Jennifer McKenzie
Romance--Boy meets girl. Romantic Suspense--Boy meets girl with dead bodies.
Monday, January 01, 2007
New Year's Goals
I'm not big on New Year's resolutions. For one thing, I'm notorious for putting WAY too much pressure on myself to make them happen. There's been a ton of discussion in my house these days about goals for the future. I'm already making plans to go for broke on my writing career.So, as my blog readers, you can ask me every once and while "By the way, Jen, didn't you say you were going to......"
1. Plot, outline and finish my 100K project currently titled "Legend Of Fools". It's a romantic suspense. It's my big goal this year to get my word count into single title category.
2. Submit and aquire an agent. This will be tougher, since agents typically want to work with authors who write higher word counts. Since I'd love to have a Harper Collins or Berkeley Contract, I've got to show I'm willing to shoot for more.
3. Continue to submit short stories to maintain my relationship with the three publishers that I'm with currently. I think this will be challenging, since I'm easily diverted from the bigger picture. The trick is to continue to publish, without sacrificing #1.
4. Promotion. This is a biggie too. I'm trying to set up a book signing here in my neck of the woods. My book "Heart of the Storm" comes out September 07 and I want to be ready to make a big splash. It might be in a little pond, but a least I'm making ripples.
5. Make my career pay. Normally, I'm not all about the money, but I'd like to do a little more than break even in '07. This requires all the previous goals to be met. To make my writing career pay, I have to submit. To submit, I have to write.
To sum up, I have a lot of work to do in '07. Hold me to it.
And the inevitable question? What are your goals this year?
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