Here we are again, another year come and gone. It’s time to look back, see what I accomplished in 2017, and lay out the plan for 2018. It’s been…quite a year.
A lot happened in my personal life, which heavily affected my writing. I lost my grandmother, and then my grandfather eight months later. Grief is a hard thing to work through, even knowing both of them are no longer suffering. Harvey came, and he was a jerk, as anyone living in Southeast Texas knows. I have several friends still dealing with the repercussions of that particular asshole. There were other things going on in my life as well, all of which made it difficult to stick to schedules. It always felt like I was waiting for the other shoe to drop.
All of that to say, I’m trying to be kind to myself, to celebrate the victories and let the other stuff go. It’s hard (especially when I have so many plans and not enough time), but one of my intangible goals this year is to stop comparing my writing life to the lives of others and do what I can do, while still making time for myself. I’m really bad at that.
Anyway, let’s take a look at my goals from 2017!
Overall goals for the year:
Edit and(Finished, Q1/Q2/Q3)Publish “The Stars Are Fire” (now titled “Doubt The Stars”)(Finished Q4)Write(Finished, Q2), Edit, and Post “Good Intentions”;Finish Writing “Double The Baggins, Twice The Took”(Finished, Q3); Finish Writing “Wonderland Reclaimed”;Write first draft of Tempest in Space novel (tentatively titled “Such Stuff As Dreams”)(Finished Q4)
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