May Goals
This has basically been my motto for all of April. Welcome, dear readers, it’s another month and time to look back on my goals from last month and see if I reached them.
To recap, my goals for April were:
1. Finish edits on Act 3 of Ambershield outline.
2. Transcribe and edit Acts 2 and 3 of outline.
3. Send rest of outline to CP for feedback.
4. Read 4 new books this month.
5. Make edits to outline using input from CP.
6. Start writing Ambershield.
How did I do? Well, better than I thought, considering I had some major health problems this month. That and a new Nook. Oh the Nook is so shiny. And dangerous. I can now own all the books I want and they’ll fit in the palm of my hand.
Needless to say, I read more than 4 new books in April.
I read 40.
Funny story, that. My birthday was in April, so I decided to celebrate by investing in one thing I’ve always wanted but never let myself buy: a Nook. I bought it on April 1. So, one month and 40 books later (some amazing, some good, some meh, and some awful), I’m a little behind on my writing goals, but not as bad as I feared. There was also something else that held me up towards the end of the month.
A heart attack scare.
I won’t go into details, but it was terrifying. Luckily, it turned out to be inflammation in the heart wall, not an actual heart attack, thank all the gods. But life-and-death scares have a way of putting things in perspective, you know?
Anyway, how I did on my goals.
I finished editing Act 3, I transcribed all of Act 2 (which was a beast of epic proportions), and sent it to my CP for feedback. I haven’t gotten feedback from said CP on Act 2 yet, but she’s a self-pubbed author and has her own publishing/writing schedule to stick to, so it’s cool. And I did start writing Act 1 of Ambershield. So, I’d say I accomplished 4 and a half out of 6 goals for April. Which, considering how distracted I’ve been by books and health issues and figuring out where my future’s going, is pretty darn good.
I don’t know if I want to do set goals for May, but here’s what I’d like to accomplish:
1. Read a lotta books.
2. Work on writing something. Anything.
3. Get back into blog posting on a regular basis.
4. Start experimenting with website graphics and building them.
A lot of general goals, but ones I’d like to work towards for certain. I definitely want to get back into writing. It’s been amazing getting a month to read as many books as I want (although my wallet did cry a little) and I’ve gotten back into the romance genre as well as picked up some great new releases like Dread Nation by Justina Ireland, Ace of Shades by Amanda Foody, and Iron Princess by Meghan March.
Hopefully May will be a more productive month and I can make real inroads on Ambershield and the other projects I’m planning. Someday, I’ll learn how to multitask when it comes to writing and hopefully that day will come in May.
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