Many years ago, on New Year's Eve, my husband and I decided to make goals for the coming year - rather than resolutions. Since that time these annual goals have had a much higher rate of success than their previous resolutions! So, with that in mind, I decided to make goals specific to my writing career - here they are:
1- Write consistently. Attempt to write 1,000 words a day - five days a week.
2- Send in my MG manuscript, Livvie Biddle, to an agent - no later than April.
3- Do a major rewrite on my picture book, The Scandinavian Santa. Tighten the text as much as possible to reduce the word count.
4- Look in to self publishing the PB as a Storybook. (Even if I reduce the word count - it will still be too high for today's PB market.)
5- Rewrite my MG manuscript, The Tale of Willaby Creek. (This story is one I am very fond of - if I can tighten the text and make a few more changes, I may submit this ms in the Fall.)
6- Rewrite the second book of Livvie Biddle that was thrown on the page during NaNoWriMo!
7- Attend another writers' conference. I would like to attend the SCBWI annual conference in Los Angeles in August. However, the regional SCBWI retreat I attended last October, in Oregon, was a blast!
8- Begin researching for the later stories in my Livvie Biddle series.
9- Continue networking with other writers - both online, and at writer events.
10- Get represented by an agent! If this goal is attained I will be ecstatic. (Notice: I didn't mention getting published in 2012 - I'm too realistic for that! Maybe 2013.)
One reason I have put these goals on my blog for my followers to see, is that it places a bit of self-imposed pressure on me!
Do you have any writer goals, or resolutions, for yourself in 2012?
