29 April 2008

Weekly Goals - April 29, 2008

Results for this week:

1. Revised one of two chapters of Friends in Deed (started on the second)
2. Collected potential outlets for "Obedience" but no submittals yet
3. Not submitted...working through some additional edits on "Tough Luck"
4. Started

And now the goals for the coming week (same as last week):

1. Revise two chapters of Friends in Deed
2. Submit "Obedience" to an outlet
3. Submit "Tough Luck" to an outlet
4. Read Twelve Sharp by Janet Evanovich

Submission status for the week:

Short stories:
"Entrapment" (Rejected and re-submitted April 25)
"Redemption" (since February 29...time to check back)




25 April 2008

Why Do We Do It?

Miserable pay, constant rejection, insufficient feedback on your work, nit-picky "bosses" giving out vague and unwieldy requirements...in any other profession, a company would go out of business because their "employees" would riot and/or find somewhere else to work.

With writing, though, it's the common accepted practice...

I'm not sure why writers put up with it, either...perhaps we're all a bunch of masochists?

22 April 2008

AstonWest.com

Make sure to check out my new digs over at AstonWest.com

Weekly Goals - April 22, 2008

Results for this week:

1. Revised one of two chapters of Friends in Deed
2. Completed the final draft of "Tough Luck" (just last night)
3. Not even started.

And now the goals for the coming week:

1. Revise two chapters of Friends in Deed
2. Submit "Obedience" to an outlet
3. Submit "Tough Luck" to an outlet
3. Read Twelve Sharp by Janet Evanovich

Submission status for the week:

Short stories:
"Entrapment" (since March 27)
"Redemption" (since February 29)




15 April 2008

Weekly Goals - April 15, 2008

Results for this week:

1. Not started
2. Completed
3. Completed "Obedience" (was "Twisted Fate")

And now the goals for the coming week:

1. Revise two chapters of Friends in Deed
2. Complete the final draft of "Tough Luck" (was "Fate's Revenge")
3. Read Twelve Sharp by Janet Evanovich

Submission status for the week:

Short stories:
"Entrapment" (since March 27)
"Redemption" (since February 29)




08 April 2008

Weekly Goals - April 8, 2008

Results for this week:

1. Revised two chapters of Friends in Deed
2. Completed three pages for my website
3. Begun work on final drafts of two short stories

And now the goals for the coming week:

1. Revise two chapters of Friends in Deed
2. Complete the remaining pages for my website
3. Complete the final draft of one short story

Submission status for the week:

Short stories:
"Entrapment" (since March 27)
"Redemption" (since February 29)




01 April 2008

Weekly Goals - April 1, 2008

Results for this week:

1. Revised three chapters of Friends in Deed
2. Completed and sent
3. Started edits on "Twisted Fate", incomplete

And now the goals for the coming week:

1. Revise two chapters of Friends in Deed
2. Complete the first page of my new website (check back soon)
3. Complete the final draft of one short story

Submission status for the week:

Short stories:
"Entrapment" (Rejected, re-submitted March 27)
"Redemption" (since February 29)