This is the home of my goals and schedules for assorted challenges, blog flow charts, and other personal references as I have need of them.

 

My Long-Term Writing Goals – April 2013:

All goals are based on those I created for my WANA113 Big Goals Grokking, and apply to Rounds Two and Three of ROW80.

I move through my action plans for each blog, adapting as necessary, and enjoying the process of creating and connecting. All of my blogposts hit the 800-1000 word range, and my readership has grown by 25% for each.

I am taking small steps to move my plans forward, in an organic way.

• I prioritized on-time posting. On target..

• I am sharing and commenting more widely. On target.

• I have downloaded several header images, in preparation for adding logline text. On target.

• I have been pondering my bio, and will freewrite soon. On target.

• I am moving through my general blogging action plan.On target.

All my blogposts are within the 800-1000 word range.

• With the exception of my noveling action plan, all have been. On target.

I continue to take great pleasure in creating, sharing, and connecting through my blogs.

• I continue to evolve preparation and posting systems, in an organic fashion.

• I have a system for responding to comments, and I generally follow it.

• Target attained!

I will increase follows by 25% at Trueborn Jottings and shanjeniah.

• Trueborn Jottings has grown to 26, due to myBlogging from A to Z April Challenge posts.

• Target surpassed for this blog!

• shanjeniah has 89 followers. That’s 2 new followers since report. =)

• At 25% more, I will have just over 100 followers here (definitely a first!). On target.

I’ve designed a logo or graphic art image that represents me across all social media, and an action plan that guides me as I contemplate the best way to unify my three main blogs – merging into one, perhaps, or on my own website.

• I have a logline and will be adding it, in some form, on all of my blog headers.On target.

• I have a posted general blogging action plan. On target.

• I have decided to create a website through Tech Surgeons. I’ve saved $70 toward a year’s subscription fee. On target.

• I am pondering ways to merge the three blogs. Still a way off, but the direction is becoming clearer.On target.

I am going through old posts, bringing them into line with the new visions for each blog.

• Serious adaptations will commence post-April, and pre-July. Pending.

I continue with my plans for the Trueborn double series, and Queen of My Infinite Spaces.

I am actively working on my Trueborn action plan this April, as I strive to complete three WIPs during April CampNaNoWriMo.

• Sima Garo Provides – Rough draft completed!. ~110,000 words. Target attained!

• Blood and Breath -Complete by June 1. Currently at 86,072 words. I estimate this to be approximately a 100,000 word draft, so I am closing in on four-fifths of the way through. On target.

• To Be or Not to Be – Complete by June 30. It began as a completely pantsed novel, and I have, as yet, no exit strategy. I am now planning in general terms, so there will be an estimated completion time no later than June 15. Currently at 110,019 words of about 200,000 words (this is a double novel,as written). On target.

• Queen of My Infinite Spaces Complete revision by end of Round 2, with beta readers by end of Round 3. I have highlighted 13 of 31 poems for later revision. On target.

I submit a flash fiction or essay to a paying market each month, boldly, and I have increased my income by at least 25%.

• At the moment, I have three pieces pending, in various stages of revision.

• I am slowly shifting focus to back to these. Pending.

• Currently, I have no income to increase, so any payment at all would achieve this goal. Pending.

• . Submit one by June 30. Pending.

I have adequate lighting and a doorway covering in place , and I am organizing and making a list of items that will make my little office efficient and a happy creation zone.

• I have lighting, chosen and installed by Jim – unfortunately, it doesn’t suit my needs. Pending.

• Brainstorming whether to adapt or replace -and, if so, with what. Pending.

• I am creating a mental list of things that would make my office more welcoming and efficient. Pending.

I breathe deeply as I move into the next phase of my writing career….yes, career! I have a writing career! =D

• I continue to breathe, and to move forward with establishing this avocation/ career. Target attained!

• I am growing more confident, and feeling a deepening shift taking hold. Target attained!

 

 

 

 

 

 

My Long-Term Writing Goals – May/June 2013:

All goals are based on those I created for my WANA113 Big Goals Grokking, and apply to Rounds Two and Three of ROW80.

I move through my action plans for each blog, adapting as necessary, and enjoying the process of creating and connecting. All of my blogposts hit the 800-1000 word range, and my readership has grown by 25% for each.

I am taking small steps to move my plans forward, in an organic way.

• Prioritized on-time posting. – not perfect, but good. Travel and challenges still bring disequilibrium, but I am managing that better, and learning.

• Sidebar improvements and minor edits in progress.

• Sharing and commenting more widely.

• This goal more of a focus in May and June.

• Target attained!

All my blogposts are within the 800-1000 word range.

• Still occasionally challenging, but….

• Target attained!

I continue to take great pleasure in creating, sharing, and connecting through my blogs.

• I continue to evolve preparation and posting systems, in an organic fashion.

• I have a system for responding to comments, and I generally follow it.

• Target attained!

I will increase follows by 25% at Trueborn Jottings and shanjeniah.

• Trueborn Jottings have grown from 0 to 26, due to myBlogging from A to Z April Challenge posts.

• Target surpassed for this blog!

• shanjeniah has 86 followers. That’s 4 new followers since my last update here. =)

• At 25% more, I will have just over 100 followers here (definitely a first!).

• Pending.

I’ve designed a logo or graphic art image that represents me across all social media, and an action plan that guides me as I contemplate the best way to unify my three main blogs – merging into one, perhaps, or on my own website.

• Purchased the Picmonkey Royale subscription; played with more editing effects and text – ideas and inspirations starting to flow.

• Created rough (and thus far, unposted) blogging action plan for these blogs.

• Decided to create a website through Tech Surgeons. Beginning to budget for a year’s subscription fee.

• Pending.

I am going through old posts, bringing them into line with the new visions for each blog.

• Serious adaptations will commence post-April, and pre-July.

• Noted several posts with issues for future addressing.

• Tweaked a bit here and there.

• Pending.

I continue with my plans for the Trueborn double series, and Queen of My Infinite Spaces.

Actively worked on Trueborn action plan in April, progressin g three WIPs during April CampNaNoWriMo.

• Sima Garo Provides -Completed May 1! 110,659 words.

• Blood and Breath -Complete by June 1. Currently at 80,463 words. I estimate this to be approximately a 100,000 word draft, so I am about three-quarters of the way, at present.

• Pending.

• To Be or Not to Be – This WIP began as a completely pantsed novel, and I have, as yet, littleexit strategy. Planning in general terms, estimated completion time no later than June 30. Currently at 107, 381 words of an estimated 200,000.

• Pending.

• Queen of My Infinite Spaces -

• Highlighted portions needing revision; 2 out of 31 poems.

