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2009 Goals
Goals for 2009:
- Draw Kismet short comics
The plan is to update twice weekly throughout the year, or until I run out of ideas, whichever comes first.
- Work more on "Sun-Cutter"
I don't plan to begin updating Sun-Cutter until I have a good, solid backlog of pages, and I want to do a nice job on the art, so I'm not even committing myself to starting updates by year's end. However, when I *do* start updating, it'll update frequently -- probably 3-4 pages a week -- and it'll keep going until done.
- Focus my short-story-writing efforts on specific markets
Last year's plan was to write a pile of rough drafts and then concentrate on polishing and marketing them. This didn't work at all, so this year's plan is targeted short-story writing -- pick a magazine or zine, and write a story specifically to submit to it (which of course can be shopped around other places if it fails to sell to that one). It's really more a psychological thing than anything else; I work well with deadlines, but I'm not that great at self-motivation unless I'm under a massive compulsion-to-write sort of inspiration, so having a very specific goal and timetable for each story will, hopefully, help me to finish them rather than just writing until I lose inspiration and wandering off.
- Finish another novel, either one of the partial ones or a new one
I'm kinda looking forward to sitting down and curling up with a big project; I wanted that to be "Sun-Cutter", but I seem to be more motivated on prose than comics right now. I'm hoping that doing the Kismet short comics will loosen up my drawing muscles and make it easier to work on the graphic novel, but in the meantime I think I'm ready to tackle another novel.
- Revise my novella
- Write 1000 words or do 1 page of comics per day, every day that I'm not working at my day job
Averaged out over the course of a month; it's okay to take days off.
- Make progress on the Kismet: Hunter's Moon and Freebird print editions
Yeahhhh ... I don't think I'm going to accomplish all of these (particularly judging by past years) but it's always good to have lots of options to choose from.
- Draw Kismet short comics
The plan is to update twice weekly throughout the year, or until I run out of ideas, whichever comes first.
- Work more on "Sun-Cutter"
I don't plan to begin updating Sun-Cutter until I have a good, solid backlog of pages, and I want to do a nice job on the art, so I'm not even committing myself to starting updates by year's end. However, when I *do* start updating, it'll update frequently -- probably 3-4 pages a week -- and it'll keep going until done.
- Focus my short-story-writing efforts on specific markets
Last year's plan was to write a pile of rough drafts and then concentrate on polishing and marketing them. This didn't work at all, so this year's plan is targeted short-story writing -- pick a magazine or zine, and write a story specifically to submit to it (which of course can be shopped around other places if it fails to sell to that one). It's really more a psychological thing than anything else; I work well with deadlines, but I'm not that great at self-motivation unless I'm under a massive compulsion-to-write sort of inspiration, so having a very specific goal and timetable for each story will, hopefully, help me to finish them rather than just writing until I lose inspiration and wandering off.
- Finish another novel, either one of the partial ones or a new one
I'm kinda looking forward to sitting down and curling up with a big project; I wanted that to be "Sun-Cutter", but I seem to be more motivated on prose than comics right now. I'm hoping that doing the Kismet short comics will loosen up my drawing muscles and make it easier to work on the graphic novel, but in the meantime I think I'm ready to tackle another novel.
- Revise my novella
- Write 1000 words or do 1 page of comics per day, every day that I'm not working at my day job
Averaged out over the course of a month; it's okay to take days off.
- Make progress on the Kismet: Hunter's Moon and Freebird print editions
Yeahhhh ... I don't think I'm going to accomplish all of these (particularly judging by past years) but it's always good to have lots of options to choose from.
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Since I always fall short of my creative goals anyway, I may as well be absurdly ambitious. *g* (And I'm definitely planning on submitting to EMG-zine again this year -- muses permitting!)
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