Writing Goals and Resolutions for 2015

These are my writing goals and resolutions for 2015 –

• Write more consistently every day
  • Current goal is to be hitting 500 words a day consistently.  We’ll see. Note: So far I’ve kept it.  We’ll see if it sticks.
• Read more books for pleasure
  • My ‘to read’ pile was taller than I was before I started writing.  It’s only grrown.  My goal is to read at least a book a month for pleasure.
• Finish a final draft of the first novel
  • I need to lock down the story elements.  Most have been done, but several scenes need to be rewritten from different perspectives.
• Submit the final draft of the first novel
  • At this point, I have decided I will submit my novel a few places before I self-publish
• Rewrite the first draft of the second novel
  • First draft was written during NaNoWriMo 2013 and is mostly unusable. The draft needs to be scrapped and restarted.
• Rewrite fanfic short story
  • First draft is still too close to the fandom it was drawn from.  It needs a major overhaul.
• Submit fanfic rewrite
  • I’m going to try submitting this one a few places also.
• Gear up my social media presences
  • I’m getting better about Tweeting.  I need to become more active on Facebook.  I’ll look into if it’s worth posting to Google+ and setting up an Ello account.
• Find a writing group either online or in realspace to join.
  • I’ve got a core group of beta readers I can turn to, but it’s not quite the same as hearing a realtime critique.

Ambitious?  Maybe, but I want to aim high.  I’l be very happy if I’m able to make half of these.