Getting ready for 2013
Before we start, A Member of The Council releases in ten
days!!!!!!!!!!!! (Check out my website for stops on my AMOTC Blog Tour.)
Now, back to the subject at hand… 2013 planning.
Okay, you may be thinking – Lynn’s crazy! Why are you talking about 2013, it’s just
October.
Slow down your roll, and I’ll tell you.
We have less than three months left in 2012 AND at least
three/four holidays coming up depending on what your personal preferences
are. So it’s time to at least begin
thinking about what you want to accomplish.
For me, I know I want to attend RWA’s National in
Atlanta. And pitch a woman’s fiction
that right now is about ten pages of random thoughts and character sketches. So if I want to pitch, I need a completed
novel before July 2013. 90,000 words
will take me approximately three months.
Maybe four. So to build in some
wiggle time, I have to start this by April 1st at the latest.
I know today, I have one, probably three, manuscripts
releasing in the first three months of 2013. As I've said before, releasing a
book includes a lot of promotional time.
Besides the weekends, I have five hours a day to write, promote, make
dinner, eat, and maybe talk to my husband.
(If he’s good.)
I still have to write book three in each of my ongoing
series, The Bull Rider’s Last Ride and Salem Showdown (okay, they’re both tentative
titles, give me a break.) That’s another
80-90,000 words. So there’s my writing
for the first quarter of 2013.
And we haven’t even talked about other conferences on my radar.
Including my chapter’s sponsoring the amazing Michael Hauge to come to St.
Louis.
The end result, I need to get a lot done in the next few
months so I have a clean plate in 2013.
Am I crazy? Maybe.
So what are you doing in 2013? Have I lit a fire for some pre-resolution
writing planning time? Or would you rather tell me what you’re wearing for
Halloween?
Lynn
10 comments:
So, I always check my post first thing and I noticed I said the blog tour is posted on my website. It's not. Yet. But go see my pretty new website and the updates I've made anyway... :)
I don't think you're crazy at all, Lynn. Prepared is what I'd say - and that's important!! I'm just figuring out my 2013 schedule. 2012 was super-busy and I have a feeling 2013 will be, too. Great post - and a great reminder to prepare and plan early!!
PS: Congrats on the almost-release day of MotC!!!!
I completely understand long term planning. It takes a long time write a book! Keep it coming, Lynn. We love ya!
-R.T. Wolfe
www.rtwolfe.com
I've already started planning for 2013, too. I'm definitely going to RWA National, since it's going to be fairly close by. I've also got 3 submission calls I want to respond to, all with due dates in Feb-Mar 2013. If I want to make any of them, I have to start writing those stories now. And there's 2-3 other events I want to attend in 2013. My year's getting busy already!
Time slips by way too quickly so planning ahead--making a schedule, checking off a list--makes absolute sense. Wishing you all the best.
Thanks Kristina - I'm so excited about Parris and Ty's story coming out. And keeping busy is a good thing!
RT - sometimes it takes forever to write a book. Or maybe it just seems that way. My white board has had the same project with different deadlines for a few months now. LOL
Kerry - I'm so looking forward to Nat'ls this year. I have a submission call I'd like finish a holiday story for, but that might be a bit out of reach.
Thanks for stopping in.
Thanks Diane - I kind of have a secret project I'd like to start for 2013 too, but I have to do my homework first. :)
I've already booked a conference and a cruise for next year. Nationals...a definite as well. I need to get out my spreadsheet and start putting in items so I'll be ready. Thanks for the great post Lynn.
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