Goal update
Gosh, it's been a while. Got a couple of posts to do today, so lets just get cracking on that goal list:
1) Get at least 1 rejection letter from a publisher for a short story (acceptance letter counts too!)
OK, I'm calling this one and epic fail. Actually researching a publisher and sending something to them has been too much like hard work so far this year. This does not bode well for my dreams of future noveling glory.
2) Finish the last six chapters of Technomancer, my 2005 NaNo
Ah ha, done this one! Finished it last week. In your face Techomancer, no longer can you taunt me with your incompleteness. You're sooo finished. Just have to find time to edit now...
3) Edit 1 novel of choice and actually let someone read it
I've been working on it and 3 chapters of Cold Spell are now available for friends and family to read on this blog, but to be honest I don't think I'm going to get it done by the end of the year, what with NaNoWriMo just around the corner and all my attention currently devoted to new creative outpourings :).
4) Write new text for projectmonkey
Yeah, I've been so bad about this. It's such a little thing. Maybe there's still time!
5) Continue learning to draw manga and put at least 3 original pieces of artwork on my deviantART page
Done this too! I've got my manga face, my seventh sanctum contest entry, and the draft cover I did for Blue Blood. Got some markers for my birthday so I've been trying out doing some stuff by hand as well as digitally. I haven't technically learned to draw manga yet, but I'm keeping at it :)
6) Enter 1 Seventh Sanctum Art Contest (why the hell not, sounds like a laugh!)
Yup, did this, not only that but I got runner up for my Cursed Flute of History Circles! You can check it out on my deviantArt page :)
7) Write and workshop 3 short stories.
I haven't managed to write anything even vaguely resembling a short story except that one mini thing I posted on here months ago. I've got a website for a flash fiction magazine that wants submissions so maybe I could come up with something for that.
8) Read at least 1 fiction novel a month, with the exception of November when I'll be a bit busy
I wish I hadn't failed so badly at this, but it's been so manic with course work and things I just haven't had the time. I'm hoping to have another crack at Making Money before NaNo starts though.
9) Actually read all the course books the OU are going to send me in a couple of weeks
I'm happy to report that I did read all my OU course books, which is why I never managed to read all my regular books, and the course is now over! *phew*. Just got to wait until December for the results now.
10) Finish wedding scrapbook
Well, no, but on the plus side I do have a bit of time now, assuming I don't waste all of it planning novels.
So, that's 4 out of 10 goals completed, and it's October. OK, that's not great, but it's not bad. There's still time. True, I'll have to go back in time to manage the book thing now, but you never know...
