Goals What are Your Goals for the Third Week of February

[Sunny Irene Roth]

Hi ladies,

Please take the time to post your goals for the third full week of February under this thread.

It is very important that you write your goals down and post them here for accountability. So, I hope you will take a few minutes to do that before you delve into your week's goals.

Take care, and have a productive week!
Irene Roth

 

[caren gallimore]

For this week, I am going to do an outline for an e-book (thank you, Irene!) in between working on my time travel novel. I guess to make it accountable, I plan to do at least a rough draft for an e-book and write 3 scenes in my novel along with getting that darn outline of it done!


I also want to get some sketching in for a future picture book.

 

[Catherine Lawrence]

Review of last week:
* writing work, 6 of 7 days - yes! Only 2 days included WordWarriors sprints
* Act3/GMACS - written reflections on this (top-line story view, not yet by chapter)
* continuing craft workshop on Endings; Savvy pitch practice workshop this week - yes
* read beyond free-sample pages of a selected 'comp' title - reread opening chapters more closely
* using romance writing groups to identify other possible beta readers (WFWA & ECRW) - yes; 1 new match
* attend at least 1 writing webinar/zoom event (WRW hosts Angela Ackerman, Sat at 10am-12noon) - yes

February for the month:
* review & edit manuscript to underscore the MCs' internal journeys
* daily assignments for Feb. workshop on Endings (revising WIP)
* Savvy pitch-practice Feb 7-16; savvy pitchfest Feb 16; #harlequinpitch Feb 14 --> full MS requested!! Submit by Feb 28th.
* last week of Feb - into March: online workshop on internal GMC
* read 1 Harlequin Historical Regency comp title this month
* send ms. to 2 beta readers

For the week of February 14th:
* writing work - 6 of 7 days, including 3 days w/Savvy sprints
* submit pitches, 2/14 and 2/17; submit 5-page sample to Savvy workshop leader
* send beta manuscript to second reader
* continuing craft workshop on Endings; Savvy pitch practice workshop concludes
* editing session with Margie Lawson, 2/18

 

[Shari Held]

For this week:

• Six lessons in Master Class
• Catch up on George Saunders online blogs
• Revise and resubmit "The Secrets We Keep"
• Work on new story - Take 4

 

[AmberELM]

I had a lot of catching up after I was sick for a week but now that I've finished work, I have a little breather and can work on my writing. I am using Google Calendar to schedule my day and to set up task lists. I am working on three things right now.

1 -- Finishing The Witch - a novel, I need to fill in missing scenes first and then edit it
2 -- Pick a serial story to edit for Kindle Vella
3 -- Set up a new website with a blog for the Kindle Vella stories

I had to read a few of my serial stories because I wrote them a few years ago. They were all designed to be serial stories. I think I have picked one that is kind of fun. Today I am making a list of things I need to do to get it ready for publishing.,

Today I am also working on the missing scenes in The Witch.

Tomorrow I am continuing to work on the Vella stories and The Witch.

Saturday is the day I've set aside for my website, social media, and blog posts. This week I have some decisions to make about the website (where to host, domain name, etc.). Next week I should be ready to set up the website. Then I can start writing one or two blog posts a week.