• Pending.

I play with flash fiction and/or essays each week, submit monthly, and I have increased my income by at least 25%.

• Three flash pieces pending, in various stages of revision.

• Currently, I have no income to increase, so any payment at all would achieve this goal.

• Pending.

I have adequate lighting and a doorway covering in place , and I am organizing and making a list of items that will make my little office efficient and a happy creation zone.

• Lighting, chosen and installed by Jim – unfortunately, it doesn’t suit my needs.

• Brainstorming whether to adapt or replace -and, if so, with what.

• Creating a mental list of things that would make my office more welcoming and efficient.

• Pending.

I breathe deeply as I move into the next phase of my writing career….yes, career! I have a writing career! =D

• I continue to breathe, and to move forward with establishing this avocation/ career.

• I am growing more confident, and feeling a deepening shift taking hold.

• Pending.

My ROW80 Rounds Two-Three Long-Term Writing Goals

-April 17, 2013 Update:

All goals are based on those I created for my WANA113 Big Goals Grokking, and apply to Rounds Two and Three of ROW80.

I move through my action plans for each blog, adapting as necessary, and enjoying the process of creating and connecting. All of my blogposts hit the 800-1000 word range, and my readership has grown by 25% for each.

• I have rough drafts of action plans for each blog.

• All my blogposts are within the 800-1000 word range. Target attained, thus far!

• I continue to take great pleasure in creating, sharing, and connecting through my blogs.

• I am developing a system for prepping and scheduling posts.

• I have a system for responding to comments, and am getting better at following it.

• Followers for Trueborn Jottings have grown from none to 18, due to myBlogging from A to Z April Challengeposts. Target attained for this blog!

• Currently, The Unfettered Life has 47 followers, and may hold level for a while as I shift focus to preparations to move it to WordPress.

• Currently, shanjeniah has 82 followers. I have not kept track, before now, but I do know there were 81 yesterday. At 25% more, I will have just over 100 followers here (definitely a first!).

I’ve designed a logo or graphic art image that represents me across all social media, and an action plan that guides me as I contemplate the best way to unify my three main blogs – merging into one, perhaps, or on my own website.

• I have been considering beginning by adding text to the shanjeniah header images, and switching these seasonally.

• I am exploring Picmonkey, learning what I can do with it.

• I have a rough (and thus far, unposted) blogging action plan for these blogs.

• I have decided to create a website through Tech Surgeons. At the moment, the expense is more than I can easily manage and I am considering how to finance it.

I am going through old posts, bringing them into line with the new visions for each blog.

• I have been reading periodically, and refining my visions for each blog.

• Serious adaptations will commence post-April, and pre-July.

I continue with my plans for the Trueborn double series, and Queen of My Infinite Spaces.

• I am actively working on my Trueborn action plan this April, as I strive to complete three WIPs during April CampNaNoWriMo.

• Queen of My Infinite Spaces is awaiting a May revision, followed by beta readings.

I submit a flash fiction or essay to a paying market each week, boldly, and I have increased my income by at least 25%.

• At the moment, I have three pieces pending, in various stages of revision.

• These have been set aside until May, when I will shift focus back to these.

• Currently, I have no income to increase, so any payment at all would achieve this goal.

• This goal may be adapted.

I have adequate lighting and a doorway covering in place , and I am organizing and making a list of items that will make my little office efficient and a happy creation zone.

• I have lighting, chosen and installed by Jim – unfortunately, it doesn’t suit my needs.

• Brainstorming whether to adapt or replace -and, if so, with what.

• I am creating a mental list of things that would make my office more welcoming and efficient.

I breathe deeply as I move into the next phase of my writing career….yes, career! I have a writing career! =D

• I continue to breathe, and to move forward with establishing this avocation/ career.

Revised ROW80 Round 1 Final Evaluation,March 28, 2013

All targets not completed will be carried over to Round 2, as I move in a more focused fashion toward more well-defined goals.

Color codes:

I will understand how to use the basic features of WordPress to streamline and target shanjeniah and Trueborn Jottings to more appealingly and efficiently fulfill their purposes.

CompletedTargets:

• Make sharing changes

• Tagging overhauls

• Add badge for Blogging from A to Z to Trueborn Jottings

• Add a challenge page

• Create an intro post.

Pending Targets:

• Category overhauls

• Review profile

I have a plan for each of my three major blogs – a mission statement, an action plan, and a schedule for blogging and design improvements. The schedule can be flexible, and I will be accountable for it. I answer comments on a regular, posted schedule.

Completed Targets:

• Blogging schedule and accountability

• Responding to comments on a regular, posted schedule.

Pending Targets:

• Action plans are coming together.

• Pending: rereading; color-blocking, and revision.

• Mission statements will be drawn from existing priority lists for each blog.

• Create schedule using the action plans, beginning with first steps and extensions currently posted. Share this schedule openly to increase accountability.

I will consider how to best approach what may be the mammoth task of moving The Unfettered Life over from its longtime home at Blogger (is it worth the money to have WordPress do this for me?).

Completed Targets:

• Post notice regarding the initial move.

• Read through the process, and move Shan’s Link Library.

I know what I want from my writing, and what I want my writing to reveal. I am building a mental and emotional image of myself as a professional writer who embraces the business and creative aspects of the process capably and passionately.

Completed Targets:

• Complete current craft reading, with the exception of Steering the Craft.

• Continue with current classes.

Pending Targets:

• Watch webinars for WANACon.

• Class webinars I’ve missed while doing other things.

I am attending to my resistance regarding financial success and perhaps even wealth. I challenge myself to make frequent small steps to extend my comfort level in this area (using some profits to donate to worthy causes, purchasing treats or necessities we might have needed to wait for, submitting to esteemed publications).

Completed Targets:

• Continue attending to resistance while practicing generosity.

Pending Targets:

• Create a base earning goals list for 2013.

I share my blogs more widely, and my other writings as well. I trust in my instincts, and dare to submit where I feel my work will fit well, and reach readers who will find pleasure or connection with it. I submit to markets that will pay, and I make finding and submitting to markets a regular part of my writing activities.

Completed Targets:

• Schedule Monday and Friday posts a week ahead.

• Add Wordless Wednesday to The Unfettered Life

• Sunday Sampler to shanjeniah.

Pending Targets;

• Submit guest post.

• Polish “Morning Coffee” and submit.

I have a plan for the year’s noveling projects, and a completed rough draft of my poetry WIP, Queen of My Infinite Spaces.

Completed Targets:

• Rough draft of all novel plans for 2013.

• QUOMISdraft compiled.

I have visited and connected with everyone in class. I cultivate friendships that fulfill me, and where I have something of value to offer.

Completed Target:

• Continue with virtual connecting- new friends and older.

Pending Target:

• Schedule times to meet up with two more friends (Sharon and Ashley, most likely).

I know much more about how to find readers who value what I offer, and I share and connect

with them.

Completed Targets:

• Inspire an average of at least 2 comments per post.

• Continue to share at Twitter, WANA1011.

• Complete rough drafts of all Blogging from A to Z posts.

Pending Targets:

• Reach 40 views at least 3 times.(2)

• Reach 30 views at least 5 times. (3)

• Share to my WANATribe blog.

I resume earning money from my writing. I made $11 for all of 2012…I will earn at least $22 by the end of class!).

Completed Target:

• Reread “Peach Liqueur Love”.

Targets Pending:

• Earn $22.

• More market research – pick 5 non fiction and

• Pick 2 additional fiction/poetry markets.

• Polish “Morning Coffee”,

• Write expanded rough drafts of the two vignettes removed from “The Last House” (pottery painting and arriving at the Last House).

• Reread and revise “Le Reve des Etoiles” and resubmit.

I am settling back into my little office space, which I reclaimed from the three formerly semi-feral kittens as they became more comfortable elsewhere in the house. Felines will be welcome – I believe Srindi is destined to be my office cat – however, it will be my office.

CompletedTargets:

• Work surfaces cleared and reclaimed.

Pending Targets:

• I spend at least 15 minutes thrice weekly cleaning and organizing.

• I spend at least 15 minutes a day working from my office, with computer, Kindle, and/or notebook and pen.

I adapt my ROW80 goals to reflect these, and, going forward, I write goals that will support this plan.

Completed Targets:

• Reread 6 month goals.

• Use these to write rough draft of Round 2 goals(approximately half of the 6 month goals should be included).

Revised ROW80 Round 1 (Bi-Weekly Evaluation, March 4, 2013)

All targets are for the end of the round.

I will understand how to use the basic features of WordPress to streamline and target shanjeniah and Trueborn Jottings to more appealingly and efficiently fulfill their purposes.

Previous Targets:

• Make sharing changes; category overhauls; tagging overhauls; and review profile. (In progress)

• Add badge for Blogging from A to Z to Trueborn Jottings; add a challenge page; and create an intro post. (In progress)

I have a plan for each of my three major blogs – a mission statement, an action plan, and a schedule for blogging and design improvements. The schedule can be flexible, and I will be accountable for it. I answer comments on a regular, posted schedule.

• As noted above, I am responding to comments on a regular, posted schedule, so I have accomplished this portion of the goal .

Previous Targets:

• All three blogs’ action plans complete through 2013 (as far ahead as I want to go, just now). (In progress)

• Draft of mission statement for each. 

• Tentative schedule list for posting. (Target attained)

I will consider how to best approach what may be the mammoth task of moving The Unfettered Life over from its longtime home at Blogger (is it worth the money to have WordPress do this for me?).

Previous Targets:

• Post notice regarding the initial move. (Target attained)

• Read through the process, and move Shan’s Link Library. (In progress)

I know what I want from my writing, and what I want my writing to reveal. I am building a mental and emotional image of myself as a professional writer who embraces the business and creative aspects of the process capably and passionately.

Previous Targets:

• Complete current craft reading, with the exception of Steering the Craft. (Target attained)

• Continue with current classes. (In progress)

• Watch webinars for WANACon and whichever class ones I’ve missed while doing other things. (In progress)

I am attending to my resistance regarding financial success and perhaps even wealth. I challenge myself to make frequent small steps to extend my comfort level in this area (using some profits to donate to worthy causes, purchasing treats or necessities we might have needed to wait for, submitting to esteemed publications).

Previous Targets:

• Create a base earning goals list for 2013. (In progress)

• Continue attending to resistance while practicing generosity. (In progress)

I share my blogs more widely, and my other writings as well. I trust in my instincts, and dare to submit where I feel my work will fit well, and reach readers who will find pleasure or connection with it. I submit to markets that will pay, and I make finding and submitting to markets a regular part of my writing activities.

Previous Targets:

• Schedule Monday and Friday posts a week ahead. (In progress)

• Add Wordless Wednesday to The Unfettered Life, and Sunday Sampler to shanjeniah. (Target attained)

• Submit guest post. (In progress)

• Polish “Morning Coffee” and submit. (In progress)

I have a plan for the year’s noveling projects, and a completed rough draft of my poetry WIP, Queen of My Infinite Spaces.

Previous Targets:

• Rough draft of all novel plans for 2013. (Target attained)

• QUOMIS draft compiled. (Target attained)

I have visited and connected with everyone in class. I cultivate friendships that fulfill me, and where I have something of value to offer.

Previous Targets:

• Schedule times to meet up with two more friends (Sharon and Ashley, most likely). (In progress)

• Continue with virtual connecting- new friends and older. (Target attained)

I know much more about how to find readers who value what I offer, and I share and connect

with them.

Previous Targets:

• Reach 40 views at least 3 times.

• Reach 30 views at least 5 times. (In Progress)

• Inspire an average of at least 2 comments per post. (Target attained)

• Continue to share at Twitter, WANA1011, and to my WANATribe blog. (In Progress)

• Complete rough drafts of all Blogging from A to Z posts. (In Progress)

I resume earning money from my writing. I made $11 for all of 2012…I will earn at least $22 by the end of class!).

Previous Targets:

• More market research – pick 5 non fiction and 5 fiction/poetry markets.(In Progress)

• Polish “Morning Coffee”, and reread “Peach Liqueur Love”. (In progress)

• Write expanded rough drafts of the two vignettes removed from “The Last House” (pottery painting and arriving at the Last House).

• Reread and revise “Le Reve des Etoiles” and resubmit. 

I am settling back into my little office space, which I reclaimed from the three formerly semi-feral kittens as they became more comfortable elsewhere in the house. Felines will be welcome – I believe Srindi is destined to be my office cat – however, it will be my office.

Previous Targets:

• Work surfaces cleared and reclaimed.(Target attained)

• I spend at least 15 minutes thrice weekly cleaning and organizing. (In progress)
  

• I spend at least 15 minutes a day working from my office, with computer, Kindle, and/or notebook and pen. (In progress)

I adapt my ROW80 goals to reflect these, and, going forward, I write goals that will support this plan.

Targets:

• Reread 6 month goals. (Target attained)

• Use these to write rough draft of Round 2 goals(approximately half of the 6 month goals should be included). (Target attained)

Revised ROW80 Round 1

(Bi-Weekly Evaluation, March 4, 2013)

 

All target dates are for the next evaluation.

I will understand how to use the basic features of WordPress to streamline and target shanjeniah and Trueborn Jottings to more appealingly and efficiently fulfill their purposes.

• The comment adaptation worked! Better yet, now that my comment box says I respond on  Mondays and Thursdays, I am honoring this as a standing commitment, and responding promptly makes me feel great! =)

• I have a few other changes to make.

• My reading is leading me to a better understanding of several features, such as “Open in a new window”. I am now making certain that all of my hyperlinks do just that.

Targets:

• Make sharing changes; category overhauls; tagging overhauls; and review profile.

• Add badge for Blogging from A to Z to Trueborn Jottings;  add a challenge page; and create an intro post.

I have a plan for each of my three major blogs – a mission statement, an action plan, and a schedule for blogging and design improvements. The schedule can be flexible, and I will be accountable for it. I answer comments on a regular, posted schedule.

• I’ve created a document for the blogging action plans, and organized all the relevant snippets to it.

• I have created a list of first steps for The Unfettered Life.

• I have given thought to the first steps for all three blogs.

• As noted above, I am responding to comments on a regular, posted schedule, so I have accomplished this portion of the goal .

 Targets:

• All three blogs’ action plans complete through 2013 (as far ahead as I want to go, just now).

• Draft of mission statement for each.

• Tentative schedule list for posting.

I will consider how to best approach what may be the mammoth task of moving The Unfettered Life over from its longtime home at Blogger (is it worth the money to have WordPress do this for me?).

• Jeremiah has finished his research, and I will be experimenting first with moving my much smaller and orphaned blog, Shan’s Link Library.

• If this is successful, I will then begin the process of moving The Unfettered Life.

Targets:

• Post notice regarding the initial move.

• Read through the process, and move Shan’s Link Library.

I know what I want from my writing, and what I want my writing to reveal. I am building a mental and emotional image of myself as a professional writer who embraces the business and creative aspects of the process capably and passionately.

• I have been reading extensively about various aspects of the craft and business of writing.

• I am continuing with the Blogging for Brand class, and attended one day of WANACon.

• I have signed up for another WANA class, and will be sharing details as things progress.

• I am applying some of what I have learned to my blogging, and will be doing more of this as time progresses.

Targets:

• Complete current craft reading, with the exception of Steering the Craft.

• Continue with current classes.

• Watch webinars for WANACon and whichever class ones I’ve missed while doing other things.

I am attending to my resistance regarding financial success and perhaps even wealth. I challenge myself to make frequent small steps to extend my comfort level in this area (using some profits to donate to worthy causes, purchasing treats or necessities we might have needed to wait for, submitting to esteemed publications).

• I’m continuing to attend to this, and have  realized that the idea of wealth ties into empathy for me….more details of this may be upcoming.

• I am continuing to be generous with myself and others, and that is helping me to  accept the idea of having ample resources.

• I beta read a  short story, and returned it with comments early Wednesday.

Targets:

• Create a base earning goals list for 2013.

• Continue attending to resistance while practicing generosity.

I share my blogs more widely, and my other writings as well. I trust in my instincts, and dare to submit where I feel my work will fit well, and reach readers who will find pleasure or connection with it. I submit to markets that will pay, and I make finding and submitting to markets a regular part of my writing activities.

• I have added features to shanjeniah: Monday Meanderings (writing about writing; inviting conversation – this name will be changing) and Friday Frolic (videos gathered around a central theme).

• I have ideas for Wednesday and Sunday themes, which will be implemented over the next week or two.

• Other ideas are occurring.

• I have been sharing more at WANA1011, and at Twitter hashtags related to my posts.

• I am in the process of preparing posts for an April blogging challenge.

• I resubmitted “The Last House” – to a literary magazine – a huge step for me!

Targets

• Schedule Monday and Friday posts a week ahead.

• Add Wordless Wednesday to The Unfettered Life, and  Sunday Sampler to shanjeniah.

• Submit guest post.

• Polish “Morning Coffee” and submit.

I have a plan for the year’s noveling projects, and a completed rough draft of my poetry WIP, Queen of My Infinite Spaces.

•  Nothing new on the noveling plans – I have been doing some experimenting with story, instead.

• I have completed the rough draft of QUOMIS! It just needs to be compiled in Scrivener, and then will be ready for editing in Round 2.

Targets:

• Rough draft of all novel plans for 2013.

• QUOMIS draft compiled.

I have visited and connected with everyone in class. I cultivate friendships that fulfill me, and where I have something of value to offer.

• Connected with everyone in class, excepting a few who came late (I will catch up with them this week) – hooray!

• I have  made  a weekly workout date with one friend, and visited two others.

Targets:

• Schedule times to meet up with two more friends (Sharon and Ashley, most likely).

• Continue with virtual connecting- new friends and older.

I know much more about how to find readers who value what I offer, and I share and connect with them.

• I have a far better sense of this, largely thanks to Kristen Lamb. I am reading one of her social media books, at her blog, and also class materials.

• I have begun reviewing my blog statistics, to see which posts or types of posts are garnering the most views and comments.

• I am beginning to formulate a stronger sense of what I have to offer.

• I am becoming more comfortable on groups and Twitter, and am beginning to understand how to find my readers there.

Targets:

• Reach 40 views at least 3 times.

• Reach 30 views at least 5 times.

• Inspire an average of at least 2 comments per post.

• Continue to share at Twitter, WANA1011, and to my WANATribe blog.

• Complete rough drafts of all Blogging from A to Z posts.

I resume earning money from my writing. I made $11 for all of 2012…I will earn at least $22 by the end of class!).

• Not sure I am going to manage this by the end of class. One paying market with a fast turnaround was integral to this plan, but is no longer accepting submissions.

• I have submitted one flash fiction story (a little less than 700 words, to a market which pays $.05/word. That’s a beginning!).

Targets:

• More market research – pick 5 non fiction and 5 fiction/poetry markets.

• Polish “Morning Coffee”, and reread “Peach Liqueur Love”.

• Write expanded rough drafts of  the two vignettes removed from “The Last House” (pottery painting and arriving at the Last House).

• Reread and revise “Le Reve des Etoiles” and resubmit.

I am settling back into my little office space, which I reclaimed from the three formerly semi-feral kittens as they became more comfortable elsewhere in the house. Felines will be welcome – I believe Srindi is destined to be my office cat – however, it will be my office.

• Jim added lights (the cords are a crazy-quilt against the walls, but they are up).

• I have spent a little time cleaning the room, to minimize some of the extreme cattiness that cropped up and settled in over the last few months.

