So I started off with my big goals:
 |
| Keeping up hope... |
TWO previously started books FINISHED (one of my intended is 1/3 done, the other 2/3 done, so pretty much this amounts to a third book).
TWO Edits of previously written books.
And then this is the tricky one: SELL TWO BOOKS. I have 4 that I think are done enough, and TWO agents are currently reading the full of Medium Wrong, so if I get representation for THAT, I will let said agent guide on which OTHER book to push out. If neither wants it, I will continue to shop it, as the agent nibbles of 2 for 2 seems like I have my package in order. I even had 4 more on my list but they wanted synopses so I didn't send, but I had to send a synopsis with one of the fulls so now it is written so those are just emails.
Dedicate one hour daily to writing (more on those WriMo months, but I've gotten out of the habit) – blogging doesn't count.
Rotate editing back into my commute time (I really could ALWAYS be editing but then I would be reading much less, so I am going to alternate.)
Get back to PLANNING. No pants for me. I started three books in 2016 that petered out because my plan was too squirrelly.
If I hit writing blocks, other than WriMos, allow short stories to rotate through.
Specifically
January: I will be PLOTTING. Working at both the stories I intend to finish this year and getting a feel for which is more developed. I will also continue querying Medium Wrong if I don't hear from either of the agents that have it in the first few weeks. And I will finish the short stories I started to get back in the practice of actually writing daily.
February: I will edit Kahlotus Disposal Site so I have a #2 ready to go.
March: I will finish the book chosen from my January efforts.
April: I will assess Undoing, another epic—this one new adult, that is meant to be a trilogy, each in three acts and has the first two acts written, but I already know serious revisions, as it may end up rather timely in the current political climate. Also work on plotting my BuNo book.
May: Edit book #2. Which one depends how things go.
June: BuNoWriMo. Which book idea depends a bit how things go between now and then...
July and August: Endangered and Undoing are both epic, enormous projects.... Imma commit to working on one of these in July and August while I also assess and plan the rest of the year.
November: Only other pre-commitment at this point is that I write a book for NaNoWrimo.
Promotion Plan
I have some abandoned (or nearly) spots that I need to get back to. I also want to shoot for blogging twice a week—helpful or at least relevant in the first half, entertaining or at least silly in the second. If I have author interviews I will do those Wednesdays, except first Wednesday which is Insecure Writer's Support Group.
3 comments:
Love the plan. I'm rooting for you!
Again, I feel like Super Slacker compared to you, Hart my dear. Your multiple plans are very ambitious but the thing with you is--YOU'LL SUCCEED! 'Cause you're you.
Me: I'll get my two Charity MacCay books in print maybe in March and TRY to promote them, though I stink at marketing. Then I have an essay I wanna get out. (I'm not kidding, an essay! Like that'll sell more than two copies!). Then maybe I'll finish my scifi novel which I started just for fun, but I'll only write it if I'm enjoying the writing. And that's my unambitious, slacker plan... Sigh.
Good luck with the agents. Hope you land one of them. I like how you have such a detailed plan. I outlined over the holidays whenever I had a minute to sit at my desk. I'm fully into writing that novel now.
Post a Comment