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Tag Archives: 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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February GDR Plan
Fiction * Review BACCARA BURNING * Complete polishing off GATECRASH * Send GATECRASH to beta readers * Submit and recycle short fiction returns – not done Poetry * Continue work on LONDON chapbook for spring release * Continue writing coffee … Continue reading
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January Review of Work
Fiction * Complete polishing off GATECRASH – not complete; still in progress * Send GATECRASH to beta readers – not done * Submit and recycle short fiction returns – not done Poetry * Publish SILLY POEMS FOR WEE PEOPLE on … Continue reading
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Goals, Dreams and Resolutions – January Plan
Fiction * Complete polish of GATECRASH * Send GATECRASH to beta readers * Submit and recycle short fiction returns Poetry * Publish SILLY POEMS FOR WEE PEOPLE on Kindle * Continue work on LONDON chapbook for spring release * Continue … Continue reading
Goals, Dreams, and Resolutions – December Plan
Fiction * Complete tidy up of SLICK and prepare final ebook formats * Final edits on BACCARA BURNING with beta-readers’ critiques * Submit BACCARA BURNING to publisher * Start work on polishing GATECRASH * Submit and recycle short fiction returns … Continue reading
Goals, Dreams, and Resolutions – November Review
Fiction * Complete BACCARA BURNING and send to “trusted readers” – complete * Complete full revision of HUNTING JACK – postponed till 2012 * Start work on polishing SLICK *NEW* – IP; on target * Submit and recycle short fiction … Continue reading
Goals, Dreams, and Resolutions – November Plan
Fiction * Complete BACCARA BURNING and send to “trusted readers” * Complete full revision of HUNTING JACK * Submit and recycle short fiction returns Poetry * Complete Leith chapbook manuscript * Scan illustrations for SILLY POEMS and prepare manuscript * … Continue reading
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Freedom from the Mundane 
November, and Why It Rocks
November I love November. I love the shift from the unsettled weather of October, which can often have Scotland shivering under a bitter sky one minute then basking in warm sunshine the next. Technically, it’s classed as autumn, but it’s … Continue reading →