• I am graduaklly moving the cat areas into a smaller portion of the overall  space.

Targets:

• Work surfaces cleared and reclaimed.

• I spend at least 15 minutes thrice weekly cleaning and organizing.

• I spend at least 15 minutes a day working from my office, with computer, Kindle, and/or notebook and pen.

I adapt my  ROW80  goals to reflect these, and, going forward, I write goals that will support this plan.

• Yes, thus far.

Targets:

• Reread 6 month goals.

• Use these to write rough draft of Round 2 goals(approximately half of the 6 month goals should be included).

Revised Blogging for Brand WANA 113 –  #ROW80 Goals Round 1, 2013

(These are the first set of goals  toward my BIG Goal….)

Revised #ROW80 Round 1 Goals, 2013

I will understand how to use the basic features of WordPress to streamline and target shanjeniah and Trueborn Jottings to more appealingly and efficiently fulfill their purposes.

• Some minor experimentations with the blog comment prompt. It didn’t work out as I had planned. More reading before retry.

I have a plan for each of my three major blogs – a mission statement, an action plan, and a schedule for blogging and design improvements. The schedule can be flexible, and I will be accountable for it. I answer comments on a regular, posted schedule.

• I have the beginnings of a mission statement and related musings for each blog.

• Shanjeniah

• Two more in-depth freewritings – the very beginnings of an action plan.

• Trueborn Jottings

• The Unfettered Life

I will consider how to best approach what may be the mammoth task of moving The Unfettered Life over from its longtime home at Blogger (is it worth the money to have WordPress do this for me?).

• Considering the $249 cost of moving the blog as a possible expense, and weighing, in my mind, the value to me of moving the blog in a no -worries way vs. what I might learn, in attempting to move it myself.

• My son, Jeremiah, age 11, has agreed to do some preliminary research, and perhaps to help me move the blog. He enjoys research and is adept at doing his own on a variety of topics. I will pay him, and he will verify and send me links.

I know what I want from my writing, and what I want my writing to reveal. I am building a mental and emotional image of myself as a professional writer who embraces the business and creative aspects of the process capably and passionately.

• Allowing myself time to enjoy the vision I am creating, and making these first small steps toward accepting myself as a blossoming businesswoman.

• I have a few ideas to begin with, which I will be developing and pursuing in the coming weeks.

I am attending to my resistance regarding financial success and perhaps even wealth. I challenge myself to make frequent small steps to extend my comfort level in this area (using some profits to donate to worthy causes, purchasing treats or necessities we might have needed to wait for, submitting to esteemed publications).

• Embraced generosity, and that there will be financial investments in building my career.

• Treated myself to inexpensive, extremely pleasurable evening with a friend, and dessert at a fine dining restaurant.

• Small donation to a friend’s blog -spreading goodwill.

• Considering adding a donate button to my blog – with a twist. More on this later….

I share my blogs more widely, and my other writings as well. I trust in my instincts, and dare to submit where I feel my work will fit well, and reach readers who will find pleasure or connection with it. I submit to markets that will pay, and I make finding and submitting to markets a regular part of my writing activities.

• Posted twice to my WANAtribe blog.

• This week’s posts: The Huntress Stretches and Trusting Through the Ebb.

• The Huntress Stretches was written for the Indie Kissing Blogfest.

• Posted to a wider variety of Facebook Groups.

• Decided to enter the Blogging from A to Z April Challenge for second year; will do so via Trueborn Jottings.

• Saved Flash Fiction Markets page at Everyday Fictionto my writer page, browsed.

• Followed on Twitter and liked on Facebook. Looks like a good place to search for more diversified homes for my writing.

I have a plan for the year’s noveling projects, and a completed rough draft of my poetry WIP, Queen of My Infinite Spaces.

• Listed all novels in the double series, thus far, with projected next steps.

I have visited and connected with everyone in class. I cultivate friendships that fulfill me, and where I have something of value to offer.

• Friend requests to everyone in class.

• Moving through the group, following members across social networks.

I know much more about how to find readers who value what I offer, and I share and connect

with them.

• Pondering approaches….

I resume earning money from my writing. I made $11 for all of 2012…I will earn at least $22 by the end of class!).

• Several projects in the pending stage for submission.

• Market research begun.

I am settling back into my little office space, which I reclaimed from the three formerly semi-feral kittens as they became more comfortable elsewhere in the house. Felines will be welcome – I believe Srindi is destined to be my office cat – however, it will be my office.

• Very minor steps toward reclamation; will pick up after all cats spayed and recovered from surgery.

I adapt my ROW80 goals to reflect these, and, going forward, I write goals that will support this plan.

• Yes, thus far.

ROW80 2013 Round 1:  2/3 Goals Evaluation

Creating:

WIP Novels:

Complete rough draft of Sima Garo Provides. Aim for 2 scenes each week (~3000 words), and notes for each scene.

• I completed Chapter 12, Scene 4, and Chapter 13, Scene 1, and notes for both.

• Goal complete for this week.

Read through Chameleon’s Dish and Bounded by a Nutshell, making general notes as I go. Make task lists for next steps for both novels.

• Chameleon’s Dish- completed.

• Bounded by a Nutshell -

• Notetaking complete through chapter 6.

• Current target met.

• I will complete Bounded Chapter 7 notes by 2/10 update.

Begin timelines for both series, throughout all WIP and extrapolated novels.

Bounded by a Nutshell:

• Complete through Chapter Six. Currently on target.

• I will add Chapter Seven by 2/10 update.

Sima Garo Provides:

• Complete through Chapter Five. Currently on target.

• I will add Chapters Six and Seven before 2/10 update.

Flash Fiction:

Create new flash fiction weekly through prompts, challenges, envisioning WIP scenes, and original ideas.

• I used one of Eden Mabee’s status updates (with permission), and wrote a flash piece with it as the opening line – prompt.

• I really like the rough draft I created, and will let it rest and compost before playing with it further.

• This goal reached for this week.

Revise existing pieces in my Writing Bullpen files, with an eye to submitting and/or creating a collection for a potential book. Aim for one biweekly.

• I have reread and made minor revisions on my flash piece, A Splash of Red.

• I plan to submit this toShah Wharton’sWords in Sync blog as a potential guest post.

• I will have this piece revised by the 2/6 update.

Submit at least one short story to a paying market each month.

• I’ve decided to polish my WIP, Morning Coffee, as this month’s submission.

• I have also decided to submit it to a publication outside of my comfort zone, although I do not yet know which.

• I am on target to reach this goal.

Exposition:

Return to 750 words.com. Use this space for free expository writing at least every other day, and strive to complete every day of the round.

