2012 Writing Goals

After enjoying the responses to my previous post and looking through other writer's articles I tried to decide on a few realistic goals.  I wanted to set attainable goals in order to challenge myself, but not so hard as to become discouraged.  Here is what I've settled on:

• Finish writing and editing of my NaNoWriMo 2011 novel before NaNoWriMo 2012
• Write one short story a month
• Submit one short story a month
• Write one piece of flash fiction a month
• Submit one piece of flash fiction a month
• Regular posts at least three times a week on this blog
• Maintain at least 1000 words/day of fiction
• Read 26 new books this year.  Low I know, but like I said I don't want to over commit

I'll see how this goes with my crazy schedule, it may need to be adjusted.  I think these are fair goals though.  I need the push without feeling overwhelmed.  Feel free to leave a comment with your goals or post a link.  I love seeing other writers lists.

Crossroads by Laura Anne Gilman

I love when I find a great story by accident.  While mindlessly tramping around some sites today I found a short story by Laura Anne Gilman.  Gilman is an established author, with titles such as Flesh and Fire: Book One of The Vineart War and Weight of Stone: Book Two of the Vineart War. The story I found, Crossroads, seamlessly intertwines the western and fantasy genres, reminiscent or Stephen King's Dark Tower series.  I actually downloaded the podcast version so I could listen to it on my trip to Florida this December. It's a quick read at 2448 words, it's free, and it's a great story. What more do you want!  Now you have something constructive to do for your next writing break.






Updated October 4th
For those of you not familiar with Gilman here is a nice interview with her that I just found.