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Goals for 2024

It’s been a while, but I hope to use this blog to keep me on task this year. I’ve got several writing projects I want to do. Will I do them all? I hope. But it’s nice to have goals and a plan.

Memoir – My Swan Song for Joy:

  • By end of January: finish putting my Publication packet together & send memoir out to Publishers who accept direct submissions
  • If no takers, send out to Agents
  • If no takers, begin preparing to self-publish by the end of October

Short Stories:

  • Jan.-Feb. – go thru old stories and polish & work on new story for an anthology that’s due Feb. 29 
  • March-Dec. – send out ALL THE STORIES (or what I can)
  • June-Oct. – begin new stories while researching different anthologies and short story publishers
  • Nov.-Dec. – break

Novels:

  • Jan.-Feb. – Go through what I’ve got and see what needs work, set aside, or trashed
  • March-May – Work on the “needs work”
  • June-Aug. – Polish novel(s) & research publications / agents 
  • Sept.-Oct. – Send out novel(s)
  • Nov. – Nanowrimo
  • Dec. – Break

Fantasy/SciFi Videos (TikTok / Youtube) – Greetings from the Liminal Opulent Library:

  • Jan. – Research and write a “business” plan; set up schedule; write more scripts
  • Feb.-March – Begin recording weekly; continue writing scripts
  • June – Analyse how things are going, what can be done better, etc.
  • June-Oct. – continue writing and recording 
  • Nov.-Dec. – Break

Memoir Podcast – Fuzzy Geography:

  • Jan. – Research and write a “business” plan
  • Feb. – Write scripts
  • March-May – Begin recording weekly using the recording studio at the library; continue writing scripts
  • June – Analyse how things are going, what can be done better, etc.
  • June-Oct. – continue writing and recording 
  • Nov.-Dec. – Break