• Wednesday, January 30 – 1043 words (fan fiction -alternate Bounded scenes.)

• Thursday, January 31 – 775 words (notes for Sima Garo Provides}; fan fiction)

• Friday, February 1 – 769 words (exposition; rough draft blogpost)

• Saturday, February 2 – 1967 words ( flash fiction, and a scene for Sima Garo Provides.)

Write book reviews forBowlful of BunniesandFinding Esta, once I have finished reading them.

• I’m behind on these, but have decided to wait a week or two longer to post them.

• I will continue working with the rough draft of the Bowlful review, and the impressions of the Esta project.

• Both will be complete and scheduled by 2/20.

Complete one essay or other piece of expository writing each week.

• I completed three essays this week – one to each of my major blogs.

• Goal exceeded for this week.

Connecting:

Blogging:

Create blog rolls for shanjeniah (writers and resources), and Trueborn Jottings (resources and inspiration).

• L.S. Engler

• Words in Sync

• 100 First Drafts – Becoming a Prolific Writer

Edit sidebars and layout for all blogs (excepting childrens’ reporting blogs).

• I took the following steps:

• Added August CampNaNo Winner’s Badge and WIP Title.

• Replaced participant NaNo 2012 badge with Winner’s Badge.

• Moved NaNo 2011 Winner’s Badge to group.

• Updated Facebook badge.

• Added Twitter and Pinterest badges.

• Miscellaneous cleanup and tidying…still mulling some things over, placement-wise.

• shanjeniah on track for 2/15 completion.

Write at least one post weekly for three major blogs (shanjeniah; TruebornJottings, and The Unfettered Life.

Trueborn Jottings:

• Thank You, Paul Simon, for Osiiraan

shanjeniah:

• Tsunamis of Words

The Unfettered Life:

• So, about sleep and flow…

Visiting:

Complete all ROW80 sponsor visits twice weekly; comment, and share posts I read.

Sunday, January 27 Updates:

• 64rth ROW80 Check-In

• #ROW80 Sunday Check-In

• Check-in

• What Does She Want, A ROW80 Check-in

• ROW80 -1 check-in 01/27 – Making Time

• The Late Post

Wednesday, January 30 Updates:

• ROW80 Check in 6 – Do I Get Points For Just Showing Up?

• Midweek #ROW80 Update

• It’s that time again! (#ROW80 Round 1, 2013)

• 2013 ROW80

• ROW80 Check-In 30/01/13

Read weekly at a writer-oriented blog that appeals to me; comment; share; learn; absorb, try, grow.

• 5 Rules For Getting What You Want…Do They Apply To Your Blog?

• Goal exceeded for this week.

Submit guest posts, at least once monthly.

• I have reread A Splash of Red, in preparation for this month’s submission.

• Goal on target for completion by 2/28.

Social Media:

Visit Pinterest, SheWrites, or StoryDam at least weekly. Get a better sense of how each works, and build my presence there with sharing, commenting, and asking questions.

• Visits to SheWrites and Pinterest this week – following, pinning, browsing, sharing.

• Goal completed for this week.

Continue visiting and interacting through FacebookandTwitter, especially via relevant groups, several times a week.

• Facebook, yes. Twitter, a little less so, although I did participate in a #ROW80#teamsprinty session, there.

• Goal completed for this week.

Explore Linked In and WANATribe every other week. Both have things to offer, and are my newest social media connections. I want to get to know them better, slowly.

• Linked In – new connections, sharing, browsing. I think it will be a place I visit occasionally, not frequently, at least for now.

• WANATribe – added friends, poked around, added posts, and began dipping my toes into Kristen Lamb’sBlogging for Brand class. I tend to take a little bit to warm up to these venues, but I will get there! =D

• New Goal: Work through Kristen Lamb’s Blogging for Brand class. Make friends, learn, grow, utilize, help, share….

Claiming:

Poetry Book Project:

Complete a rough draft compilation, with dedication, introduction, and conclusion.

• I have reread all the poems in preparation for writing the rough draft for the conclusion, completing this portion of the goal by my 2/1 deadline.

• I will complete the rough draft by 2/10.

Gather art and images for inclusion in the book.

• Nothing this session; will do more of this when draft is complete.

Gather resources for learning how to publish ebooks.

• I purchased an ebook on publishing, and added one on marketing ebooks.

Owning My Perspective and Experiences:

At least once weekly, use expository writing time to explore memories, wounds, healing, perspective, or personal philosophy.

• Done. In addition to my three posted essays, all of which delved into self-examination, I completed a rough draft on my feelings and self-questioning while editing a book for a friend…

• Goal exceeded for this week.

New Goal: Complete Second Quarter Reports for both children (due 3/1)

• Do just a little at a time, so it’s not a time-suck…ask kids for input, and see what happens.

Read through all 2012 blog posts, and make a list of items to consider or expand upon.

• Honestly, I forgot this goal was here for a while, but now remember.

• I read the posts through March late last year, so began with April 2012. I finished the month at The Unfettered Life, and to April 7 at shanjeniah.

Continue my eating and health goals from Round 4, 2012. Aim to get to the Y once alone, and once with the children, each week.

• Sitting fairly stable in this. No workout Tuesday, at the height of the Full Wolf Moon, due to only 3 hours sleep.

• I did get the kids to the Y to swim on Thursday, and carried 90 pound Annalise around on my back part of the time..

• Hometending (very mellow; it’s been a tired week, for me), and firewood stocking (quite a bit; it’s also been a cold week!).

• I’ve been attending to what I am hungry for, and it seems to far less often be sweets or chippy things. I bought old-fashioned sanded cinnamon stick drops, and we have extra dark chocolate, and frozen grapes, which seem to make my sweet tooth happy more healthfully.

• I’m remembering to add water, more often.

Reclaiming Our Home:

Clean Annalise’s and Jeremiah’s bedrooms, creating spaces of welcome and haven for them, with room for their favorite things and activities.

• Annalise’s room - complete, with the exception of several bins we didn’t get to. I will be in for maintenance, and will help her with those as/if she wants.

• Jeremiah’s room – begun, in a very small way, easing in. I hope to have his floor, minus closet and under his loft, cleaned by 2/10 update.

• Goal on target for completion.

Clean and reorganize kitchen, so that it supports a home where everyone prepares and serves themselves, and where cleanup is easy enough that we all will choose to participate.

• This will be my focus for March. I have begun taking note of how things get cluttered there, because Jim will have 10 days off later this month, and has asked me for a list of projects Id like done. I can make the organizing go faster, if I have things more or less ready to BE organized…

Work on general decuttering at least five days a week, focusing on a clutter-prone area when time, attention, and energy allow.

