ROW80: The month of editing begins today

It’s that time again! ROW80 check-in time! For those of you that don’t know what ROW80 is, it stands for A Round of Words in 80 Days. It’s a challenge done four times a year, and it’s meant for people with lives that can’t do a strict challenge like NaNoWriMo. Learn more about ROW80 and sign up on the website.

Basically, how I do my goals is that I have an overall blog post at the beginning of the round detailing what I want to accomplish this round. Then each week, I do three sections to each topic: what I meant to do, what I did, and what I will do. That’s me stating what my goals were, what I did to accomplish them, and what I’m going to do for next week. Because I’ve learned that if i don’t beat myself over the head with things, I don’t get it done.

This week was really nice to me, guys.

Writing
What I meant to do this week:

I’m going to put aside the menage this week and start editing the contemporary romance since I need to be done with the content pass before I leave for Margie Lawson’s IMC class in CO.

What I actually did this week:

I started the content edit for NSA. It’s going fairly quickly, but I feel like it’s not adding as much wordcount as I thought it would. This is distressing, because I wanted it right around 55-60k. Though what will happen is Team Awesome will get it and will be all “YOU NEED TO ADDS THIS! AND THIS! AND THIS TOO!” and I will add another 15k doing what they tell me to do.

What I will do for next week:

Edit No Strings Attached. That’s pretty much all I’m planning on this week, as next week I’m going to Margie Lawson’s Immersion Master Class in CO and I’m taking that story, so I’d like it to be in really nice shape so I can tear it apart and make it sparkle.

Blogging and Social Networking
What I meant to do this week:

Post three times
Sit down and write out a couple more writing posts for Tackle it Tuesdays
Need to work at scheduling guest bloggers still.

What I actually did this week:

I think I actually posted four or five times. I’m not sure, to be honest. I’m trying to become more streamlined with my posts, focusing on more social media and writing craft posts. It’s not that hard, because that’s what I love, but finding topics I won’t write a tome about all the time is a different story.

What I will do for next week:

Create a new schedule that I’ll post later so readers know what to expect.
I swear eventually I’ll get around to the guest scheduling. I think with the edits, it’s been easier not having to worry about it.

Publishing
What I meant to do this week:

Refreshing my email.

What I actually did this week:

Checked up on submissions. One never made it to the publisher so I resent it. (Lesson learned here: When in doubt, and it’s past time to hear? Ping the recipient.)

I made a cover for a book I have on submission right now. As soon as it exhausts all avenues of trustworthy publication, I’m going to go back through it for proofing (not that I hadn’t combed through it endlessly already but it’s been a while) and get it set up for self-publishing.

What I will do for next week:

A lot of the same stuff. Some refreshing, mostly waiting for now. I do have three more pubs on my list to send to so I’ll send the hockey romance to them later this week and see how it goes.

Crafty Stuff
What I meant to do this week:

Sit down and figure out how much to set for the Kickstarter goal
Figure out donation prizes and such.

What I actually did this week:

I made about eight covers to use in the Kickstarter video.
I made a Kickstarter budget.
None of this sounds very crafty. *sigh*

What I will do for next week:

Launching the Kickstarter will be a while because I want to use actual covers that I’ll complete for people instead of examples.
My current goal is to complete a cover a day, which so far, I’m doing okay with. Finding new ways to use stock I have is… interesting. And then there are a few images that I’m hoarding because I want them for me.

Fitness and Health
What I meant to do this week:

Work out three times (you wouldn’t think this would be so hard…)
Do the damn situps and pushups.

What I actually did this week:

Not a damn thing. *sigh*

What I will do for next week:

Probably not too much. I’m way busy with school and stuff, so I’m concentrating on finishing out the term before I do things like be healthy and junk.

Overall

June is my Edit All The Things Month. So far, I’ve edited about 90 pages and it’s the 6th. So, doing okay. Slow and steady, right?

How’s everyone else doing? It’s almost the end of Round 2 of ROW80!