Weekly Goals - March 29, 2011

In the usual post-completion phase, things have been moving extremely slow on the writing front...

Results for this week:

1. Not started
2. Submitted
3. Edits just started on "Generations"
4. Completed a screenplay for my short story "Some Assembly Required" [added]

And now the goals for this coming week:

1. Complete 1500 words on a new short story.
2. Edit "Generations" in its entirety.

Submission status for the week:

Novels:

The Cure --
15 queries submitted
6 form rejections
1 no-response rejection
8 still under consideration

Short stories:
"Double Trouble" (Submitted )

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Weekly Goals - March 22, 2011

Well, had to push my way through, but finished my edits on Death Brings the Victory, and it's now off in the beta readers' hands. I've started fiddling with some more short story ideas, and I recently discovered that I don't have any additional stories out on submission, so time to get things rolling again in that regard...

Results for this week:

1. Completed edits on Death Brings the Victory and sent to beta readers.

And now the goals for this coming week:

1. Complete 1500 words on a new short story.
2. Submit "Double Trouble" to a new outlet.
3. Edit one existing short story in the queue.

Submission status for the week:

Novels:

The Cure --
15 queries submitted
6 form rejections
1 no-response rejection
8 still under consideration

Short stories:
"Double Trouble" (Need to submit)
"Turnabout" (ACCEPTED)

Aston West
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Weekly Goals - March 15, 2011

Well, because of some extra time away from home (and the internet), was able to get quite a bit done on edits for Death Brings the Victory, so I'm hopeful that it will be ready for beta readers even sooner than I'd hoped.

Results for this week:

1. Completed edits on just over 42K words.

And now the goals for this coming week:

1. Complete edits on this draft of Death Brings the Victory and send to beta readers.

Submission status for the week:

Novels:

The Cure --
15 queries submitted
5 form rejections
1 no-response rejection
9 still under consideration

Short stories:
"Double Trouble" (Since February 1)
"Turnabout" (Since February 13)

Aston West
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Weekly Goals - March 8, 2011

Still moving well on edits, and hopeful to have Death Brings the Victory ready for beta readers sometime later this month.

Results for this week:

1. Completed edits, and have edited just over 14K on the next draft.

And now the goals for this coming week:

1. Complete edits on 25K words edits of this draft of Death Brings the Victory

Submission status for the week:

Novels:

The Cure --
15 queries submitted
5 form rejections
1 no-response rejection
9 still under consideration

Short stories:
"Double Trouble" (Since February 1)
"Turnabout" (Since February 13)

Aston West
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Weekly Goals - March 1, 2011

Things are progressing well, and hoping to finish the latest draft this coming week. Also great news, my Kasey Reynolds short story "Deadly Decisions" was just accepted for publication this summer. Still working out the contract, but finally some good news on the submission front.

Results for this week:

1. Edited just over 11K of 10K words

And now the goals for this coming week:

1. Complete edits on this draft of Death Brings the Victory

Submission status for the week:

Novels:

The Cure --
15 queries submitted
5 form rejections
1 no-response rejection
9 still under consideration

Short stories:
"Deadly Decisions" (ACCEPTED)
"Double Trouble" (Since February 1)
"Turnabout" (Since February 13)

Aston West
novels
short stories
writing goals