• I think I squeaked by with five days. I know I took Monday and Tuesday off.

• I am calling it a success.

A Round of Words in 80 Days  

2012 Rounds (current round highlighted):

Revised Goals for ROW80 ROWnd 3, 2012

WIP Novels:

Color code key:

Current round goals

Current round completed goals

Goals being shifted to future rounds

Current goals that have been modified for this round.

Trueborn Series

• Trueborn:
• Reread current rough drafts from 1998-9ish and 2000.
• Create story arc for rewrite.
• Triage existing research.
• Consider title change.

• Blood and Breath:
• Complete story arc (unless completed before the ROWnd starts).
• Create a flash fiction piece for each story arc point.
• Use Scrivener to compile into a pre-rough draft.
• Consider creating a blog for this novel or perhaps for the series, with pages for each novel as it progresses… (I have created a blog, shanjeniah’s Treuborn Jottings, which will be a home for all the volumes in this series).

• Chameleon’s Dish:
• Finish inputting into Scrivener ( completed during break).
• Compile a print copy for editing, page count, and to see what it looks like!
• Go through each scene to edit, take notes, and list research questions.

• Complete basic research based upon library books and websites; looking for information to enhance later digging and prevent hugely obvious gaffes).

• Experiment with removing Tisira’s story as a YA novel, with a potential optional add-on of the fanfic elements….not sure how this will work, exactly, but I think it might be the best approach to have something marketable without sacrificing my vision.
• Create a print copy of this experimental version, as well.
• Watch and/or read Henry VIII – which is the play during which the Globe burned. Get cozy with it the way Nockatee and Henry would be.

• Begin canvassing for beta readers for both versions…does not need to be the same group for both.

Flash Fiction WIPs:

• Collect all current pieces in my Writing Bullpen files.
• Complete/edit/rewrite where indicated.

• Explore markets.
• Begin compiling a list for possible ebook anthology.

• Go through old story notebooks and old papers for source material.

Essay WIPs:

• Collect all current pieces in my Writing Bullpen file.
• Compile list for possible ebook collection (by theme; just brainstorming at present).
• Complete/edit/rewrite as needed.
• Research markets – BOLDLY GO!

Homeschool Administration Ad Infinitum….:

• Letters of Intent to Homeschool if not done (due July 1) – completed 6/26
• Fourth Quarter reports for both children (due Sept. 1).
• End of Year Narrative for Lise (due Sept. 1).
• Standardized Test for Miah (due Sept.1).
• IHIPs for both children (due four weeks after receipt of packet from school district).
• Begin setting up portfolios for both children – invite them to be a part of this process! =)
• Relax, enjoy, learn, grow, laugh, and … BREATHE!

Reading:

• Continue reading books as interest and energy levels allow – this works better during periods of gathering input than in periods of intense output or times of processing.
• Continue to Read  via my Kindle Cloud Reader, as a learning and experimenting process.

• Learn how to download ebooks and audiobooks from the Stillwater Free Library and the Southern Adirondack Library System (SALS).

• Continue reading from my To Be Read files during times of input gathering.
• Continue reading and commenting on blogposts and articles, during times of gathering input..

• Consider getting a pair of reading glasses for magnification purposes, and so my getting-older eyes can handle all my readin’ and writin’! (I bought a pair on June 29. Very helpful, although bifocal lenses would be more so – I get a little blurry looking through them unless reading, and I look up a lot!).

Other Writing:

• Play with flash fiction pieces as the mood strikes; aim for two submittable stories each month.
• Play with essay ideas as desired; aim for two submittable essays each month.

• Write at 750 Words every day, with possible hiatuses for Unschoolers Rock the Campground (July 12-16); Learn Nothing Day (July 24); Northeast Unschooling Conference (August 23-7; and kids’ birthdays (July 8, September 2).On my birthday (July 29), I WRITE!!!
• Use 750 Words for whatever – flash pieces, essays, venting, ranting, reports, book reviews, etc.

Blogging/Connecting:

• The Unfettered Life:
• Focus on using this blog to keep copies of reports, activities, events, and my ponderings on the unschooling facets of our lives.
• Begin considering a (slightly) more structured organizational system for this blog.

• Begin using this blog in a way that really supports documenting, so that it does double duty as a personal tool for me in the way it once did, only better.

•  shanjeniah:
• Aim to focus weekly attention, non-ROW80 update material here. This may take the form of adding to my pages; creating new ones; other challenges, blog hops, etc; writing samples of various types; musings on writing and life; guest posts; photo essays; or whatever else seems relevant at the time.

• Consider and perhaps experiment with creating a blog for the Trueborn series. (Started a blog on June 25) This could contain excerpts, bits of what I am working on (character sketches, research, flash fiction, story arcs; inspirational images and quotes, etc. Its purpose would be specifically to share the process of creating the series, from the beginning on….in a way, a window into m world and my mind as none of my other spaces are….I find myself very excited about the above idea….I am coming to see this series at last, after most of a lifetime of living with it, as a cohesive, lovely entity almost ready to emerge from its ancient chrysallis. I want to welcome its rebirth with a new home that embraces while allowing a wide, free space to span and soar. And, in so doing, maybe I will stretch and soar just a bit, myself!

• Organizing/Tootling my Horn…
• Continue inputting June 2000 Writing Practice Notebook, if not completed before ROWnd begins.
• Mine June 2000 Writing Practice Notebook for usablepieces.

• Choose a new notebook; input into Penzu.
• Continue sorting and filing files on laptop.
• Look into having external hard drive repaired, or at least getting the files from it.

• Continue reading marketing and ebook publishing sites and articles.
• Draft a loose Mission Statement to guide me through the rest of the ROWnd, and carry me forward into the next.
• Set aside time each week to winnow email. Read items being saved for later reading, sort or dispose as indicated.
• Be bold and daring in commenting, sharing, and submitting. Declare myself, learn, grow, and sometimes do things that make me uncomfortable. Open and blossom!

• Celebrating Life!
• Add some form of specific motion (t’ai chi, swimming, hiking, biking, skating, dancing, etc) to each week. Keep track of what, where, when, for how long, and how I felt during and after.
• Fill us all up with joy, and continue cultivating family peace.
• Spend time cleaning and beautifying my personal internal and external spaces each week.
• Embrace and be present in all my moments.
• Allow my emotions to be as they are. Practice expressing them calmly and reflectively.
• Tend kindly and sweetly to myself and others. =)

Goals for ROW80 ROWnd 3, 2012

WIP Novels:

Trueborn Series

• Trueborn:
• Reread current rough drafts from 1998-9ish and 2000.
• Create story arc for rewrite.
• Triage existing research.
• Consider title change.

