Writing Goals

Nowhere does it say goals need to be set in January. In fact, it’s never too late to set goals. After all, today is the first day of the rest of your life. I spent some time this weekend reviewing my writing accomplishments from the past year and made some goals for 2019.

What I did in 2018:

• Participated in Camp NaNoWriMo in both April and July, meeting my goal in both.
• Participated in NaNoWriMo in November and won by completing 50,000 words of a new novel in 30 days.
• Entered into an agreement with a narrator through ACX, making my Melanie Hogan Series available as an audio book. Thus far Shear Madness and Shear Deception are available.
• Attended the Colorado Gold Conference in Denver in September, spending three days fully immersed in all things writing.
• Completed the first draft of book two, Abby’s Retribution, in the Whispering Pines mysteries.
• Completed the first draft of book four, Shear Fear, in the Melanie Hogan mysteries.
• Had a creative non-fiction essay chosen to be published in an anthology, Colorado’s Emerging Writers (2018).
• Published book three in the Melanie Hogan mysteries, Shear Murder, on New Year’s Eve.

My goals for 2019:

• Participate once again in Camp NaNoWriMo in both April and July; and, once again, meeting my goal.
• Participate once again in NaNoWriMo in November; and, once again, win by meeting the 50,000-word goal. (I have to admit this one gives me a bit of anxiety already.)
• Attend the Northern Colorado Writers Conference in Ft. Collins, CO in May.
• Complete the project of finishing books three and four in the Melanie Hogan mysteries, Shear Malice and Shear Murder, in audio.
• Work on learning and implementing some marketing techniques. I’ve never been comfortable with marketing and it’s time to step out of my comfort zone and just do it.
• Teach a four to six-week creative writing class to kids ages 12-17. I’ve got the agenda and the location planned. I just need to schedule it.
• Submit a short story to the Colorado’s Emerging Writers 2019 anthology.
• Revise, edit, and publish book two in the Whispering Pines mystery.

Whew! I’ve got some work ahead of me. Work that will require cutting down on TV time. Ready! Set! Go!

Do you have any writing goals for 2019? I’d love to hear what they are.

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment. Jim Rohn