The Promised Prophecy
Here's my projected schedule for 2009:
Dec 2008: The Face of A Lion: 6 pages per day, editing with the red pen
Jan 2009: 6 pages per day, entering all edits electronically; Cymbeline (Shakespeare)
to read (last research), house party on Compuserve!
Feb: send to beta readers, work on last bits, finish query (Q) letter; do Outlander
chapter summaries on the Yahoo OutlanderGathering group
March: finish Q letter for Frederick's Flight, send to five agents I've already queried; find more agents
April: reread The Face of A Lion; send more Qs; start drafting for "1492" and "Rose Diary" stories
May: continue drafting and start research
June: send more Qs; see what needs editing in The Face of A Lion; continue research, continue drafting
July: continue drafting and research
Aug: see if I can get a short story out of something, send to magazines
Sept: polish drafts - don't leave editing till last minute!' send more Qs
Oct: how many words am I at?, continue drafting, continue research; send more Qs
Nov: continue drafting, continue research; send more Qs
Dec: continue drafting, continue research; send more Qs
Dec 2008: The Face of A Lion: 6 pages per day, editing with the red pen
Jan 2009: 6 pages per day, entering all edits electronically; Cymbeline (Shakespeare)
to read (last research), house party on Compuserve!
Feb: send to beta readers, work on last bits, finish query (Q) letter; do Outlander
chapter summaries on the Yahoo OutlanderGathering group
March: finish Q letter for Frederick's Flight, send to five agents I've already queried; find more agents
April: reread The Face of A Lion; send more Qs; start drafting for "1492" and "Rose Diary" stories
May: continue drafting and start research
June: send more Qs; see what needs editing in The Face of A Lion; continue research, continue drafting
July: continue drafting and research
Aug: see if I can get a short story out of something, send to magazines
Sept: polish drafts - don't leave editing till last minute!' send more Qs
Oct: how many words am I at?, continue drafting, continue research; send more Qs
Nov: continue drafting, continue research; send more Qs
Dec: continue drafting, continue research; send more Qs
Comments
Go for it!
Love the blog, btw!
Mine is at: http://www.nixyvalentine.com Will add a link to yours so I can come back easily!
Hey, I have a plan too. Tonight I'm going to an Inauguration party, tomorrow my brakes get fixed, and Sunday I go hiking. Then, uh, what was the topic?
You go, girl!
Reisa