Resolutions... For Me to POOP On

I know we're, like, sort of supposed to respond to each other's posts, but Skye leaves me with very little to work with from her last post. So I'm gonna go with her general wishes for a happy new year and talk about my writing goals & resolutions. I know, shock and awe, I'm going to talk about writing on our writing blog. I am so 5.

You'll notice some differences in this year's goals & resolutions versus last year's. A writing friend pointed out recently that goals should be things that you can control, so making a goal to sell a manuscript is Not Good because you can't control the market. So I've taken off stuff like "get 3 requests for fulls" and "sell a manuscript," in favor of making goals for stuff I can do, like sending out tons of queries.

1. Finish current manuscript, plus 2 more.
a. Finish first draft of Panacea Man by February 28.
b. Finish new manuscript first draft by May 31.
c. Finish edits of both manuscripts by June 30.
d. Finish 3rd manuscript first draft by November 30.
e. Finish edits of 3rd manuscript by December 31.
f. Write 5 days per week.

2. Get manuscripts out there!
a. Send out 10 queries for each manuscript.
b. Enter one contest (with appropriate editor/agent judges) for each manuscript.

3. Use conference to network.
a. Pitch one manuscript.
b. Attend spotlights.
c. Meet presenters after workshops.
d. Volunteer.

(I can hear Skye whining and rolling her eyes now. She complains that I, like, make her do stuff when we go to conferences. Too bad, missy. You're going to socialize at the bar with me and, by damn, you'll enjoy it. Stop crying or I'll give you something to cry about.)

4. Stay present.
a. Keep website clean & updated.
b. Blog regularly. (And our vast readership rejoices. Hooray!)

5. Read! (And I just finished a good one, by the way.)

Anyone want to hear what Skye's resolutions are? No? Well then, what are yours?

Also, that "for me to POOP on" line in the title is purely to make my sister snarf whatever liquid she happens to be drinking when she reads this post. I'm an awesome sister like that. It has no bearing whatsoever on this post, besides that it makes my title less boring than "Resolutions," which was all I could come up with on my own, without drawing on other people's catchphrases and stealing their sense of humor and timing and All That Is Good right out from underneath them. Forgive me, for I have sinned. Or something.