G is for Goals Review #atozchallenge

Day G of the 2013 Blogging from A to Z April challenge. Today's topic: goals review.

Each year I set goals for myself, and every three months I review my progress.

2013 goals:

1. Publish my novel, The Lone Wolf.
2. Average a short story acceptance each month, with the majority of them in paying markets.
3. Put out a short story collection.
4. Get another novel ready to query.
5. Read 100 books this year
6. Kayak the entire length of the Hennepin Canal.

So far this year, I'm off to a pretty good start.

1. A full manuscript of The Lone Wolf was requested by a publisher after I queried them, and it's currently in review.
2. I've only had one acceptance so far this year, "Us, Together" which was published in Fiction365, on Mar 27, but it was a paying market. I pulled a bunch of my stories from the submission queue in order to include them in my upcoming collection, so I'm down to just seven to send out. I have several dozen started and ideas for a dozen more, so maybe I can get some finished during next month's Story-A-Day Challenge. Because forcing myself to write under a deadline has worked so well for me in the past.
3. I have a short story collection, The Futility of Loving a Soldier, set for release on Memorial Day; I just need to finish one story and edit another. And I have the stories all lined up for another collection I'd like to release for Christmas; 3 are finished which leaves just 14 to go.
4. I've been focusing on short stories so I haven't been working on novels much. Last year's NaNo needs an overhaul; maybe once this short story collection's done I'll spend the summer working on polishing a novel.
5. So far I'm at 26, which according to Goodread's tracker is where I should be. I have a bunch of books on my Kindle app, and I've been trying to read some of those when there's a lull at work.
   

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6. Spring is just now making an appearance; I'm not hardcore enough to kayak in cold, crappy weather. 

If you're a writer, what are your goals for the rest of the year?  If you set goals for yourself at the beginning of the year, how are you doing with them?