Goal Check-In #2!

So Elisa has kicked us off with another round of goal check-ins! (Confession: I forgot all about these. Maybe this means I should get back to using that bulletin board.)

In travel goals . . .

Istanbul: ACCOMPLISHED! In case you missed it. Reader Con is a go in less than two weeks. At this point, I’m looking forward to having the bulk of the year’s travel over and done with.

In writing goals . . .

The tally system is, awesomely, still working. Only five non-writing days for the whole year so far!

Shortly after my last check-in, I finished the novel rough draft I was working on. The novel rewrite that is the current project, I really hoped to have done by Reader Con, but it’s still shy of the halfway point. One short story written and waiting for me to buckle down and get to the edits. An older short story that I’m trying to send out for submission. A piece of flash fiction for a podcast, and another for a random challenge . . . I’m doing better than I thought when I started writing this post.

My goal for this year – for those who don’t remember (like me; I had to look it up) – is two novels and three short stories. At this point, I have no doubt that I can reach the goal. It may take another three months, but the rewrite will finish. Then I’d like to focus on getting some of these short stories out of my head before deciding whether to revise and edit the rewrite or start another rough draft. But by then, it should be 2015 and I’ll have to designate a new set of goals.

In work/write/life balance . . .

The days seem to vanish faster and faster as the year marches on. I’d like to think I’m finding  a happier medium. The “life” side of the equation has grown significantly with the addition of theater, but I think that’s only helped to have a stabilizing impact on the rest. I’m even on social media more (not that you’d know it to look at my poor, neglected personal blog).

Glancing back over the original goals post and the first check-in, it’s funny to see how I swing back and forth on some things. Then again, who ever said that progress always proceeds in a straight line?

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