2016 Yearly Goals
Jan. 1st, 2016 09:28 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dracoqueen22Well, if I could never see 2015 again, I'd probably be happy. It had it's ups and downs, mostly downs, and I feel like it kicked me up one side and down the other. I only accomplished six of my goals. So I hope 2016 is a lot better. *fingers crossed*
Original Fiction Goals
But I'm going to try to go into 2016 with a positive attitude and hope that effects some kind of universal energy because I could really, really use a break. I'm turning thirty this year. I'd like to try and smile a bit more this year, please and thank you.
I want to open commissions again and I will probably do so at some point in January, after I take a little break. I won't be able to take any more long-fic commissions, but oneshots up to 10K are perfectly acceptable. I want to take as many commissions as I can before I acquire that second/full-time job because my time will vanish after that. Unless I can find something flexible. We'll see. I really need a job that'll bring in about $300 a month to cover what my current part-time job doesn't.
The good news about needing a second job is that it means that I finally have my duplex to myself and I can get all of my stuff out of storage. I can't wait!! I'm so excited to have my belongings again. And that means I can fully go through my TF toys and start selling some of them for some extra income, too. (I have over 300. I really need to cull the collection, lol).
Regarding the website work: I've had to shift my website hosting from tripod to wordpress and that requires copy/pasting and rebuilding from scratch. Some eleven years worth of ficcage needs to be transferred and whoa is that tedious and time-consuming and yeah, I do think it will take all year. LOL
I'm hoping that by editing and offering Erland dulogy as a free read on the kindle, I can bring some new readers in and gain some interest in the stories I have to purchase. I've not sold many copies and all efforts I've made to purchase advertising in places has been a waste of money (aka I've not earned a single sale from the $200 I've spent on advertising so clearly, I need a new method). So we'll see.
I want to try and clear up all of these WIPs, too because I have so many. I feel like I'm leaving so many readers hanging and I feel terrible! I want to try and make my story list more manageable. So if I can get my fic list (at least 50 in fanfic alone) down to a smaller number, I'll feel very accomplished.
Anyway. That's 2016. I have 365 days to try and change my life so let's hope I can do it. Positive thoughts, right? Reaching for the moon and all that. XD
Questions? Comments? Concerns?
Original Fiction Goals
- Self-Publish In Darkness Dwells
- Self-Publish the Erland Duology as a free read
- Finish War of the Animum series
- Second Draft of A Tale of Two Geeks
Finish Reign and SalvageFinish Truth in Advertising- Finish Zero Hour
- Finish The Art of Self-Destruction
Finish Play By Numbers- Six chapters of Apple a Day
Finish new fanfiction website uploadingObtain either a second job or a full time job
But I'm going to try to go into 2016 with a positive attitude and hope that effects some kind of universal energy because I could really, really use a break. I'm turning thirty this year. I'd like to try and smile a bit more this year, please and thank you.
I want to open commissions again and I will probably do so at some point in January, after I take a little break. I won't be able to take any more long-fic commissions, but oneshots up to 10K are perfectly acceptable. I want to take as many commissions as I can before I acquire that second/full-time job because my time will vanish after that. Unless I can find something flexible. We'll see. I really need a job that'll bring in about $300 a month to cover what my current part-time job doesn't.
The good news about needing a second job is that it means that I finally have my duplex to myself and I can get all of my stuff out of storage. I can't wait!! I'm so excited to have my belongings again. And that means I can fully go through my TF toys and start selling some of them for some extra income, too. (I have over 300. I really need to cull the collection, lol).
Regarding the website work: I've had to shift my website hosting from tripod to wordpress and that requires copy/pasting and rebuilding from scratch. Some eleven years worth of ficcage needs to be transferred and whoa is that tedious and time-consuming and yeah, I do think it will take all year. LOL
I'm hoping that by editing and offering Erland dulogy as a free read on the kindle, I can bring some new readers in and gain some interest in the stories I have to purchase. I've not sold many copies and all efforts I've made to purchase advertising in places has been a waste of money (aka I've not earned a single sale from the $200 I've spent on advertising so clearly, I need a new method). So we'll see.
I want to try and clear up all of these WIPs, too because I have so many. I feel like I'm leaving so many readers hanging and I feel terrible! I want to try and make my story list more manageable. So if I can get my fic list (at least 50 in fanfic alone) down to a smaller number, I'll feel very accomplished.
Anyway. That's 2016. I have 365 days to try and change my life so let's hope I can do it. Positive thoughts, right? Reaching for the moon and all that. XD
Questions? Comments? Concerns?
