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Goals for 2015–May Update
Poems Read: 584/365 Poems Written: 130/365 Short Stories Read: 156/365 Short Stories Written: 13/52 Sketches: 448/365 Art Pieces: 77/52 Handmade Books: 16/52 Books Read: 50/52 Submissions: 86/250 Videos: 0/156 Finish Nightwish Poetry Project: worked on Once album Polish a novel draft: worked on Charlotte’s novel, both graphic novel and hybrid novel Put together a book …
Goals for 2015–April Update
Poems Read: 173/365 Poems Written: 107/365 Short Stories Read: 54/365 Short Stories Written: 13/52 Sketches: 352/365 Art Pieces: 75/52 Handmade Books: 9/52 Books Read: 44/52 Submissions: 79/250 Videos: 0/156 Finish Nightwish Poetry Project: finished Century Child album Polish a novel draft by June: decided to polish Charlotte’s novel, in both graphic novel and hybrid novel …
Goals for 2015–March Update
Poems Read: 167/365 Poems Written: 64/365 Short Stories Read: 16/365 Short Stories Written: 7/52 Sketches: 255/365 Art Pieces: 29/52 Handmade Books: 9/52 Books Read: 30/52 Submissions: 38/250 Videos: 0/156 Finish Nightwish Poetry Project: working on Century Child cut outs Polish a novel draft by June: started reading first draft Put together a book of poetry …
Goals for 2015–February Update
Poems Read: 122/365 Poems Written: 31/365 Short Stories Read: 11/365 Short Stories Written: 6/52 Sketches: 187/365 Art Pieces: 25/52 Handmade Books: 6/52 Books Read: 17/52 Submissions: 10/250 Videos: 0/156 Finish Nightwish Poetry Project by April: working on Century Child cut outs Polish a novel draft by June: researched Victorian Era Put together a book of …
Goals for 2015–January Update
Poems Read: 100/365 Poems Written: 6/365 Short Stories Read: 9/365 Short Stories Written: 3/52 Sketches: 65/365 Art Pieces: 9/52 Handmade Books: 5/52 Books Read: 7/52 Submissions: 5/250 Videos: 0/156 Finish Nightwish Poetry Project by April: Polish a novel draft by June: finished NaNo draft, printed draft Put together a book of poetry by July: gathered …
Don’t Break the Fiction Writing Chain
I’ve written fiction every day for fourteen days in a row. The Don’t Break the Chain Calendar has been a useful motivation tool to keep track of my progress. There is also a dinosaur version here. I’ve completed one short story, wrapped up my 2014 NaNo novel, and wrote the first draft of my graphic …
NaNo–Day 24
71,099 words. This is the first NaNo that I have finished the 50,000 words so early (reached that milestone on the 21st). Now the goal is to reach the novel’s conclusion. In order to reach the 70,000 mark, I bought three drinks from Biggby (I had a coupon, okay?) as motivation. And it worked.
The Short List
Trello has done wonders for me this year. But even then I have felt overwhelmed by the number of projects on my to-do list. So I combined my boards for a total of four: Writing, Short Stories, Artist’s Way, and Art Projects. And I started making goals for the week. Three to five small things …
Three Year Anniversary
Wow! I’ve blogged about writing for three years. Check out the first post here. I took art classes, continued my list of reading goals, and developed daily writing and daily art habits. I discovered Trello and added gluten-free cooking to my arsenal. Thanks for a great year!
Goals for 2014
Even though I didn’t reach all of my productivity goals for 2013, I made significant progress and started making productivity more of a habit. So in 2014 I will continue being productive and add new skills, like Photoshop, Illustrator, acrylic painting, sketching, and other art projects, as well as continue writing. My word for 2014 …