July 10, 2008 
So yesterday I sat down at lunch and wrote up a list of goals that I thought were achievable and on the path to me getting to fulfill my life-long dream/goal of being a novelist. (Not as in “I write novels,” but as in “I get paid to write novels.” I am already the first, and I do hope to someday – soon? – be the second.)
And, in order to keep myself accountable for actually working toward these goals, I decided to share them here.
Thursday Thirteen: 13 Things On My Writing Schedule
1. July 2008 ~ Rest and get distractions out of the way in preparation for really buckling down at my preferred job.
2. Aug – Dec 2008 ~ finish writing CP.
3. Jan – Mar 2009 ~ revise CP.
4. March 2009 ~ write a synopsis and query letter for CP.
5. April 2009 ~ start submitting CP.
6. May 2009 ~ plan out the changes needed to make SS really work. Take the existing draft and re-outline it, complete with the character (villain) revisions that I’m already mulling over.
7. June – Sep 2009 ~ revise SS.
8. Sep 2009 ~ write a synopsis and query letter for SS.
9. Sep – Oct 2009 ~ write a quick summary for RS, FK, and ST (the 2nd through 4th books in the Watcher Quartet which follow SS). This can be used when pitching SS.
10. Oct 2009 ~ start submitting SS.
11. Oct 2009 ~ plan RS.
12. Nov 2009 ~ use NaNo to get the bulk of RS written.
13. Dec 2009 ~ finish RS.
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Whew. Looks like I have my work cut out for me! But in all seriousness, I really don’t want to be working for someone else all my life. If I ever intend to REALLY DO THIS, I need to get started yesterday. And the only reason I’m not starting now is that I have so many things that aren’t writing planned for July, I’d just be shooting myself in the foot if I tried to schedule around them. I know the way my mind works, and giving myself a little time to anticipate finally getting on what is hopefully the right path will give me that much more chance at making it work.
Happy Thursday!
Go go go go go go go!!
Good luck, it looks like a doable plan. Maybe that’s what I need to do, write a plan of what I would like to accomplish and give myself a timeline. I’ve even toyed with the idea of doing Nano this year (I know- I am crazy).
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