April has come and gone much quicker than I anticipated. Sadly, with the training at the new job and other busy changes, my goals this month have been lacking.
Here’s a look at how I did:
Camp NaNoWriMo
Camp NaNoWriMo happened for a few days this month, but mainly it fell by the wayside. Unfortunately, this sometimes happens with the Camp sessions of NaNoWriMo. I had hoped to keep more of a balance while training at this new job, but unfortunately the new job takes precedence.
Round Two of the Short Story Competition
Round Two didn’t happen. Unfortunately, I did not place with my short story, but honestly I wasn’t expecting a whole lot of accolades for a genre I have never written before. While I did get some good feedback, the main point was to try something new and have fun. I had a lot more fun than I expected with this attempt.
Continue edits on BOOK A
A few sections got edited this month, but it was nowhere near what I was expecting for April. These edits should not be rushed, but I would at least like to sit and work with the story and the plot more than I have.
Send Out Something Small for Publishing
Nothing got sent out for publishing this month, but with everything else going on I let myself have a pass on this one. There was too much going on to focus on this goal this month.
Surprisingly (or really not at all), training for this new job took up a lot of my time this month, but so far I’m really enjoying it. No projects or books were finished. Hopefully May will be a lot better for some goals and I can get a few more things moving and some progress made.
Word Count: 4,371
For May, I am trying something new. A lot of changes came in March and April so I’m not setting solid goals, so I don’t disappoint myself. For the next few weeks, I’m going for quality not quantity.
Here’s what I hope to accomplish:
May Goals
NYC Midnight’s Microfiction contest Round One
One of my side goals this year (which I am just coming up with now) is to compete in every one of NYC Midnight’s fiction contests. I enjoy playing with genres I wouldn’t usually write, or prompts I’ve never used and Microfiction seemed like the perfect challenge. 100 words or less. I can’t remember the last time I wrote anything that was 100 words or less.
Make Progress on any open project
I have a ton of open projects and it is starting to get ridiculous. I want to get something finished or at least close to finished this month, or even just make some progress through. I’ve been getting the itch to work on new things, and I’m hoping the Microfiction will take away that temptation and I can get back into what I really want to work on. I’ve let way too many things sit for too long and it’s time to finish them or officially put them away for a few months.
Make Progress on Edits of BOOK A
I have a feeling this will be one of my goals for the next few months. As much as I want to sit and edit for hours and hours, that simply isn’t possible in my life right now. For the next few weeks and months, it will be a section (maybe two) at a time. I had hoped to have the book ready to go by June (and maybe that might still happen, with any luck) but that will probably have to extend into the next few months.
Bring Back Wednesday Works Regularly
For the last few months, Wednesday Works and other aspects of this blog have not been as regular as I would like. I’m hoping this month (or maybe the next few months) things will become more regular.
How are your goals coming along for 2021?
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