I think this is the end of this round of Row80, here is a review of my goals:
My goals for this round were:
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Reading: find a new fantasy series I like. I know that’s not really measurable. Read 1 fantasy novel a month. Branch out in other genres I don’t usually read. Read 3 of the following: Science fiction, YA, Crime, Inspirational, or Romance. I refuse to read horror. A friend says I should add Nesbit or Lovecraft, we’ll see.
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Writing: this goes with CampNaNoWriMo. My current WIP is actually a series of short stories. I have 5 shorts and I would like an even dozen. So I need 7 more 😀 That means just written, not edited or revised.
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Edit/Revise: my novel Dead in the Water. I have no idea how many pages I can edit in 80 days, so let’s pick a number…the first 100 pages. Caffeine stat.
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Submit- This is always hard, but I think it really fits with the theme of Own Your Dream. When you start submitting stories/books it opens you up for rejection, not once but multiple times. Trust me- that hurts. I will put that aside and submit to 3 magazine/e-zines a month. Ouch, let me stock up on band-aides first.
Well, how did I do?
1. I did read two romances, 1 inspirational, 2 fantasy in sub-genres I haven’t read before, and several indie books. Check!
2. I ended up with a total of 11 short stories. Not quiet a dozen.
3. I did read through my WIP and plan out the needed revisions. That’s as far as I got. I got distracted by other things…like self-publishing. I did revise a short story. It is almost ready for sending out.
4. I have submitted to only one magazine. But I did publish a short story on Smashwords and Kindle. Does that count?!
I didn’t reach all of my goals, or most of them for that matter 🙂 But the list did give me something to work toward. The fact I had to go online and tell everyone how I did helped to focus me. I also noticed that I next time I need to change my goals and make them accountable by week instead of monthly. I’ll be back next round.
How did you do this round?
CK
You still have three days… maybe you can crank out #12? Just kidding. You did great!
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Yea, let me just crack open my jar of inspiration and whip out #12. That jars looks a lot like chocolate and usually leads to a nap. Have a good week.
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Yeah! You did great on your goals. Sometimes we knock ourselves down by not doing more, but we have a life to live too. And it is good that you already see where they need tweaking. I have weekly goals and ROW80 goals. I used to have daily goals and that got way to stressful.
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Daily goals- yikes. I do better with lists that need to be accomplished within a limited number of days. If the days are too short I get stressed and if there are too many days I get lazy. Good luck on your goals.
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