Weekly Goals - August 30, 2011

Things have not been going well...no excuse, really...

Results for this week:

1. About halfway through
2. Not started

And now the goals for this coming week:

1. Complete one edit on "Hiding in the Shadows"
2. Edit prologue for Resurrection

Submission status for the week:

Short stories:
"Collateral" (since May 23)

Aston West
novels
short stories
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Story Reviews

And in case you ever wondered (as I do) what people think when they read my stories, there are several bloggers who have been reviewing the recent Residential Aliens issue, in which my story "Some Assembly Required" appears. Take a look at the bloggers listed here, and check out their reviews of both the magazine, and others for my story...I'd be curious to hear what you think, both of the story itself, as well as everyone else's take on it.

Weekly Goals - August 23, 2011

Whew...long week...didn't complete all the goal I was hoping for, but I also spent quite a bit of time polishing up The Cure for its paperback release, and organizing the cover art with the artist. So, here we go...

Results for this week:

1. Didn't get started
2. Reviewed and ready to get back into the novel.
3. Edited paperback version of The Cure one last time, as well as cleaning up the Smashwords and Kindle versions based on that edit. [added]

And now the goals for this coming week:

1. Complete a minimum of one edit on "Hiding in the Shadows"
2. Edit prologue for Resurrection

Submission status for the week:

Short stories:
"Collateral" (since May 23)

Aston West
novels
short stories
writing goals

Weekly Goals - August 16, 2011

Well, as expected, not much was accomplished this week, though I did spend the last couple of days preparing the paperback version of The Cure, so I suppose that's nothing to sneeze at. Now, though, I'm feeling the self-doubt rise up through the ranks (when I give myself too much free time to ponder these things), so it's time to put together some more goals for the coming week.

Results for this week:

1. Completed paperback conversion for The Cure [added]

And now the goals for this coming week:

1. Complete a minimum of one edit on "Hiding in the Shadows"
2. Review the prologue chapter for Resurrection

Submission status for the week:

Short stories:
"Collateral" (since May 23)

Aston West
novels
short stories
writing goals

Weekly Goals - August 9, 2011

Apologies for the belated post...life's been up to no good lately, and getting the way of all things writing-related. Fortunately, I woke up 2 hours early (not by choice) Tuesday so I was at least able to finish the second goal I'd been working...but still a bit short. And due to life's circumstances, I'd better go ahead and push off my weekly goals to next week.

Results for this week:

1. Completed final edits on "Samaritan"
2. Not worked
3. Edits completed on "Dead Man's Forge"

And now the goals for this coming week:

1. Push all other goals to next week

Submission status for the week:

Short stories:
"Collateral" (since May 23)

Aston West
novels
short stories
writing goals

Weekly Goals - August 2, 2011

Well, not sure if I failed my goal, but I did finish reading another book this week, and then had a short story published in the latest issue of Residential Aliens ("Some Assembly Required"), though that wasn't really an accomplishment on my part this week. I guess I'll count it as a win for now, and hopefully history will take a back seat and I'll be able to get some work done after the massive push to finish edits on The Cure.

Results for this week:

1. Finished reading Thunder Overhead

And now the goals for this coming week:

1. Complete final edits on my story "Samaritan"
2. Complete my story "Simplicity"
3. Complete one edit on my story "Dead Man's Forge"

Submission status for the week:

Short stories:
"Generations" (Magazine folded)
"Collateral" (since May 23)
"Sweet Embrace" (Revisions requested)

Aston West
novels
short stories
writing goals

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