Done and Undone

So there is a little less than one month left in this year, right? So I figured it was time to inventory what I really still needed to do. This year has had some wacky twists to it and I'm not at all sure I've met my goals, though I've accomplished quite a bit. But THAT assessment is something I do the last few days of the month. THIS one is more an “I think I can still manage” thing.





Gorgeous, eh!?

First news... I pressed publish on Book 5 last night and TODAY I will get sent the copies for people who have won subscriptions or have reviewed #4. (Note: I am doing this for ALL of them—the first 10 reviewers get the next book free, and thus far, only book 1 has more than 10 reviews—IFF I don't have your email and you want that freebie, you need to send it to me: hartjohnson23(at)gmail(dot)com.





So HERE'S what ima do in December...



A Shot in the Light Progress



1)  Edit Book 6 for 2nd readers

2)  Format the first SET (Books 1-4) for paperback and other eVersions.

3)  Finish writing Book 9 and write Book 10 (though I now know there will be two more AFTER that)

4)  Edit Book 6 for copy editor and publish it at the end of the month

5)  Edit book 7 for 2nd readers

6)  Edit book 8 for 1st readers





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Other Writing/Publishing



1)  Polish What Ales Me for Ellen to see if she thinks it will sell (I think it will)

2)  Organize book ideas (I have a bunch of notebooks with scattered ideas and I try about twice a year to put them in a spreadsheet so they are all together.

3)  Make my 2014 plan for writing and editing

4)  Decide on what I am entering for ABNA and figure out what needs to be done

5)  Blog twice a week until the last week when I can do a little more, as I'm off work (see below for reason).





If only we can avoid this...

Job



1)  I have a brand new office and a much bigger (pretty exciting) job. Sadly this means some limiting of my blogging because I don't have time during the day to visit others—I figure if I blog twice a week, then I can take a few days to do those reciprocal visits.



Home



1)  HWMNBMOTI started a new job last month, so I have some extra home commitments... feeding my children now and then... things like that.

2)  It is ALSO December, so I need to do a little holiday prep—shopping, decorating, baking.

3)  Oh, to avoid holiday weight gain... it won't happen, but I can try to limit it some.



Any of the rest of you desperately trying to salvage your year's productivity?