2011 Goals Check-in: January
Feb. 1st, 2011 03:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
poetigress1. Finish at least one short story per month. Total completed: 1 (flash, but complete) Would have done more, but the first half of the month was given over almost entirely to the Sketchbook Project, and then most of the rest of it was spent researching/planning a novella-length story.
2. Submit to at least three markets on my "someday" list. Sent a submission to one of those markets this month. Got a form rejection back, which was a little disappointing (I was expecting a rejection, but hoping for a personal one), but oh, well. Will keep trying them, and the others on that list.
3. Put at least one long short story/novella up for sale on Smashwords. Nothing done on this one yet, though the new project might work for this.
4. Work on my website. Wrote the rough draft of my bio page the other day. I'm still figuring out how detailed/personal I want it, as opposed to just being something more straightforward and professional. That said, website building will kick into high gear next month -- I want at least all the basic pages up and running by the end of March, so it's ready by the time Bewere the Night is released.
5. Create enough visual art/craft items to be able to finally open an Etsy shop. Nothing on this one yet, but it's kind of on the back burner anyway. I certainly did enough visual art for the month, though. :)
All in all, not bad considering that I was frantically trying to fill a Moleskine Cahier with art up until the 18th, and then spent the rest of the month planning out the new novella. Once the first draft of that is done, I'll let it cool and get back to knocking out some of the half-finished short stories lying around.
2. Submit to at least three markets on my "someday" list. Sent a submission to one of those markets this month. Got a form rejection back, which was a little disappointing (I was expecting a rejection, but hoping for a personal one), but oh, well. Will keep trying them, and the others on that list.
3. Put at least one long short story/novella up for sale on Smashwords. Nothing done on this one yet, though the new project might work for this.
4. Work on my website. Wrote the rough draft of my bio page the other day. I'm still figuring out how detailed/personal I want it, as opposed to just being something more straightforward and professional. That said, website building will kick into high gear next month -- I want at least all the basic pages up and running by the end of March, so it's ready by the time Bewere the Night is released.
5. Create enough visual art/craft items to be able to finally open an Etsy shop. Nothing on this one yet, but it's kind of on the back burner anyway. I certainly did enough visual art for the month, though. :)
All in all, not bad considering that I was frantically trying to fill a Moleskine Cahier with art up until the 18th, and then spent the rest of the month planning out the new novella. Once the first draft of that is done, I'll let it cool and get back to knocking out some of the half-finished short stories lying around.
