quarterly goals – Page 2 – AUTHOR | HISTORIAN

Hi, friends! So since it’s now the middle of July, I thought I’d post the results of my spring quarterly goals and my new (or old) ones for summer. The results of the spring quarter are as follows.

1. Have MS ready for next round of edits

-Done and done! The Moon-Eyed Ones has already been copyedited and is actually ready for the next step and possible representation at this point. I went above and beyond on this goal and couldn’t be happier.

2. Find formatter

-This was for if I decide to self-publish The Moon-Eyed Ones. I did technically find one formatter that I would get a quote from, so this goal is technically a win.

3. Find cover designer

-Again, not sure if self-pub is the way I’m going yet, and I did narrow my cover designer choices down to two, so it’s technically a win but also a fail, I guess?

4. Put free previews on website

-Win!

5. Facelift website

-Also a win! Though I’m looking into getting an author logo made so my website is more personalized.

6. Get a mailing list

-Fail. I didn’t do this.

7. Increase social media presence

-Eh…I count this as a fail because I didn’t do as much as I wanted with this.

8. Eat healthier

-Win. But this is only a win because I was recently diagnosed with some medical issues where eating healthier was a requirement. I wasn’t eating terribly before, but I wanted to improve. Turns out I had to.

9. Create yoga and meditation regimen

-Didn’t do this. Fail.

10. Look into traditional publishing options

-I did this! Yay!

11. Finish outline for next MS

-Nope. Got a little less than halfway. Fail.

And now for my goals for the summer quarter! I want to have these complete by October 1st:

1. Have The Moon-Eyed Ones ready for representation

2. Decide whether to go traditional or self-pub

3. Increase social media presence

4. Create yoga and meditation regimen

5. Finish outline for next manuscript

6. Complete at least 25,000 words on next manuscript

7. Get a mailing list

8. Practice (and maybe submit) query letters for The Moon-Eyed Ones

9. Manage medical issues better than before

10. Research more on self-publishing and costs of cover designers, formatting, and publishing

April is well under way and I actually made this list at the end of March, but forgot to post them here. Whoops. Original post below:

So The Moon-Eyed Ones is back from the editor, and I decided that now would be a good time to make a list of quarterly goals for the spring! These goals are mainly writing related, but can also be life-related to help keep me on track. Here are the things I would like to try and accomplish by July 1st. Let’s see how I do: