still working on the 2008 goals

[eimarra]

One of the things I've realized is that with the new little one, I'm a little more tired--and have less time during the day. Which means, in turn, that I can't get as much work done as usual. It's a sobering realization, and one that I've fought tooth and nail. (Yes, I'm a bit of a workaholic. And I set high goals. But the two tend to go together well.)

So my first step is eliminating some of the goals I wanted to reach. I may well add to this list, but it's a step in the right direction right now.

GOALS DISCARDED FOR THE YEAR:

edit and submit the following short stories:

• Banded Jade


• Ophid Dei


• Soulfire


• Spiders


• Succession


• Unique Talents


• When Pigs Fly

write, edit, and submit shorts to the following anthos/contests:

• Bleeding Desert


• Polyphony 7 (Realized this a while ago; it's not the deadline next week that put it on my list.)


• The Infinity Swords


• Spec Fic World


• Merton Poetry of the Sacred

write new short stories on general principles

write and submit erotica novellas for e-pub

freelance (nonfiction) writing:

• make at least 3 queries/month


• write 1 article/month on spec


• land paid blogging gig

create 2 new back-to-school classes for FM

set up writing Website, including blog

Comments

[marfisk]

Hugs on the realization, but it's a good one to make. You may find you don't have to scale back as far as you think, but better to start with something that doesn't pressure you and grow it gradually. This is especially true because she'll pick up your stress through your milk and be harder to handle :).

[(Anonymous)]

Hugs. It's hard letting go of things, I know. But it's easier to add them back in if you find things going better than you think than it is to have them dragging at you all the time...

[l-clausewitz.livejournal.com]

That's longer than my to-do list too....