I don’t use the word “Resolutions” because we all know that those get broken pretty quickly after the start of the new year.
But I’m curious about the goals other writers have set for themselves for this year.
Is it to write a certain number of words?
To improve in a certain area or in general?
To gain a certain number of readers?
To get published (self or traditionally)?
Please let me hear what you’ve set as a goal for this year!
—250K reads on any book of mine, or steady 50-100 views per day across 3 of my biggest books
—finish current book & decide on the next one
—ONC novella that is actually a novella & longlist
—2 books entered in Watty, shortlist on one
—keep learning till I can write a book people can’t put down
Oh I guess I didn’t put up my goals for this year.
I want to finish writing Michael: Relations before summer
Publish Tales of Victor Sierra (a collection of three horror/supernatural novellas) sometime this fall
Expand my writing into areas outside of my current universes
Resurrect and finish Seraphim and Onyx. (a Sci-fi/Fantasy/mythology blend)
Be more active around the forums and network more.
Yeah, I’ve got one universe where I tend to dwell (it’s supernatural/post apoc and the characters are really long lived, so I have tons of fodder), but I want to stretch my writing chops and write other kinds of stories with new characters. I kinda sorta did it with Tales of Victor Sierra but it’s still same universe.
I’ll get there.
This is just me, but I can’t force myself to finish something just because it needs finishing. I really have to go where my muse takes me. So this is why I have multiple writing projects going all at once. That way if I get stuck on one, I have a fallback until I overcome that hurdle.