Okay, peeps... you ready to MAKE A PLAN!? Just ignore the mad cackling. That follows me a lot this time of year... It is my plan fiend... He gets REALLY excited with this whole resolution thing...
Before I dish my plan, I should probably explain... there are components of this that are SET IN STONE and portions that are more... set in pudding... (as in they will be permitted to slip and slide as suits me (and flexibility requires) so I will try to clarify which points are which... Ooooh! Maybe with COLORS!!! So RED AND BOLD is for SURE
* Press 'send' for Garden Cozy
* Finish this round of LEGACY and send to a couple readers
* Read enough of my 3 WriMos to CHOOSE January's project (this is fuzzier than it was a couple days ago as I think my most recent might actually be the cleanest, in spite of my love for the Kahlotus story—I just really need to evaluate what I can accomplish in a month)January
Edit and Polish one of my WriMos.
Write and test pitch for ABNA: revise test repeat until ready.
Enter Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Contest
February
Polish Legacy (should be a 2 week task)
Present option to agent: if she passes, send a dozen queries
Begin writing next Garden Cozy
March
Finish Garden Cozy
More queries if appropriateRead Confluence and take notes
Finish reading Confluence beginning to end
Map out how to change PoV/Villains to make it a YA
Edit Confluence
May
June
Write my Microbrew themed near-Cozy (in a WriMo)
July
Polish 2nd Gardening Cozy/ send to agent
Revise one of WriMos (probably Kahlotus): Send to peer readersAugust
Polish CONFLUENCE
Open spot for catching up if something has fallen behind
September
agent fixes on Garden Cozy
Rewrite MicroMysteryQuery
Cozy DUE to Editor
October
Query
Polish the July Rewrite
November
December
Polish Micro and pitch to agent (pretty sure this will interest her)
So FIRM: Is writing 3 books, editing 4 books and doggedly finding representation for at least one other work.
So how do the rest of you plan? And what are they?
26 comments:
OMG - impressively organized. I think I'll stick to my vague plan of writing one book, tho.
Wow. I have no plans. Seriously. Looking at yours though - I'm most tempted to just go Naked.
GOOD LUCK with your amazing plans!! Yay!!!!
:-) Take care
x
man, planned out month by month?! That is crazy! I haven't given my plan too much thought yet, that will come next week, but i know for sure i will query in 2011
well, that sounds like a pretty productive year to me! My plan for this next year is to just keep trucking along, doing what I'm doing. I've got a new book in mind already and have started plotting. Fossegrim is out with a few agents and I'm hoping to hear good news eventually *fingers crossed*:)
You are a much faster writer than I am. Since I can tell that by the amount of time you allot for each task, I think this is a good plan for you. It looks nothing like my own - LOL. I have four major goals for the year. And January goals. I'm going month-by-month ... or so ... beyond that.
Good Luck!
Oh my! You are super ready for the new year. If I made a list it would only be worth the paper it's on. My resolutions are usually doomed.
wow, you are organized and ambitious! My plan is a bit simpler; revise Grimoire and Almost Paradise, enter AP in same Amazon contest, finish namesake and find representation. If I can do all that this year I'll be fairly pleased with myself.
Good luck!
How great are your plans! You inspire me.
T
David-I think one book is a GREAT plan. We all need to figure out what works for us and depending on other obligations and where you are process-wise... plus style.
Jenny--Naked is good! But keep writing, too!
Sarah--I thought you KNEW I was crazy already...
Katie- trucking along works. I tend to get more done if I think of all of it as deadlines, is all...
Carol-I DO write pretty fast anymore--notice my books get a rewrite and a polish, too... If I am writing a mystery, it is NORMALLY about an 8 week process, but if I WriMo it (ignoring my family) I can speed it up... increases clean up, but not by the difference in writing time.
Mary-Oh, my following of a plan is MUCH shakier than the MAKING of said plan... but it SHOULD get me on track for a couple months (at which time I will surely make a NEW plan...
MS-That's an impressive plan! Nothing wrong with THAT at all! You will have 3 books ready at that point, which, other than this Cozy contract, is really what I'm trying to do.
I'm so impressed.....and a bit daunted! I totally believe you can do it! (no pressure or anything, but I look up to people who can set goals and get them accomplished!)
I got goodies for you on my blog!
hey my tartlette - I did my four plans and one goal today! Not as huge as yours but I need to focus!
That's an impressive list! Good luck with your plans! :)
Busy Busy! Good luck!!
Rarely have I seen such a comprehensive plan for a year....
I admire your drive.
Um...
Before 2011, I'll complete the sequel to my book. (Just three more pages!)
After that... damn, guess I need to plan something!
I could only wish to be as organized as you. I do need help with voice though...
Good list, you're very driven, Hart! Let me know if you want a set of eyes on your ABNA pitch - I'm no expert, but I'll definitely take a peek! I'm entering the same book as last year, but with a new pitch (that, um, I still haven't written)!
I would also like to finish my WIP, send it to readers, edit, and try to query by end of summer.
And add in some fitness. I'm becoming the out-of-shape-writer I never wanted to be. So I'll shoot for writing and exercise every day, but I'll be content if I can fit in one of them every day. Happy 2011!!
erica
That’s an impressive schedule. I guess I’m not a planner, which is probably why I don’t get more done. Maybe I need to borrow your plan fiend!)
You're so ambitious! And you can write a book in eight weeks? Dang. Takes me eight weeks just to organize my thoughts.
For me 2011 means finishing editing and self-publishing three manuscripts. That is, if my bank account can handle them all. Then maybe I'll finish that other book I started. Then I SWEAR I'm gonna swear off writing forever. It's such an unhealthy addiction.
Thank you so much friends, for all the support! Keep in mind that parts of the plan are only PUDDING...
Abe-that shocks me you feel like you need voice help--I think you come through loud and clear. Maybe in more formal writing you are trying to rein in, and shouldn't. read some Tom Robbins if you want proof.
Erica-you are TOTALLY ON! I will give a shout!
Jane-try cackling madly--the Fiend will show up...
Helena-NO! Don't swear off writing!
I haven't laid out my plans yet, except in a vague way. Now I probably won't. I'm too intimidated by you. Although...okay, I'll see what I can plan before the end of the year.
My 2011 plan: Read your novel. Read more books. Get married.
Yep, that's all.
I don't plan. But I think it's time I do. Thank you for the inspiration.
Holy crap! I'm beginning to think your bathtub & glass(es) of wine trick is the key to real productivity.
That's it. I'm getting naked this year while writing. The people in the coffee shops might bitch about it, but screw 'em. Who cares what they think anyway?
Here's to an excellent 2011, good lady! Cheers!
Wishing you and yours an excellent 2011,
Boonie and Mrs S
Looks like a very full year ahead. You'll get it all done and more. :)
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