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"These go to 11."
Jan. 2nd, 2011 10:26 amI made three resolutions for this year. In no particular order (other than how impossible it will be to stick to them, from top to bottom):
1. Get an agent.
Yeah, I know, your resolutions shouldn't be for things you cannot control. But this has been my number one resolution going on three years now. Maybe four. I think of it less as a resolution and more as a goal...and goals help you do things. So, yeah.
2. Be a better planner/manage my time better.
Basically, I want to start a manuscript and stay with it. All told, I started six last year, one of which got finished and five that I stopped working on after a few chapters. (Not to mention the skeletal remains of other manuscripts that I tried working on too.) I'd also like to get back into my normal routine of writing at least 2K words a day, Monday through Friday. Something--a mental block of sorts--derailed me this summer, where I'd get a substantial amount written one day and then nothing the rest of the week. I really want 2011 to be a good year--a better year than suck-tacular 2010. The only way I can make it better is to keep working, and have that work pay off.
3. Read 61 books for 2011.
61? What an odd little number. Well, eleven of those books are for the 2011 Debut Author Challenge, while 50 is just for fun. Or "research." *does shifty eyes* I think I read 50 books last year--or close to it--so this resolution might be the most achievable on the scale of achievability.
1. Get an agent.
Yeah, I know, your resolutions shouldn't be for things you cannot control. But this has been my number one resolution going on three years now. Maybe four. I think of it less as a resolution and more as a goal...and goals help you do things. So, yeah.
2. Be a better planner/manage my time better.
Basically, I want to start a manuscript and stay with it. All told, I started six last year, one of which got finished and five that I stopped working on after a few chapters. (Not to mention the skeletal remains of other manuscripts that I tried working on too.) I'd also like to get back into my normal routine of writing at least 2K words a day, Monday through Friday. Something--a mental block of sorts--derailed me this summer, where I'd get a substantial amount written one day and then nothing the rest of the week. I really want 2011 to be a good year--a better year than suck-tacular 2010. The only way I can make it better is to keep working, and have that work pay off.
3. Read 61 books for 2011.
61? What an odd little number. Well, eleven of those books are for the 2011 Debut Author Challenge, while 50 is just for fun. Or "research." *does shifty eyes* I think I read 50 books last year--or close to it--so this resolution might be the most achievable on the scale of achievability.
