New Year's Resolutions
Sun 2006-01-01 20:32:30 (in context)
- 57,324 words (if poetry, lines) long
- 109.75 hrs. revised
Resolution the First: To submit the first few chapters of The Drowning Boy as my application to Viable Paradise. This will happen before my Mardi Gras train trip home, or by the time I've finished the current rewrite, whichever comes first.
Resolution the Second: To submit The Golden Bridle to the National Novel Publishing Year process, and to submit it to Delacorte no later than October 31, 2006. To that end, I have printed out the manuscript and am now beginning the first read-through.
Resolution the Third: To renew my commitment to One Professional Submission Per Month. To that end, I will put "Turbulence" and "Heroes To Believe In" back into the slush by the end of this month, and I hope to finish and submit "Threnody For Trilobite Blue" by the end of next month. (Speaking of "Trilobite," can anyone tell me whether any part of the mountain ranges now in Oklahoma were peeking up above sea level during the Early Devonian? I'm having a hard time finding this out.)
Resolution the Fourth: To be a member in good standing of the Critters community, faithfully submitting at least one critique per week, and submitting "Trilobite" unto their tender mercies by the end of this month.
Resolution the Fifth: To engage in more reliably money-seeking writerly behavior alongside my fictional pursuits. To that end, I have, as has already been noted, accepted a couple new work-for-hire projects, one due late January, the other mid-February.
Resolution The Highest: To act like a friggin' writer, dammit! I mean it this year!
...Wish me luck.