A couple of months ago I took my plan for the year public to goad myself into sticking to it. It’s time to reflect and see how I’m progressing against my goals.
- Send out one new story per month: behind by two stories. I’m not going to catch up this month but I want to be behind by only one story by next month.
- Send each story out at least five times before retiring: in progress (am circulating Neon Tetra Suicides, Space Carrot, L.V.I.S. and the flash version of Liz & Bob). It’s been suggested that sending them out five times isn’t enough so some of them might go out a few more times.
- Start plotting novel: I’ve started and am making progress. I’ll publish some of my scrawls later for the fun of it.
- Start writing novel: planned for June.
- Apply to Story Shop:
looking dicey since I haven’t managed to get published yetI’m keeping an eye open for the call for stories. Last year it was released in May. - Do three spoken performances: I’m upgrading this to four and am two down.
Don’t think you have to be published to apply for storyshop. Wouldn’t do any harm to apply.
You’re right! At least, last year’s description says “newly published, or as yet unpublished “. I still qualify. Now I can worry about writing a good story rather than whether I can apply. Life is sweet.