Most of us as writers set goals. Whether it*s to complete a certain amount of words or pages a day, or a week. Whatever they are, we set them. We*ve winded down to the last three months in the year as 2007 looms ahead.
My goals for the end of the year are to complete my young adult novel and my cozy mystery. Which boils down to about 850 words a day on the mystery and 600 words a day on the young adult. Phew! It gives me hives just thinking about it. But as a writer, I must set high expectations for myself, because after all, no one else does. The only obstacle I have is *me*. The only person I can blame if it doesn*t happen is *me*.
I have to complete these two goals if I want to jump into the all important agent search. When I begin that, I have to find an agent out there that represents both YA and mystery. I*ve started that list already so the only hurdle I*ll have is actually putting finger to keyboard, typing the synopsis and query letter and sending it out. Something else that makes me itch, too. I*ve never been a fan of either of those things, but they must be done if you want to sell to NY.
And if that isn*t enough, I have some personal goals as well. I*m planning a trip to Jamaica next June and I MUST fit into a bathing suit and feel comfortable in it. Don*t get me wrong. I have NO desire to go back to the weight I was in in high school, or even college. I just want be able to look at myself in the mirror and say, *Hey, for a middle age lady, you look kinda hot.* LOL So that means, losing weight.
What about you? Do you have any end of year writing goals? Something you want to accomplish next year?
Have a happy Saturday!
Lyric
September 30th, 2006 at 11:02 pm
I was crying about not meeting my latest timeline. I set the goal. Worked on it. But had to adjust. Adjusting a pain! LOL.
I was thinking about goals. I met one of my reading goals this year. It was to finish the S. Plum mystery series.
I wouldn’t mind going to Jamaica.
October 1st, 2006 at 8:27 pm
Oh goals, I need them! Mine include finishing my first WIP in mid-October. Yikes, that’s awfully soon, isn’t it? And I also want to participate in NaNo. So, two completed books by the end of ‘06.