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Writing Goals for 2009

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The Muse 2008 Online Writers Conference is now over, but it was a real blast. I wasn’t able to participate as much as I’d hoped to, but I did learn a lot. The workshop that influenced me the most was “Burn Those Bunny Slippers”. It was about helping yourself treat writing more like a job/profession – how to set goals, get your family’s support, and so on. The most important thing it did for me was to get me to actually sit down and create some concrete goals, rather than just relying on “oh, I’ll try to do this”. So, without further ado, here are my goals for 2009…

January 2009

  • Revise TMA, one chapter per week, minimum 1k words revised per day.
  • Submit minimum 3 chapters to crit group.
  • Do required 6 crits for writing group.
  • Start checking out agents currently accepting submissions.
  • Do Create A Culture & Create A Language for Zaan for Storm King’s Eye.

February 2009

  • Revise TMA, one chapter per week, minimum 1k words revised per day.
  • Submit minimum 3 chapters to crit group.
  • Do required 6 crits for writing group.
  • Check out agents currently accepting submissions.
  • Do Create A Culture & Create A Language for Mirander for Storm King’s Eye.

March 2009

  • Revise TMA, one chapter per week, minimum 1k words revised per day.
  • Submit minimum 3 chapters to crit group.
  • Do required 6 crits for writing group.
  • Check out agents currently accepting submissions.
  • Complete Create A Plot system for Storm King’s Eye.

April 2009

  • Revise TMA, one chapter per week, minimum 1k words revised per day.
  • Submit minimum 3 chapters to crit group.
  • Do required 6 crits for writing group.
  • Check out agents currently accepting submissions.
  • Do research for TMA #2

May 2009

  • Complete TMA polishing – 1 chapter per day.
  • Submit minimum 3 chapters to crit group.
  • Check out agents currently accepting submissions.
  • Do required 6 crits for writing group.
  • Research for TMA #2

June 2009

  • Put together submission package for agent search.
  • Submit first agent query.
  • Write Storm King’s Eye – minimum 1000 words per day.
  • Submit minimum 3 chapters to crit group.
  • Do required 6 crits for writing group.
  • Start Create A Plot for TMA #2 – working title “Ravenous”?

July 2009

  • Do required 6 crits for writing group.
  • Start writing Storm King’s Eye – minimum 1000 words per day.
  • Submit minimum 3 chapters to crit group.
  • If get response from agent, act on it. If rejection, submit to next agent on the list.

August 2009

  • Write Storm King’s Eye – minimum 1000 words per day.
  • Submit minimum 3 chapters to crit group.
  • Do required 6 crits for writing group.
  • If get response from agent, act on it. If rejection, submit to next agent on the list.

September 2009

  • Write Storm King’s Eye – minimum 1000 words per day.
  • Submit minimum 3 chapters to crit group.
  • Do required 6 crits for writing group.
  • If get response from agent, act on it. If rejection, submit to next agent on the list.

October 2009

  • Write Storm King’s Eye – minimum 1000 words per day.
  • Submit minimum 3 chapters to crit group.
  • Do required 6 crits for writing group.
  • If get response from agent, act on it. If rejection, submit to next agent on the list.

November 2009

  • Write Storm King’s Eye – minimum 1000 words per day.
  • Submit minimum 3 chapters to crit group.
  • Do required 6 crits for writing group.
  • If get response from agent, act on it. If rejection, submit to next agent on the list.

December 2009

  • Write Storm King’s Eye – minimum 1000 words per day.
  • Submit minimum 3 chapters to crit group.
  • Do required 6 crits for writing group.
  • If get response from agent, act on it. If rejection, submit to next agent on the list.

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