Please don’t forget to check out the Beta Match Up Post 😀
It’s not that I’m not working towards my #writemotivation goals. It’s simply that this month things are different. I imagine my meticulous planning habit is going to have to start accommodating for potential requests from my agent. 😀 Not that this is a bad thing.
While I definitely haven’t backslid, there has been no noticeable progress on my list because a couple of things crept up last week that I had to take care of.
1. Send Edits to Agent
2. Go to OWFI
3. Plot AI-2
4. Write AI-2
5 .Finish TDP 2 Draft 2
6. Be more consistent with blog posts/blog reading
We need to insert 2b – Send final edits to agent + the synopsis for books 2 & 3. Which is what I spent the last week working on 😀
This week I plan to plot out AI-2, and begin writing it. So, 3 & 4 are looking good. 6 is looking good too. By the end of the month I should be back on my regular posting schedule.
However, 5 is not going to happen this month. I may begin it, but I’m not going to push myself to do so. 5 will be pushed to June and hopefully out to my beta readers by the end of that month 😀
Also – since I have a baby on the way now, I’m trying to build in certain things I know I won’t be able to manage with a new born. My list just got that much more complicated, but I think my life just got that much better 😉
So, those are how my goals are going, how’re yours? Do you find setting goals for yourself works? Do you remember to be realistic and build in time you may need for unforeseen circumstances (also known as life)?
Hope you’re all having a fantastic May as well!
So happy to see you and your agent progressing! Cannot wait to see it in stores! And can’t wait to crit TDP2 and 3!
Also, so happy to be able to shout out the reason for your zombie virus hanging around so long! Hope you are feeling better now!
Love and hugs!
My agent is kick butt-tastic 😀
Yes haha. Very happy my reason is out there 😉
It sounds like you are accomplishing quite a bit. Keep on keeping on. Congratulations on your baby.
I’m trying, and if you have new first chapter, just send it to me and I’ll crit that, otherwise I should have your crit done shortly. Sorry 🙁 But baby brain is almost gone 😀 (At least for now haha)
Oooo congrats on your baby!! That is wonderful news!!
Thank you! Was unexpected (though not unwanted – we’d just been trying forever).
Doing pretty well because my goals were more than realistic. I knew that the month of May with the end of school, graduations, finals, and OWFI was going to be hectic. But you taught me to set goals that were achievable and then exceed them, which I will.
It’s good to see you getting so much done! Hooray for agent edits and synopses for books 2 & 3.
*hugs you* I’m very proud of you. MISS YOU!
YAY! So glad the baby news is finally public :D. I can now bounce up and down for you as much as I want!
Haha – well and now I’m 3 months I just feel better about saying it hehe
Love how subtly you slipped that in, lol! <3 I'm so happy for you, as if I haven't already told you that like a million times! Between an awesome agent, a baby-to-be, and everything else, you're having one of those epic years already!! Also, YAY AI2! War time nao? *kitty eyes*
*loves* You really are a gem, you know. You help hold my sanity together when it threatens to slip completely hehe
What sanity? 😉 I just use your logic back on you. 😛 *deflects comment so not as to blush horribly*
Ooh, awesomeness! CONGRATS ON THE BABY *insert excited squeeeee here*!!!
Don’t worry about things slipping – you’re doing so well (and still managing to cheer for all of us too). And with so many cool things on your plate, it’s all so exciting 🙂
Hugs,
Rach
PS – Don’t forget my offer to beta read for you, it still stands of course!!! 🙂
😀 I know I still owe you an email. I WILL GET TO IT I PROMISE <3
I'm really excited, but scared and nervous too lol.
Also - HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN. You'll need to read the first one to beta the 2nd - bwah hah hah <3
congratulations on the expected arrival! so exciting! even with all of that, you are doing quite well with your goals, i must say. i think setting goals and letting others know what they are really helps me stay motivated. that’s why i love participating in #writemotivation. 🙂
I’m inspired by how much you’re doing! Sadly, I bit off way more than I could chew this month, but I sort of knew that going in. I was being overly optimistic. My wedding is a week off, but I’m leaving tomorrow and I have to face the fact I’ve only checked off one of my 5 lofty goals. But I *have* learned that you really do need to balance goals in order for them to be most effective. Make too many and you’ll be feeling rubbish when you fall short; make too few and you risk going too easy on yourself and not accomplishing as much as you could. I’ve learned the hard way that I need to work on this balance.
But in ANY OTHER MONTH I can honestly say goals usually work really well for me, especially so if I have people holding me accountable. So while this month may not have been as successful writing-wise as I’d like, I’m confident the next month will be 🙂
Congrats on your baby, and all you’re accomplishing in the midst of your pregnancy! 🙂
Some times things come up that are part of your long term goals but are out of your actual control. Like edits arriving from an editor or agent requests! Somewhere in the back of our minds we all have that ‘I’ll drop everything for this opportunity’ list! Congratulations!