Weekly Goals - February 26, 2014

Well, seven more days since I recapped my weekly goals. Here's the latest recap:

 

1. Write 2,000 words on Resurrection - Completed just under 400 this week

Progress toward my monthly goals for February:

1. Complete the final draft of Fallen - Completed
2. Complete the first draft of "Just Rewards" (estimated 2,000 words) - Completed, with around 2,700 words
3. Write 5,000 words on Resurrection - Still in work, with around 1,800 words
4. Generate a new plot for another new short story - Completed
5. Create a print version of Seeker - Completed (just waiting on cover art)

 
Now for this week's goals:

1. Write 1,000 words on Resurrection

2. Write 1,000 words on the new short story

Next week, I'll recap my weekly goals and report my results. And with the end of the month coming up soon, it will be time to produce a new set of goals for March this weekend.

ConDFW Recap

Well, I've returned from my annual pilgrimage to Dallas for ConDFW...

Had a great time, with just the right mix of panels and dealer table time. This year seemed especially productive in the sales department, with more sales this year than all of the other years I've attended. I also sold out of two of my books, which is also a first for me. It seemed to me like the traffic flowing through the dealer's room had increased, but others seemed to think it was down.

I was a bit disappointed that I wasn't able to sell some of my friends' books, as I used to be able to do that in my sleep. It may be that I just need to practice the elevator speech for those titles.

Panels were good (although I'm not sure how I didn't get tossed on the panel about writing sequels...), and met a couple of new (to me) writers through the process, both of whom are published with some of the larger houses. Decided to go and check out their work on my Nook, so I'll report back once I'm finished...

 

All in all, I had a great time and looking forward to next year.

Weekly Goals - February 19, 2014

Well, another seven days since I recapped my weekly goals, and decided to move on to some goals that could be completed before the end of the month. Here's the latest recap:

 

1. Write 1,500 words on Resurrection - Completed only 500 this week
2. Finish the first draft of "Just Rewards" - Completed

3. Generate a new plot for another new short story (added goal) - Completed
4. Create a print version of Seeker (added goal) - Completed

Progress toward my monthly goals for February:

1. Complete the final draft of Fallen - Completed
2. Complete the first draft of "Just Rewards" (estimated 2,000 words) - Completed, with around 2,700 words
3. Write 5,000 words on Resurrection - Still in work, with just over 1,500 words
4. Generate a new plot for another new short story - Completed
5. Create a print version of Seeker - Not started

 
And now for this week's goals:

1. Write 2,000 words on Resurrection

Next week, I'll recap my weekly goals and report my results. The end of the month is coming up soon as well, so stay tuned for that as well.

Weekly Goals - February 12, 2014

Well, another seven days since I recapped my weekly goals, so here's the latest recap:

 

1. Write 1,500 words on Resurrection - Not started

2. Complete a final edit on Fallen - Completed

3. Finish the first draft of "Just Rewards" - Closer, but still fell short

Progress toward my monthly goals for February:

1. Complete the final draft of Fallen - Completed
2. Complete the first draft of "Just Rewards" (estimated 2,000 words) - Still in work,  around 2,000 words
3. Write 5,000 words on Resurrection - Just over 1000 words
4. Generate a new plot for another new short story - Not started
5. Create a print version of Seeker - Not started

 
And now for this week's goals:

1. Write 1,500 words on Resurrection

2. Finish the first draft of "Just Rewards"

Next week, I'll recap my weekly goals and report my results.

Weekly Goals - February 5, 2014

Well, another seven days since I recapped my weekly goals, so here's the latest recap:

 

1. Write 1,000 words on Resurrection - Completed 1000 words

2. Complete a final edit on Fallen - Not started

3. Write 1,500 words on "Just Rewards" - Fell short with only about 1100 words

Progress toward my monthly goals for February:

1. Complete the final draft of Fallen - Not started
2. Complete the first draft of "Just Rewards" (estimated 2,000 words) - Still in work,  around 1650 words
3. Write 5,000 words on Resurrection - Just over 1000 words
4. Generate a new plot for another new short story - Not started
5. Create a print version of Seeker - Not started

 
And now for this week's goals:

1. Write 1,500 words on Resurrection

2. Complete a final edit on Fallen

3. Finish the first draft of "Just Rewards"

Next week, I'll recap my weekly goals and report my results.

Monthly Goals - February 2014

For those who missed it back in January, I set up the writing goals I aim to accomplish in 2014. Right after writing that post, I then read Dean Wesley Smith's post about how to be successful at your writing goals.

One of those suggestions was to report in to someone, whether you miss your goals or accomplish them. So, I to report it to you, my loyal fans, bringing back my old habit of weekly goal-setting and reporting. In addition, I've decided that a set of monthly goals would also be good to do (since they'd end up being more "grand scheme" and would be easier to tie into the annual goals).


So, another month has gone by, and it's time to recap my results from my January goals.

1. Complete the final draft of Fallen - Not completed. First draft and first edit only.
2. Complete the first draft of a new short story (estimated 2,000 words) - Not completed. Only 500 words.
3. Write 4,000 words on Resurrection - Completed with 4,050 words.
4. (added goal) Format paperback version of Friends in Deed. - Completed

Sadly, didn't get as much done as I would have liked. But for those who didn't already notice, Friends in Deed is now out once again for Kindle users (Nook users should be seeing it shortly). I do need to find better ways to shield myself from things like TV and Facebook, because that seems to be what keeps me from writing more often than not.

Here are my goals for February:

1. Complete the final draft of Fallen
2. Complete the first draft of a new short story (estimated 2,000 words)
3. Write 5,000 words on Resurrection
4. Generate a new plot for another new short story.
5. Create a print version of Seeker


As always, I'll report my final results on the first of next month. In the meantime, check out my weekly goals postings to see how I'm progressing.

Here's to everyone striving to accomplish their writing goals for 2014!