Writing Goals - from 2011 to 2012

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I can't believe another year is ending already. It seems like it went by extra quickly this year, but maybe that was just me. But, it is of course a great time to look back at what I did (or didn't) do in 2011, plus what I hope to accomplish in 2012.

Writing in Progress

Hunt, YA Urban Fantasy novel
Sixteen-year-old Abby Connolly sees the new guy at school leading a group of gruesome corpses across the sky on horseback - the Wild Hunt. Probably the shock of her life! She's not supposed to be able to remember it, but she does. It's not until several of her classmates see a photo of the group that she discovers that if you see the Wild Hunt and remember it, you're going to die. HUNT is YA Urban Fantasy, like Welsh folklore meets Final Destination.
- 2011 goals? get 2 more beta readers, do a full edit, and query 70 more agents (bringing the total to 100)
- 2011 in actuality? got the beta readers, have a really solid idea of what needs to happen, but then focused on Desolation State instead
- 2012 goals? after Desolation State is all tidied up, do a major edit/overhaul, and see where things go from there

Desolation State, (Adult) Post-Apocalyptic Romance novel
In a future North America ravaged by the Tech Crash and environmental issues, Sy agrees to live with a stranger, "Deron" in a mansion on the wastelands in exchange for provisions for her wanderer band. Oddly, he will only visit her rooms by darkness.  Despite that, they begin a hesitant friendship - which may be the beginning of something more. Sy expects that "Deron" has ties to the oppressive rulers of Empire City, but doesn't expect that he is tied to something even worse. DESOLATION STATE is post-apocalyptic romance with a steampunky feeling based on the myth of Cupid and Psyche.
- 2011 goals? finish the first draft, let it sit, potentially start editing
- 2011 in actuality? finished the first draft, had a good start on editing, AND it won a contest (Colorado Romance Writers' Heart of the Rockies for Paranormal/Time Travel/Futuristic/Fantasy) with a full manuscript request from the judging agent
- 2012 goals? edit, edit, edit. . . then get out that requested manuscript ASAP, along with queries to other top agent choices

Travel Articles
- 2011 goals? write 12
- 2011 in actuality? wrote 4; had 4 published (which were not the same 4)
- 2012 goals? write 12 , for real this time. I blame my novel-writing for the gap, but I do want to write more travel articles.

Short Stories
- 2011 goals? write 6
- 2011 in actuality? wrote 1 (in collaboration with other authors), and had it published
- 2012 goals? Well, I realized in 2011 that short stories aren't my favourite thing to write. So I'm not going to make a new goal for numbers, though I would like to: revise the 2 sitting on my computer and submit them, and if I'm in the right mood I may write one or two from my idea file


What are your goals in 2012?