GOALS
Sure, it seems like every person who lists out their goals at the beginning of the year starts with something like, “I’m not really a New Year’s resolution kind of person…”
I’ll forego that intro and just say I think it’s important to have some ideas in mind of where I want to be at the end of the year. I have things I want to accomplish in 2023 and I might as well put some of them into a list. These could change, and probably will. So here goes:
Publish two books - FIrst is ready to go, and Next Time needs a little editing and should be ready in a few months
Edit two books and get them ready to publish - Next TIme is first on the editing block, and then Assignment Day is going to need a lot more work to be something I’d share with the world
Write one book - I’m keeping this as writing one new book instead of multiple. With all the editing and work around publishing I hope to have time to write First Step, the sequel to First
Market published books - I anticipate this will take a lot of time away from actual writing. What will that look like? No idea.
Be a guest on at least one writing/author podcast - This could be part of #4 but I listed it separately since it’s kind of a stretch goal
Get 100 reviews combined on Amazon and other sites where my books will be sold - A thousand would be even nicer, but I figure if I get 100 then that means probably over a thousand people read a book. I’d be okay with that.
Seems like a good list. Like I said, things can change. For instance, my next book after writing the draft of Assignment Day was going to be First Step, as noted in #3 above. Instead, I had one of those middle-of-the-night ideas and had to write Next Time instead. Sometimes you just have to go where the waves carry you.