Wednesday, 10 July 2013

5 things to do, writing-wise, before the year ends...

1. Get Rurik ready for York - the new prologue and first few chapters are pretty much oven ready.

2. Submit Rurik to agents - there are a couple of scenes which need to be rewritten, but I'm confident I have the outlines in place. Just feel ridiculously scared to send him out again...

3. Self-publish Granny Rainbow - I'm aiming to have at least seven short stories in a collection. I have three stories finished, another four drafted (though 'Granny Rainbow goes green' is giving me a few headaches), and I've lined up an illustrator.

4. Plot ideas for a new children's book - it will be about a famous event that happened in my home town some two hundred years ago, and will ideally be published alongside  a 'grown-up' book about the same event, which I'm helping to edit.

5. Be more disciplined about how often I write - I leave my current employment on Friday, so theoretically I should have more free time after the summer hols.



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10 comments:

  1. Sandra Davies10 July 2013 at 17:43

    An admirable list - best of luck with it, but from your tone I'm sure you'll succeed without it.

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  2. Unknown10 July 2013 at 18:44

    A good list of aims. Are you setting mini-goals along the way or seeing how it pans out with the extra time?

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  3. Unknown10 July 2013 at 19:30

    If anyone can do it, you can, K!

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  4. Katherine Hetzel10 July 2013 at 19:57

    Thanks for the support, guys!
    Sandra - I'm a bit worried I'll just fill all that extra time with other 'stuff'!
    Shell - yes, there'll be mini-goals too. That was one thing I was taught in my previous incarnation as a microbiologist, and it helps make a big job seem much more achievable.
    Steve - dunno! I've got to teach myself all the formatting malarkey as well:Granny Rainbow may take a fair while longer to see the light of day!

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  5. claret10 July 2013 at 20:14

    Good targets, i'll be checking ;)

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  6. Anonymous10 July 2013 at 20:41

    what is the 'formatting malarky' you have to learn? If you've got techie problems message me Barny on writersworkshop cloud, happy to help if I can.

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    1. Katherine Hetzel10 July 2013 at 20:53

      Barny - hullo! Another cloudie to join the party. Thanks for the offer of help - I'm not very good at translating what I read in instructions to the computer, so I will definitely call on you if - nope, that should be WHEN! - I get to that point.

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  7. MandyB10 July 2013 at 21:34

    Go for it! :-)

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  8. Gill Burton10 July 2013 at 21:49

    Hi, Squidge, that's a fantastic idea and I'm sure you CAN do all those things. As you mentioned illustrating I thought I'd send you this link which, if you haven't already been there, is a great insight. Keep up the good work and all the best for, Granny Rainbow. x

    http://www.notesfromtheslushpile.com/2013/06/is-there-book-lurking-in-your-head-asks.html

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