• Blood and Breath:
• Complete story arc (unless completed before the ROWnd starts).
• Create a flash fiction piece for each story arc point.
• Use Scrivener to compile into a pre-rough draft.
• Consider creating a blog for this novel or perhaps for the series, with pages for each novel as it progresses… (I have created a blog, shanjeniah’s Treuborn Jottings, which will be a home for all the volumes in this series).

• Chameleon’s Dish:
• Finish inputting into Scrivener ( completed during break).
• Compile a print copy for editing, page count, and to see what it looks like!
• Go through each scene to edit, take notes, and list research questions.
• Complete basic research based upon library books and websites; looking for information to enhance later digging and prevent hugely obvious gaffes).
• Experiment with removing Tisira’s story as a YA novel, with a potential optional add-on of the fanfic elements….not sure how this will work, exactly, but I think it might be the best approach to have something marketable without sacrificing my vision.
• Print this version too!
• Create a print copy of this experimental version, as well.
• Watch and/or read Henry VIII – which is the play during which the Globe burned. Get cozy with it the way Nockatee and Henry would be.
• Begin canvassing for beta readers for both versions…does not need to be the same group for both.

Flash Fiction WIPs:

• Look through all current pieces in my Writing Bullpen files.
• Complete/edit/rewrite where indicated.
• Explore markets.
• Begin compiling a list for possible ebook anthology.
• Go through old story notebooks for source material.

Essay WIPs:

• Look through all current pieces in my Writing Bullpen file.
• Compile list for possible ebook collection (by theme; just brainstorming at present).
• Complete/edit/rewrite as needed.
• Research markets – BOLDLY GO!

Homeschool Administration Ad Infinitum….:

• Letters of Intent to Homeschool if not done (due July 1) – completed 6/26
• Fourth Quarter reports for both children (due Sept. 1).
• End of Year Narrative for Lise (due Sept. 1).
• Standardized Test for Miah (due Sept.1).
• IHIPs for both children (due four weeks after receipt of packet from school district).
• Begin setting up portfolios for both children – invite them to be a part of this process! =)
• Relax, enjoy, learn, grow, laugh, and … BREATHE!

Reading:

• Continue reading books for Bookmark Break Challenge – aim for 7 in July, 8 in August, and 9 in September, but these targets will be flexible – summer is prime traveling time for the kids and I and we have things planned and others we’re considering.
• Read at least one book each month from my Kindle Cloud Reader, as a learning and experimenting process.
• Learn how to download ebooks and audiobooks from the Stillwater Free Library and the Southern Adirondack Library System (SALS).
• Continue reading an average of three articles from my To Be Read files, weekly.
• Continue reading five blogposts each week, on average.
• Consider getting a pair of reading glasses for magnification purposes, and so my getting-older eyes can handle all my readin’ and writin’! (I bought a pair on June 29. Very helpful, although bifocal lenses would be more so – I get a little blurry looking through them unless reading, and I look up a lot!).

Other Writing:

• Write 1 book review each week.
• Play with flash fiction pieces as the mood strikes; aim for two submittable stories each month.
• Play with essay ideas as desired; aim for three submittable essays each month.
• Complete the two guest posts left ovcr from ROWnd 2, if not completed before ROWnd 3 begins.
• Write at 750 Words every day, with possible hiatuses for Unschoolers Rock the Campground (July 12-16); Learn Nothing Day (July 24); Northeast Unschooling Conference (August 23-7; and kids’ birthdays (July 8, September 2).On my birthday (July 29), I WRITE!!!
• Use 750 Words for whatever – flash pieces, essays, venting, ranting, reports, book reviews, etc.

Blogging/Connecting:

• The Unfettered Life:
• Post on average at least biweekly.
•  Make at least one post an update, perhaps roughly categorized to make creating reports easier.
• Begin using this blog in a way that really supports documenting, so that it does double duty as a personal tool for me in the way it once did.

•  shanjeniah:
• Aim to post, at least weekly, non-ROW80 update material on . This may take the form of adding to my pages; creating new ones; other challenges, blog hops, etc; writing samples of various types; musings on writing and life; guest posts; photo essays; or whatever else seems relevant at the time.
• Consider and perhaps experiment with creating a blog for the Trueborn series. (Started a blog on June 25) This could contain excerpts, bits of what I am working on (character sketches, research, flash fiction, story arcs; inspirational images and quotes, etc. Its purpose would be specifically to share the process of creating the series, from the beginning on….in a way, a window into m world and my mind as none of my other spaces are….I find myself very excited about the above idea….I am coming to see this series at last, after most of a lifetime of living with it, as a cohesive, lovely entity almost ready to emerge from its ancient chrysallis. I want to welcome its rebirth with a new home that embraces while allowing a wide, free space to span and soar. And, in so doing, maybe I will stretch and soar just a bit, myself!
• Continue submitting guest posts; aim for three again this ROWnd.
• Continue hosting guest bloggers as they present themselves. Gently, sweetly, and a little persistently request that they present themselves! =)

• Organizing/Tootling my Horn…
• Continue inputting June 2000 Writing Practice Notebook, if not completed before ROWnd begins.
• Mine June 2000 Writing Practice Notebook for usable bits and pieces.
• Choose a new notebook; input into Penzu.
• Continue sorting and filing files on laptop.
• Look into having external hard drive repaired, or at least getting the files from it.
• Continue reading marketing and ebook publishing sites and articles.
• Draft a loose Mission Statement to guide me through the rest of the ROWnd, and carry me forward into the next.
• Set aside time each week to winnow email. Read items being saved for later reading, sort or dispose as indicated.
• Be bold and daring in commenting, sharing, and submitting. Declare myself, learn, grow, and sometimes do things that make me uncomfortable. Open and blossom!

• Celebrating Life!
• Add some form of specific motion (t’ai chi, swimming, hiking, biking, skating, dancing, etc) to each week. Keep track of what, where, when, for how long, and how I felt during and after.
• Fill us all up with joy, and continue cultivating family peace.
• Spend time cleaning and beautifying my personal internal and external spaces each week.
• Embrace and be present in all my moments.
• Allow my emotions to be as they are. Practice expressing them calmly and reflectively.
• Tend kindly and sweetly to myself and others. =)

Round 2 Goals:

Reading:

• Read at least as many books as the number of the month (4 in April ; 5 in May; 6 in June) from my bedroom To Be Read piles.
• Read at least 3 articles a week from my To Be Read files on computer, and categorize those I choose to keep or share.
• Read at least 5 blogposts a week (not including my own), and like, comment, and/or share as I am moved to.

 

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