March Goals!

Spring is nearly here! I can't believe I'm saying that, considering I am very much a grump when it comes to too much sunshine. I blame my eyes, because when it gets to be too sunny, everything is just white. It's a white landscape of whiteness because my eyes can't really filter. So, yeah, that's kind of fun but I think there was just a bit too much snow too fast this year. I love, for this week, that we're in the middle 50s because that makes life a lot better. Instead of my winter coat, I get to wear my short in-between seasons coat. Happy.

Anyways, you didn't come here to listen to me fangirl about the weather. Let's get into the goals for March!

March Goals

• Research and start writing query letters for Mystery of the Dark
• Work on writing Sleight of Hand
• Finish that outline for Sleight of Hand before we get to the parts that are marked "Placeholder"
• Work on Flash of Fang's outline to make sure it fits with Mystery of the Dark and Sleight of Hand
• Work on Song of Siren's outline to make sure it fits with the other three books in the series
• Continue editing Power - this is a bit of a blast from the past. I was thinking I wanted another editing project and this story popped into my mind. It was my first NaNoWriMo win and... isn't that bad of a story? Honestly? It's just got major plot holes and grammar problems. 
• Read (placeholder) for book group - we haven't decided what we're reading yet. I'll update when we do. 
• Read The Fire Pit
• Finish reading Magic's Price

So, yeah, that's pretty much it. Lots of working on plot with some writing and editing thrown in for good measure. I've got three books for March because The Fire Pit just came out. It's the third book in the series and I have a desperate need to figure out what happens next. The idea of book group is really helping to make me read more, which is nice, and I'm reading things that I either wouldn't have read before or was just putting off. All good things.

Well, what are your goals for March? Feel free to leave them below or hit me up on Twitter at CrescentLizzy. Until next time, happy writing. 

The Specific January Goals

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Yesterday I posted my goals for the 1st quarter of 2018 and... well, those are the big goals. I need some smaller goals, for the month, in order to get things done. This is going to be short and to the point. I do apologize for it not being longer or more in depth, but we might do that in other posts.

So, this month's goals:

• Finish the final chunk of MoD 1 editing by January 15th
• Finish writing MoD 2 by January 31st
• Start the 1st chunk re-edits of MoD 1 on January 16th to finish by January 31st
• Finish redoing the plot of MoD 3 by January 31st
• Read!
• Keep on updating this blog and annoying people with blog posts.

Okay, so maybe not annoying, but you know what I mean. I hope. Good luck with your goals for the month and feel free to share them in the comments!

Goals for 2018: The Quarters of the Year

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Hello 2018 and a Happy New Year / New Year's Day to you! This is my goals post, where I'm breaking down what I want to get done via the quarters of the year. If you're unfamiliar with this system, it's 4 chunks of the years with 90-92 days each and it seems like a good way to set somewhat concrete goals. I am toying with the idea of monthly goals, but we'll see how it goes. I will be posting updates on Sundays on what is getting done and my goals for the upcoming week, so keep an eye out for that.

Now, this is going to look weird. It's supposed to look weird. I want to see how much I get done in quarter 1 before I start to plan quarter 2. So, this is the master post of the goals for 2018. At the end of March, I'll edit this post with what got done, why it didn't get done, and write down my quarter 2 goals. I'll also make another post that shows that too so you don't have to come back to this one unless you want to. Let's get into the list of goals, shall we? And feel free to share your goals in the comments.

Quarter One: January - March

• Finish the third chunk of editing Mystery of the Dark and send it back to editor.
• Do the last edit of the first and second chunks of Mystery of the Dark
• Do the last edit of the third chunk of Mystery of the Dark when they're sent back
• Finish writing Slight of Hand: Mystery of the Dark Book 2
• Rework the plot of Flash of Fang: Mystery of the Dark Book 3
• Rewrite parts of Flash of Fang: Mystery of the Dark Book 3
• Plot Song of Siren: Mystery of the Dark Book 4
• Start editing Slight of Hand: Mystery of the Dark Book 2
• Research / set up the Podcast: Words 'n Geekery on iTunes or another place for podcasts
• Reading: Read 3 novels
• Blogging: Blog at least once a week, try for twice a week

Quarter Two: April - June

• Start writing Song of Siren: Mystery of the Dark Book 4

Quarter Three: July - September

Quarter Four: October - December