Weekly Goals - January 27, 2009

Set the goals, and met them for the most part. Still not feeling confident in building up the goals.

Results for this week:

1. Just over 1900 words on Death Brings the Victory
2. Submitted (and then rejected)
3. Just over 1000 words

And now the goals for this coming week:

1. 1000 words on new short story
2. Edit "Trust" for submission
3. 1000 words on Death Brings the Victory

Submission status for the week:

Short stories:
"Entrapment" (since December 24)
"Redemption" (since June 14)
"Profit and Loss" (back in edits)
"Trust" (back in edits)
"Deadly Decisions" (rejected, needs re-submitted)

FRIENDS IN DEED:
(Out of 18 submissions)
5 queries remaining
11 queries REJECTED
1 partial REJECTED
1 full REJECTED

Aston West
novels
short stories
writing goals

Weekly Goals - January 20, 2009

Unfortunately, I expected a little more out of myself this week, and couldn't deliver. So, backing off the expectations a bit.

Results for this week:

1. Just over 1900 words on Death Brings the Victory
2. Submitted for beta feedback, preparing to edit
3. Not started
4. Not started

And now the goals for this coming week:

1. 1000 words on Death Brings the Victory
2. Submit "Deadly Decisions" for anthology consideration
3. 1000 words on new short story

Submission status for the week:

Short stories:
"Entrapment" (re-submitted December 24)
"Redemption" (since June 14)
"Profit and Loss" (back in edits)
"Trust" (back in edits)

FRIENDS IN DEED:
(Out of 18 submissions)
5 queries remaining
11 queries REJECTED
1 partial REJECTED
1 full REJECTED

Aston West
novels
short stories
writing goals

Weekly Goals - January 13, 2009

A little better week. Helps to have taken small breaks from the internet...this week, expecting a little more out of myself.

Results for this week:

1. Around 2000 words on Death Brings the Victory
2. Completed initial edits, now time for some beta feedback

And now the goals for this coming week:

1. 1500 words on Death Brings the Victory
2. Submit "Deadly Decisions" for beta feedback
3. Edit "Trust" for submission
4. 1500 words on new short story

Submission status for the week:

Short stories:
"Entrapment" (re-submitted December 24)
"Redemption" (since June 14)
"Profit and Loss" (back in edits)
"Trust" (back in edits)
"Lifeline" (ACCEPTED)

FRIENDS IN DEED:
(Out of 18 submissions)
5 queries remaining
1 full remaining
11 queries REJECTED
1 partial REJECTED

Aston West
novels
short stories
writing goals

Weekly Goals - January 6, 2009

Slowly getting into the swing of things...almost.

Results for this week:

1. Only 350 words on Death Brings the Victory
2. Completed the full short story, with around 850 words
3. Completed the first draft of an anthology submission, ~3100 words (extra goal)

And now the goals for this coming week:

1. 1500 words on Death Brings the Victory
2. Edit the anthology submission

Submission status for the week:

Short stories:
"Entrapment" (re-submitted December 24)
"Redemption" (since June 14)
"Profit and Loss" (back in edits)
"A Time for Trust" (back in edits)
"Lifeline" (submitted December 18)

FRIENDS IN DEED:
(Out of 18 submissions)
5 queries remaining
1 full remaining
11 queries REJECTED
1 partial REJECTED

Aston West
novels
short stories
writing goals

Be Sure To Vote!

Both my novella Heroes Die Young and my short story "Obedience" have been nominated for Best of 2008 SF awards. Be sure to run over and vote!

You can vote for Heroes Die Young here.

You can vote for "Obedience" here.

For those who haven't yet read "Obedience" it's still up over at Ray Gun Revival. And you can check out Heroes Die Young here.

On Setting Goals

Something I've pointed to in the past, but something to remember when setting goals for yourself. Be sure to make them things you can accomplish on your own. If you want to get an agent, set the goal of getting your query and synopsis written, and then set goals for submitting them to fifty agents (or however many). Don't set your goal as "Get an agent this year."

See, even Joe agrees!

Hope everyone had a Happy New Year! Back to work next week...