Thursday, April 02, 2020

12 Goals For 2020 - March

Sigh.  I don't really want to do this.  It's just going to be sad.  But ah well, that's what goals are for.


1.  Publish "The Calling: Reunion."
    The text file is out there.  Audible did not accept my submission for the audiobook, and I don't have the energy to do it again.  Yet.  I will, though.  It's on my list.
2.  Do Dunesteef Patreon with Big.
   No progress there, except we did talk about it.
3.  Find Out Who Sings "I'm A Bad Liar" Song.
   Imagine Dragons.
3a. Put Out "Tales of eBay Horror" Episodes.
   I found my camera, which has three episodes on it.  The one I did in a snowstorm, though, has such terrible sound, I don't know how to put it out.  I no longer have the clean audio I recorded that night, so I don't know what to do with it.
4.  Finish "Balms & Sears" Novella.
    I haven't worked on this once this year.  But I think about it all the time.  I'm about 80% finished with it, and like it a lot, so I will definitely do this, once I can go to the library and look at the whole file, see where there are holes than need patching.
5.  Publish EITHER "A Sidekick To Miracles" or "YIGH" (Lara and the Witch 2).
   My goal was to get Lara 2 done in March, but I did get the first nineteen chapters edited.  I imagine there are twenty-four or so.  So I could easily get that done this month.  Will do.
6.  Finish "Podcatcher" short story.
    Nothing.
7.  Do BOTH "Empire Strikes Back" and "Death Star Day" Episodes of "Delusions of Grandeur." 
   I teased "Death Star Day" in our next Delusions episode.  That means it's up next.  Will get to it this month.
8.   Publish EITHER "My Friend of Misery" or audio version of "A Lovely Singing Voice."
    Not yet.
9.  Do "Till Death Do Us Meet" Episode With Marshal Latham.
    Marshal wants to do a virtual get-together to do this story in fullcast.  When he puts it out, I'm counting it.
10.  Put Out Christmas Story Collection.
    Don't know, don't care.
11.  Put Out Audio Collection 4.
     Gino did a mock-up of a cover for one of these.  If I get him the title, I think I could get to work on that.  It'll be interesting to see how many stories I can stick in it, and which ones will go in Collection number 5.
12.  Put Out TWO New "Dead & Breakfast" Stories.
     Technically, this one is done.  I put out "The Old Man & Me" in February, and in March, I put out "Fatherless Child" with a temporary cover:


   But that totally counts.  When Gino gets me his cover, I'll swap it out.

Let's look at what I have accomplished, writing-wise, in 2020 so far:
1.  Three-Time Visitor (D&B)
2.   Fisher & Florence (follow-up to "A Mark on the Sky")
3.   Comics Trip (Fantasy)
4.   Troubled Child (Fantasy)
5.   Fatherless Child (D&B)
6.   Never Let Him Go (D&B)
7.   The Last Friday In December (D&B)
8.   A Sidekick's Errand (Western)
9.   Comics Trip (screenplay version)
10.  A Sucker For Mystery (D&B, formerly known as "Who You Gonna Call?")
11.  Untitled meteorite story  (Horror)
12.  Meet the New Clerk, Same As the Old Clerk (D&B)

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