So here I am with my end-of-year review and a new goals post. I have switched to quarterly planning, which works so much better for me than yearly goals. Thank you, Sarra Cannon, for showing me the way!
This year was HUGE for my virtual assisting/freelance editing business. I landed several new clients in very quick succession which was absolutely awesome. My workload increased a lot, which required adjustments and better planning. However, I am ecstatic that I was able to make this happen. That was my biggest goal: increasing my client base and by extension bringing in more money.
I have also learned so much from my clients, stuff that I can apply to my own publishing efforts. So it’s a win-win.
Health wise…ugh, a lot of stuff went wrong this year. Not going to get into it, but suffice to say it was tough and stressful. However, I’ve survived it and I am looking forward to a new slate.
Since it’s my intention to jump back into ROW80 again, I figured I would put everything into one, handy-dandy simple post.
But first, let’s look at what I did (or didn’t do) this year:
~2nd round of edits/release secret project (early 2018) –Â DONE. Except it was delayed by unavoidable issues until 12/7. Very happy to have it finally out in the world!Â
~Revise and release Fireborn –Â DONE. Released August 1st.
~Get serious about exercise and DO SOMETHING – Nope. I remain a couch potato. 😦Â
~Take pictures regularly (once a month, 1 a day for x amount of days, etc) –Â Nope, and I really wish I could have.
~Get moving with dictation again –Â DONE. Not dictating currently, but I did purchase the latest version of Dragon Naturally Speaking and I also bought a digital recorder for transcription. Just need to actually start doing it.
~Progress on Covenant – DONE. I don’t have the exact figures handy, but I think I got it up to around 25k.
~Progress on When She Sleeps –Â This has been put on hold.
~Start Survivor Rewrite for reals this time –Â Nope, but one of my goals for Q1 is to JUST DO IT.
~Do something with Death Dancer/Pirouette –Â Nope. But as soon as I can, I’ll start working on this. I have Plans.Â
~Get better with planning – My mom bought me a planner for Christmas last year, so I used that for deadlines/appointments/modified bullet journal. It worked great, soÂ
I asked for another one. And got it. Also, Sarra Cannon’s quarterly planning system worked wonderfully as well. I believe this planning system is the only reason why I was able to release the secret project this year. I was focused in a way I haven’t been in awhile. Being that I am a head planner (that is, I do all my planning in my head), this is a HUGE accomplishment.
~Start writing every day again, even if it’s 100 words – Nope. Time seems to get away from me sometimes.
~Figure out Reaper Girl #3, Faeborn –Â DONE. I have a premise. And apparently I’d forgotten that I’d called it Faeborn. Oops.
As for how many words I wrote this year: 75,000, which was my modest goal. I was hoping to write more, but given how busy I was and how awful my health was at times, I’ll take it. 🙂
Alrighty, so what’s on tap for Q1 and #ROW80? I’m glad you asked.
~Loosely plot Immortal Faeborn
~Book ads for Gain with Pain, Reaper Girl, and Fey Touched. Put together a tracking system.
~Start manifestation journal (first entry: 1/5/19)
~Put together modified Kanban board for Q1
~Purchase Energy Oracle deck. Start pulling cards daily and journaling.
~Progress on Oubliette or finish
~Do All The Things related to TDP Anthology (to be released sometime in Q1)
~Begin rewrite of Survivor. Continue working on it on Sundays.
~Catch up up on ARCs
~Take Sundays off work when possible
~Start back on MyFitnessPal. Log food 5x a week minimum.
~Water 5x a week
I think that’s it for now. 🙂
Links to the books:
Gain with Pain on Amazon
Fireborn on AmazonÂ
  
Weaver of Words 