2014 Resolution: Become an Author, One Month at a Time

[surviva316]

As many of you know, I'm an aspiring author. My goal has always been to get published, get a teaching job and spend the rest of my days writing and teaching. I've now been graduated with my MFA in Creative Writing for a year and a half, and I still have a ways to go even on just the first part of that plan.

So I decided that for 2014, I'd give myself a little bit of structure. I'm starting the year off with a few Next Step oriented goals (not results oriented, like GET AN AGENT! because that has the same problems as having poker goals that are results-oriented). At the end of every month, I'll assess where I am with everything and decide what I need to do in the next month to get me closer to published.

I'll start the year off with:

-Get my current draft of my cover letter for my novel (Utility) to a point that I feel comfortable sending it to agents
-Finish redrafting my short non-fiction piece ("The Was") to a point that I feel comfortable sending it to publications (then, send to at least 2 publications)
-Write at least one complete scene for my short fiction piece ("Predisposed")

More detail on each of these below.