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Tag Archives: Goals Dreams and Resolutions
GDRs: Plan for 2012/13
What are my GOALS for 2012/13? To Complete and Publish GATECRASH To Write and Publish A New Novel To Publish two new chapbooks To Market My Name As A “Brand” Worth Investing In To Read 42 Novels As you can … Continue reading
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GDR Annual Review 2011/12
My writing year runs from September to July, with August my month off to evaluate and plan. Usually I do this during and at the Edinburgh Book Festival, but it wasn’t to be this year. Here’s how I did… What … Continue reading
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The Future is Bright
Image: Unknown I had the entire day away from the day job yesterday and it was absolute bliss. Not that I used the time to laze about, oh no, I got off my arse and got wired into tying up … Continue reading
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Goals, Dreams, and Resolutions Year End Review
Well, here it is, my annual review of my2010/11 writing year. This is where I take a look back at where I was one year ago, examine what my objectives were, and see if I’ve actually made any progress. As … Continue reading
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GDR Round Up for July and August
Fiction * Submit GREENER IS THE GRASS – not done; have made a contact at EBF on this matter * Submit and recycle fiction – all returned fiction resubmitted * Redraft new short fiction – done Poetry * Work on … Continue reading
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Baccara Burning Now Fully Drafted
Image: Business Marketing Tools Baccara Burning Missed my blog post yesterday but I have a very good reason: I ended up working long into the night on Monday and came away with a completed second draft of BACCARA BURNING. I … Continue reading
June Workload: The Penultimate Plan
Image: Academics.de Late I slept in yesterday. Working my full week’s work in the first three days of the week, then being unable to catch up with lost sleep from the first few days, finally took its toll. I woke … Continue reading
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No Shit, Sherlock
Image: Wantoobee Baccara Revisions BACCARA BURNING is fully under way now that I’ve begun the regime of getting up WELL before the day job to work on it. By 6am I was ready and writing and it felt great; I … Continue reading
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