#WriteMotivation Progress

I joined a group of writers on Google + called Write Motivation, and we’re supposed to set goals and blog about our progress. My goals were meant to be accomplished sometime in the summer, so I’ve only gotten so far. But what I’ve accomplished took a lot of work. Unlike most, I don’t have a lot of other things to do besides writing, but I’m limited money-wise. Here goes:

 

1. Finish Revision of 2nd Short-Story Book.

This one I’ve started, because I got the freelance edit done, so I’m making her changes. I’m not even halfway done, but that’s because I’m also revising a novel that I’m currently getting critiques on, which leads to the 2nd goal:

 

2. Finish Revision of the Novel.

It’s actually my sixth, as the first five were newbie crap. This one’s also going to take a while, because it has about 38 chapters and an epilogue, and I’ve only gotten critiques through chapter 33.  In my current critique group, one can post only one work a month, so if anyone knows of a crit group where one can submit once a week, feel free to tell me about it. I’ll be eternally grateful (well, maybe not eternally, but it sounds good).

 

3. Finish Getting Cover Done for 2nd Short-Story Book.

Can’t do this yet. The cover artist can’t work on it until July.

 

4. Finish Getting Formatting Done on 2nd Short-Story Book.

Can’t do this yet, either. I won’t be done with the revision until July.

 

By now, you’ve probably guessed that I’m self-publishing. I’ve also done a short-story submission to a magazine here in Peoria, IL that publishes horror, and it gave me the chance to show off my new letterhead (that has the same design as my business card) with the cover letter. It may or may not impress the editor, but it’ll make me look so professional–I hope. I’ll also be showing the letterhead off to agents when the novel’s done and I’m ready to query, Lord willing, for some of them still take snail-mail submissions.

 

Good luck to everyone in #WriteMotivation!