Last year was a huge year in many ways. I landed an agent and kicked a bunch of other goals, all of which have moved my writing career forward in several ways.
So what are my Big Hairy Audacious Goals for this year? I should probably write a list:
- Get my epic fantasy signed by a big publisher.
- Edit and self-publish at least one novella.
- Write at least one new novel or novella.
Obviously, the first of those three major goals is out of my hands (although I’ll do everything I can to make it happen), but the other two are entirely up to me.
I’m currently editing the first novella in a series – Through The Veil: Welcome to Earth, which I hope to self-publish this year, and I’d like to plan and write at least one of its sequels. Preferably two.
I also have a stand-alone novella (loosely set within in the series) written, and a novel set in the same universe. Both need editing/review/polishing.
Other goals:
- Blog regularly. Once a week would be good.
- Continue to grow my social media presence.
- Get at least one short story published.
- Attend at least two conventions.
- Give at least three writers workshops or presentations.
I think most of those secondary goals are pretty doable too, although no doubt I’ll struggle with the blogging. I didn’t originally name this blog ‘The Infrequent Blog’ for nothing. Still, it’s a goal I’d like to kick.
You’re welcome to read the first chapter of Through The Veil: Welcome to Earth. It’s still a draft, so any feedback you could offer would be appreciated.
You’ve set some great goals. Good luck with them. I’m pretty sure you can achieve all of them!!
Thx Lynda! I’ll give it my best!
Good luck with your goals Chris, I could do with setting some myself, first I could do with bringing all my three novella’s out of the published circle and giving them a good polish for believe me if they are not going for free I only have the odd sale. lots of luck with your novella’s. Katy
Thanks Katy. Good luck if you do decide to re-polish your novellas! It’s always a tough job going over something that’s already been ‘done’.
Hey Chris
You’ve got great goals, but you need to make them achievable in terms of what you can control. What you should say is submit your fantasy novel to a publisher rather than getting signed because you can’t control whether they sign or not, but you can control the fact that you submitted your novel. No doubt with the efforts you put in last year it is more likely than not.
Simon