My Goals for 2008 were:

• Write one novel outline each month while finishing my degree (Jan-May)
• Choose top two outlines and write at least one novel during remainder of the year
• Write six full-length (non-flash) short stories
• Read a wide variety of fiction, a large percentage of it new to the field
• Read six books on writing or editing
• Continue 2007 work in blogging, critiquing, etc.
• Continue to keep all polished, non-published stories in circulation

Those were fairly ambitious, given I still had to finish 20 credits and orchestrate a move, but I did pretty good.  I didn’t write all the outlines, but I did get a couple done and I did write one novel.  Yay!  I only wrote 3-4 full-length short stories, but I’m cool with that.  I read a lot, much of it new, blogged a lot, critiqued, and by the end of the year I had all stories back out in circulation.  Not too shabby.

For 2009 I’m keeping it simple:

• Re-write Shadow Dance
• Write the first Keela novel (this will include a lot of world developing)
• Write queries for both novels above, and start subbing SD
• Write four non-flash short stories
• Stay alive in the SF&F world, including my blog, LJ, FB and attendance at cons.

That’s it!

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