Goal Update 1/18

Goal 1) Publish SKoS

  • My Goal: Spend at least 10 mins, 3 days/week minimum
  • Where I planned to be: Spent at least 30 mins
  • Where I am: Spent Idk I keep forgetting to actually count mins
  • On Target or Behind: On Target

How’s It Going:
After finally figuring out how to save as a PDF from Google Docs *facepalm* I threw my hat in the ring to have this content edited by Matt Turano (aka Holly Lisle’s husband/personal content editor). He has a few other people ahead of me in line, and he doesn’t rush these, but hopefully I hear back soon on when I can send it in. I’m excited!

I also got a few more covers mocked up. I think I’m gonna throw some of them on the forums soon to get some feedback.

Goal 2) Revise SYCU

  • My Goal: Spend at least 10 mins, 3 days/week minimum; 1 chapter/day
  • Where I planned to be: Through chapter 7
  • Where I am: Through chapter 7
  • On Target or Behind: On Target

How’s It Going:
I went through and counted. I have 16 chapters.

If my math is right (which… if you don’t know me, my math is questionable at best), if I do two chapters a day for three days, and just one for another three days, I can be done with this part by the end of the month. Alternately, I could just add three more days, likely the next two Wednesdays and next Saturday, at just one chapter a day.

Do I need to get it done by the end of the month? Not really. But I’ve got a long ways to go to on this, and if I want it ready for editing by the end of this year, time’s ticking down.

To be fair, this is definitely less messy than SKoS. Still some work to do (MC is currently reading a little like a psychopath, unfortunately), but I’m still really pleased with how good this came out in first draft.

As far as a new novel goes…

I’ve been thinking about it. I want to. I really do. The college cancelled one of my classes due to low registration numbers, so I’m only in two classes this semester. (Makes things difficult in the long run, but I can work with it.) This definitely frees me up to work on something new.

The question is, work on something new, or revive an old idea…