Monday 1 July 2024

Six Month Check In With Goals - The Creative Process

SIX MONTH CHECK IN WITH GOALS

I always set myself goals for the year on my Authortube channel in December. I then, usually, will review the goals come June/July and will see how things are going. I'm hoping to stay on track and doing it this way gives me the nudge if I've forgotten about something along the way!

So here's my fifteen goals and how they're going!

1. RELEASE CRAMPING CHRONICLES: THE THIRD ACHE IN 2024

This book has been through developmental edits and is now with the line editor. The cover reveal is this month, so I'll be releasing the release date soon enough. I'm gonna say that bar anything catastrophic happening, this one is very much going to be done!

2. REVISE TRANSLUCENT READY FOR PUB IN 2025

I've been revising this since the start of the year. It's been to the sensitivity readers and right now I'm still working in their feedback. I plan to sent it to my editor on November 1st and that's been booked and everything, so I think this one is also gonna be done!

3. REVISE CRAMPING CHRONICLES: THE FOURTH TORMENT FOR PUB IN 2025

I've not started this and won't until about November time just because that's when I'll have Third Ache completely finished and I'll also be able to send Translucent to the dev editor and focus solely on this. So it's hopefully going to happen as planned.

4. FINISH VIRAL INFECTION & DISABILITY DETECTIVES: THE SPANISH STALKER
I finished both of these in January and so this is very much done already!

5. START & FINISH VIRAL ERADICATION & DISABILITY DETECTIVES: THE COMPUTER SCIENCE HACKER
I started both of these in February and finished them in June, so this is also very much done!

6. REVISE I'LL SEE YOU THRU & THIS IS HOW IT ENDS

This one is still up in the air. I'm due to start the revision/rewriting process in July, so today, and I'm hoping that it all goes well, but it'll be a long path and might have to wait until the end of the year to really call this done.

7. KEEP UP WITH WRITING LOG

So far this year I've managed to keep up with it. I also plan to use it to record any rewrites that happen with the above projects.

8. TAKE TWO DAYS OFF COMPLETELY EACH MONTH

I have done this every month. My most days off was in May when I had four! Otherwise I've had at least two days off every single month this year!

9. KEEP UP WITH AUTHORTUBE CHANNEL

This one has been completed up to now. I've not missed an upload, and have even started posting shorts on Sundays which had been well received.

10. KEEP UP WITH MONDAY & FRIDAY POSTS ON BLOG
This is another one where I've completed up until now. I've posted an advice piece every Monday and reviews on Friday, and I can't see that changing before the end of the year.

11. READ 350 BOOKS

This one is progressing. I've managed just under 200 books so far this year, so I'm pretty sure that I'll be about to hit my goal before the end of the year!

12. SEND 12 NEWSLETTERS
Another one that's ongoing, I've managed to send 7 newsletters so far, including the one that went out today! I send them on the 1st of every month and while my list is small, I do enjoy writing them out.

13. DO 12 MONTHLY SPREADS IN PLANNER

Another ongoing on, but also one that I don't foresee having any problems with. I love doing my spreads, and even though I just started a new planner, I don't see me not continuing with this!

14. KEEP UP WITH INSTAGRAM POSTING DAILY

Instagram has quickly become a favourite social media for me. I love posting there every day and along with my photos, I've also started doing reels (which I then use as shorts on YouTube) and they've all been well received, so I can't see myself stopping with this.

15. DO AT LEAST FOUR SECRET PROJECTS TO COMPLETION
So the secret has been out for a bit now. This goal was about my audiobooks and at the time of writing, I have two out, along with about nine in production, so I can see myself hitting this goal so long as nothing goes wrong between now and the end of the year.

So there we go, I think I'm on track for a lot of my goals. Some I've managed, a lot of them need the rest of the year to really say either way. I shall review them all properly on my Authortube channel in December!

Any questions? Lemme know in the comments!

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