Goals for another year...

Last week I reviewed the goals for the past year. This week I'm setting my goals for the next 12 months.

This upcoming year has been the hardest yet for setting goals, in fact, the list below is my third version - things keep happening to make me change them. But because I know setting goals always ensures I achieve more than I would otherwise, I've persisted.

Goals 2010/11:

1. Finish two manuscripts
2. Enter High 5 (two mss)
3. Enter Selling Synopsis (one ms)
4. Enter Emerald (one ms)
5. Enter First Kiss (two mss)
6. Enter VPA (two mss)
7. Submit to agent
8. Attend conference and pitch

Might as well aim high, right? Fingers crossed I can do this!

My Excuse Monday

Poking fun at the but in all of us...

Printed with permission of Sam Morrison.

Writing Goals - How did I go?

It's that time of year again where I look back over my goals for the last year. Making myself accountable sure helps with the incentive of meeting them. So here goes:

1. Sub partial - Done, rejected.
2. Finish revised ms - Done, rewrote ending a third time, now in metaphorical bin.
3. Enter High 5 - Done.

4. Enter Emerald - Done.

5. Apply 5DI - Applied, accepted and participated.

6. Enter First Kiss - Done.

7. Write next ms - Started but on hold due to 5DI mentoring.
8. Enter VPA with 2 mss - Only entered 1, but second ms started.
9. Enter an American contest - Entered The Gotcha! contest.
10. Attend and pitch at conference - Attended conference, didn't pitch because of my change in direction post-5DI (although ended up doing a pitch I didn't even know I was doing - but that's for another blog post).

Reviewing my goals I'm quite proud of what I have achieved. Okay, so it isn't perfect, but I think I've done really well in meeting what I had set. And I can honestly say, every point on my goal list has helped improve my writing and move me along my writing journey - what more do you want?

Now to set my goals for this year (check out next week's blog to see my 2010/11 list).