the fitness all the way around. I started okay, but six days into the year was hubby's first health crisis and I just couldn't seem to make the time to take care of myself when I was picking up the slack for the long list of things he could no longer do.
The social networking, too... I feel like I succeeded on the Facebook piece, but the rest of it... not so much...
So really all there is to talk about is the writing piece.
February, fill holes in Chrysanthemum Campaign. Think this took more than the month, but check.
March: CC to peer readers for the month.
Revise WHAT ALES ME.
Plan promotional campaign for AZALEA ASSAULT
The first and the last happened. WHAT ALES ME revisions are what fell off because the others took more time.
April: WHAT ALES ME to peers.
Revise CC per feedback. Read out loud. Revise again.
Begin CONFLUENCE revision.
Only the middle one happened here (and didn't actually happen until May) but it was because my agent had wanted KAHLOTUS revisions, so that took precedence and was what I worked on.
May: CC to agent
Finish CONFLUENCE revision.
Revise CC per agent
Yeahno. Per feedback from peers, spend May REVISING Chrysanthemum Campaign. (and some of June)
BuNoWriMo: One of these pesky Armageddon stories...
RELEASE AZALEA ASSAULT
See, and now THIS is why I love a WriMo... Yes, yes and yes... Though CC was actually turned in about a week into July because my agent wanted a little more time and they were switching editors, so the new one wanted to read the first two books before this one ANYWAY to familiarize herself... But I wrote the first 60K of SHOT IN THE LIGHT in June and had a successful book release for AZALEA ASSAULT. THIS was the month I became a published author.
July: First Revision MEDIUM WRONG –
no, but this was a solid mind change. I kept writing SHOT IN THE LIGHT as I knew I was only about half done. And then I hit the years second major life obstacle... my dying aunt... And this was when Amy decided she wasn't the best to represent me, so I lost my YA agent... So Medium Wrong at 120K is ALMOST done... but then I got sidetracked for a solid two months (much more because of the dying aunt logistics than the agent piece—I totally respect Amy's decision and that only would have knocked me out for days, not weeks or months).
August: MEDIUM WRONG to peers
Revise WHAT ALES ME, read out loud
WHAT ALES ME to Agent
Um... no.
September: Final Revisions MEDIUM WRONG
MEDIUM WRONG to Amy
And no. But I DID decide MEDIUM WRONG would be my ABNA book, so I started FIRST revisions on it...
October: Slot for specifically requested revisions for MEDIUM WRONG/WHAT ALES ME
First revision summer Armageddon book
MEDIUM WRONG REVISIONS were all I worked on.
November: NaNoWriMo: Thenother Armageddon? (yeah, I think so... but things change)
DID NaNoWriMo, but changed my mind on WHAT... Ended up writing MEAN and DEMEANED, the first in my Pleides series.
December: Finally polish CONFLUENCE
If time, begin revision ILLUSIONS
And NO and NO. I've spent December actually trying to tie up loose ends... typing the rest of WHAT ALES ME (can't believe I'd forgotten the thing hadn't even been all TYPED yet! Trying to hammer out a synopsis for KAHLOTUS DISPOSAL SITE, prepping for WHAT ALES ME revisions. Readers have MEDIUM WRONG and I want to do THOSE revisions ASAP because it needs to be ready for ABNA.
So... Fails on a couple counts, but honestly, I'm pleased with how much writing I got done. I think it's worth noting that some fails are fails, but MOST are mind changes... an earlier failure or a reason from another direction changes what the current possible/priority is. We have to be FLEXIBLE to change plans, but I still think it helps me be productive to MAKE the PLAN--BUWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! (Ah... there's the cackle... I bet you'd wondered where it was)
How'd you do on your goals this year?
Tomorrow I will lay out my GOALS for the year...
