{"id":1888,"date":"2020-01-14T14:38:16","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T21:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.corividae.com\/shiny\/?p=1888"},"modified":"2020-01-14T14:38:16","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T21:38:16","slug":"setting-goals-for-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.corividae.com\/shiny\/setting-goals-for-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Setting Goals for 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1889\" src=\"http:\/\/www.corividae.com\/shiny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Setting-Goals.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.corividae.com\/shiny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Setting-Goals.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.corividae.com\/shiny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Setting-Goals-300x150.png 300w, http:\/\/www.corividae.com\/shiny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Setting-Goals-768x384.png 768w, http:\/\/www.corividae.com\/shiny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Setting-Goals-200x100.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I set goals for myself at the beginning of each year and then assess how well I did at reaching them at the end of that year.<\/p>\n<p>2020 was pretty tough in regard to time management. I wondered, more than once, if I should hang up my hat and focus exclusively on the work I do as Other Me because I just didn&#8217;t have the time to dedicate to this and Other Me&#8217;s stuff.<\/p>\n<p>I mean, you&#8217;d think it would be obvious that it&#8217;s impossible to do all the things as two different people, but I really did try LOL<\/p>\n<p>Looking back at the goals I didn&#8217;t accomplish last year they were all my writing goals. I did what I aimed to do in regard to publishing other people, it was my writing which I failed to prioritize. I don&#8217;t regret the choices I&#8217;ve made in that regard at all, but what it taught me is that if I want to continue writing romance and erotica (and despite giving some thought to quitting, I don&#8217;t want to quit) I need to not just prioritize it, but do fewer other things.<\/p>\n<p>That is one reason I&#8217;ve decided not to publish any new works by other people via Pen and Kink this year. By not putting out new titles it will allow us a chance to really focus on promoting the work we&#8217;ve already put out there, and also (hopefully) open up some space in my calendar to work on my own stuff more.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">2020 Goals<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Finish the first draft of Prairie Magic #3\n<ul>\n<li>I started this as a NaNoWriMo novel in 2018 and discovered partway through that it was brutally flawed. I think I may know how to fix it, but it will require stripping most of it away and, essentially, starting over. It will be worth it, though. This is a story I really want to tell.<\/li>\n<li>Total bonus points to myself if I manage to complete the first revision of this story as well.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Compile and publish a collection of the &#8216;She&#8217;s on the Bottom&#8217; stories\n<ul>\n<li>I forgot to do this last year &gt;_&lt;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Spend 15-20% of my work week on marketing and publicity\n<ul>\n<li>I&#8217;m reasonably good at selling books with my name on the cover. Selling books with other people&#8217;s names on the spine is a different skill, though, and one I&#8217;d like to dedicate some time to learning. I won&#8217;t be spending all of my marketing and publicity time on other people&#8217;s books, but on P&amp;K books in general (which include mine).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Three goals. I think it&#8217;s a good number.<\/p>\n<p>Note to self: Cori, if that seems like your setting the bar low, remember that you are two people sharing one body and there are only twenty-four hours in the day.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I set goals for myself at the beginning of each year and then assess how well I did at reaching them at the end of that year. 2020 was pretty tough in regard to time management. 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