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January is traditionally a time to re-examine your life and set goals for the new year.
Last year in early January, I had looked back at my 2016 productivity and been pleased. My intention was to keep up the good work through 2017 and churn out more work.
So how did I do?
I was only about 13,000 words below my word count for last year (405,116 to 417,914). I also had 20,000 more words in the time-consuming category of Rewrite/Revision (defined as a major reworking of already existing words), which may have accounted for the overall deficit. So I am pretty pleased with myself, considering how frazzled and unproductive I felt, particularly at the end of the year.
What plans do I have for 2018? I would like to keep my productivity on par with the past two years, and also pursue 3 other goals.
1. I am going to query my middle grade novel to 50 more agents. I put a list together over the Christmas break, so I am ready to go with that.
2. I am going to finish my YA SciFi and then query. Another month should see the edits finished. I compiled a list of 50 agents for this book, too, and am working on the query letter.
3. This one is a little harder to quantify. Last year, especially the last 4 months, I felt like I was running nonstop yet not getting anything of substance done. I was exhausted and stressed and it was no fun. I am not quite sure what to do to fix this one. Probably less social media and more self-discipline.
So those are the broad strokes of my year. All those goals are attainable, and in my control, so hopefully I will reach them.
What plans do you have for the New Year? Good luck for achieving them, and best wishes for a healthy and prosperous 2018!
Goals for 2018
If you missed last week’s Top Posts of 2017, check it out!
January is traditionally a time to re-examine your life and set goals for the new year.
Last year in early January, I had looked back at my 2016 productivity and been pleased. My intention was to keep up the good work through 2017 and churn out more work.
So how did I do?
I was only about 13,000 words below my word count for last year (405,116 to 417,914). I also had 20,000 more words in the time-consuming category of Rewrite/Revision (defined as a major reworking of already existing words), which may have accounted for the overall deficit. So I am pretty pleased with myself, considering how frazzled and unproductive I felt, particularly at the end of the year.
What plans do I have for 2018? I would like to keep my productivity on par with the past two years, and also pursue 3 other goals.
1. I am going to query my middle grade novel to 50 more agents. I put a list together over the Christmas break, so I am ready to go with that.
2. I am going to finish my YA SciFi and then query. Another month should see the edits finished. I compiled a list of 50 agents for this book, too, and am working on the query letter.
3. This one is a little harder to quantify. Last year, especially the last 4 months, I felt like I was running nonstop yet not getting anything of substance done. I was exhausted and stressed and it was no fun. I am not quite sure what to do to fix this one. Probably less social media and more self-discipline.
So those are the broad strokes of my year. All those goals are attainable, and in my control, so hopefully I will reach them.
What plans do you have for the New Year? Good luck for achieving them, and best wishes for a healthy and prosperous 2018!
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