Creative goals for 2011
Nov. 3rd, 2010 05:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
poetigressOkay, it's a little early, but this year has sucked so much that I'm preferring to just skip the end-of-year introspection and start looking ahead.
1. Finish at least one short story per month. (This can include completing current works in progress or finishing something new. I'm still debating whether "finish" should mean "complete a draft from beginning to end" or "complete the story to the point that it's ready to send out to editors." I'm leaning toward the latter, but that's going to depend on how many rewrites, how long the drafts are, and so on -- so it might end up meaning the former instead.)
2. Submit to at least three markets on my "someday" list. (This is a list of, currently, about seven or eight markets that I would like to have my short fiction published in eventually).
3. Put at least one long short story/novella up for sale on Smashwords.
4. Work on my website (add bio, sample stories and poems, etc).
5. Create enough visual art/craft items to be able to finally open an Etsy shop (once I figure out what to call it).
1. Finish at least one short story per month. (This can include completing current works in progress or finishing something new. I'm still debating whether "finish" should mean "complete a draft from beginning to end" or "complete the story to the point that it's ready to send out to editors." I'm leaning toward the latter, but that's going to depend on how many rewrites, how long the drafts are, and so on -- so it might end up meaning the former instead.)
2. Submit to at least three markets on my "someday" list. (This is a list of, currently, about seven or eight markets that I would like to have my short fiction published in eventually).
3. Put at least one long short story/novella up for sale on Smashwords.
4. Work on my website (add bio, sample stories and poems, etc).
5. Create enough visual art/craft items to be able to finally open an Etsy shop (once I figure out what to call it).
