Goal Checkup – Halfway Point 2014

Elisa is really on this accountability thing. And *grumble grumble* I feel liable now, after she has posted, to give myself a checkup, too.

So let me take a look and see how I’m doing, now that we are halfway through the year. New Years Goal Checkup –Makeup! (Can you tell I’m excited for the new Sailor Moon?)

Revise interWIRED and query  - I have started. I want to do it this summer, though it might take longer. But this is definitely a goal for the year.
Write 6 days a week  - I was ON IT during April Camp NaNo. I mean, scarily on it. Then, June, I fell apart. I had to write more freelance work, resumes, cover letters, etc. But I’m revving up for July Camp NaNo so this should be sorted out soon.
Walk or work out 6 days a week  - I ran my 10K and did decently. I fell off the wagon a bit but I hauled myself up and am now back at Ballet Barre, killing my legs and muscles 3-4 times a week, plus walks. So we’re good on this one!
Submit a short story freelance article a month  - I’m revising this goal. I have been getting into the freelance goals more in order to balance out the financials. Wrote an article for a magazine and am working on marketing blog work now.
Minimize book and magazine purchases - I did buy three books yesterday…with a gift card leftover from Christmas. This in unheard of, how much restraint I have on this front. But, to be honest, I haven’t been reading that much.

There have been a few evolutions on my list that I did not anticipate at the beginning of this year. So let’s add these accomplishments as amendments to my goal checkup.

I have my first book, a marketing book for fiction writers, due out in August 2014. I’m really excited for Novel Marketing. It started as a pet project for research until I decided that I really wanted to share and guide with the information I was learning and re-interpreting for fiction writers.
I have moved up from Direct-at-Large for Graphics for the Alberta Romance Writers’ Association to full-fledged, elected board member–Secretary. Mildly terrified I might single-handed drive a non-profit to ruinous disaster, but I have so far been able to prettify the website and keep it alive!

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