#ROW80 #ROC80: ROC and ROW – Where Did I Go?

Hey there, ROW80 friends!

To say I haven’t been great about updating would be an understatement. I’m not sure I’ve made one update this round until now – and we’re nearly halfway through!

Life has been lifey, and this isn’t one of the things I’ve prioritized.

Making it a priority today, though. I’m noticing I’m letting things go more than I like without the added accountability. So here I am, inviting you all to check in and give me a solid nudge if you see me slipping. It usually helps to ask me what my priorities are, and how I’ll feel when I get there.

What works for you, when you’re slipping? I’d love to know, so I can support you better, too!

I’d like to channel more of this feeling of calm creativity, please!

Week Four Goals:

Completed goals:     60%
In progress goals:    20%
Still waiting goals:   20%

1. Spend at least 20 minutes on formatting for light shines, shadow falls.
2. Schedule my next #WeWriWa #8sentencesunday excerpt from “Storm at Song Glass Cabin” and join the linky. Remember to ask for ARC readers to review the book.
3. Complete final 3 hours for April CampNaNoWriMo on How to Revise Your Novel for my fanfic novella, On Any Tuesday Night. What worked well here was purchasing one episode of the North and South miniseries for each 3 hours completed. I’ll do the same in May for each week of stories completed.
4. Follow through on social media for this month; set up all Wednesday/Thursday posts for May.
5. Complete beta reading of second five chapters of Rounding for Home. Through C9. So, while I didn’t finish, I made good progress on this goal.
   

Week Five Goals:

Completed goals:       0%
In progress goals:      0%
Still waiting goals:  100%

1. Spend at least 30 minutes (or until complete) formatting light shines; shadow falls on KDP.
2. Share next excerpt on #8sentencesunday until the story is finished; ask for ARC reviewers; complete Week One of Story A Day May.
3. Spend two hours on Lesson 16 of How to Revise Your Novel.
4. Fill in remainder of June social media content; update newsletter lists.
5. Complete beta read of first twelve chapters of Rounding for Home.
   
   

Some Zen dog energy might help, too – and Noli delivers!

April 2023 Goals:

Completed goals:     60%
In progress goals:    40%
Still waiting goals:      0%

1. Format light shines; shadow falls on KDP.Made a tiny bit of progress.
2. Continue sharing excerpts on #8sentencesunday until the story is finished; ask for ARC reviewers.
3. Finish Lesson 16 Character Laundry List from How to Revise Your Novel; complete 12 hours on this this month for April CampNaNoWriMo.  
4. Follow through on social media schedule; fill in May’s content.
5. Complete beta read of first ten chapters of Rounding for Home.

May Goals:

• Continue sharing excerpts on #8sentencesunday until the story is finished; ask for ARC reviewers; complete Story A Day May (I wouldn’t normally combine goals like this, but I’m close to the end of the story, and want to keep this list to five. I think I can fairly easily do both, especially if I batch the blog posts).
• Finish Lesson 16 of How to Revise Your Novel.
• Follow through on social media schedule; fill in June and July’s content; update newsletter lists; finish beta sequence; and post at least twice to blog and newsletter.
• Complete beta read of first twenty chapters of Rounding for Home.

Noli demonstrates “Butt in chair.” She’s not so good at “paws on keyboard”, though….

Q2 Goals: I’ll update these at the end of each month.

1. Format and publish light shines; shadow falls.
2. Share excerpts on #8sentencesunday until finished; ask for ARC book reviews I can use. Moving through the final few excerpts.
3. Complete Lesson 16 and begin Lesson 17 of How to Revise Your Novel (goal adapted; Lesson 17 is the first cutting lesson, and I don’t want to rush through it). Moving through Lesson 16.
4. Launch and publicize newsletter; drip out nurture sequence.
5. Create a basic marketing/content plan for the year.

Writing/Business Goals for 2023: I’ll update these at the end of each quarter.

1. Publish and market light shines; shadow falls.
2. Earn 3x what I did last year (a little over 30k).
3. Market and fully book QtQ programs.
4. Finish How to Revise Your Novel.
5. Engage/connect/interact with clients, potential clients, and readers.

And that’s all I have for now.

Hoping that my fan fiction muses will inspire the rest of the round…

How are your goals going? Do you have a favorite project? Is there a specific win you’re celebrating, or a challenge you’d like cheering on for?

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