Mid-Month Progress Report

Thanks to a combination of houseguests, hives, volunteering, oral surgery, and some bad medication side effects, the majority of this week was lost to the vast tangle of Life. I’m not too late for a mid-month report, though, and I think if I buckle down for the next two weeks, I still have a decent shot at having the productive April I’d hoped for. Here’s where I stand:

0/3 Things Between chapters revised.
3/3 flash exercises submitted.
1/6 stories submitted.
1/1 new stories completed (but not the contest story).

That one completed story was a wee thing that was immediately accepted and published by Nanoism. I’m really enjoying the nuggets of fiction various twitterzines bring to my day. They feel like Seattle sunbreaks—fleeting, shining moments, just long enough to change my perspective on the day.

April Goals

Next week brings both spring break for my son and a much-anticipated visit from my brother- and sister-in-law, so April’s goals are taking into account only three work weeks. I’m using the same high and low goal-setting scheme I used in March because it worked amazingly well.

Reasonably Low Goal: Revise 3 chapters of Things Between.
Unreasonably High Goal: Revise 100 pages of Things Between.

Reasonably Low Goal: Submit 3 exercises to my flash fiction group.
Unreasonably High Goal: Submit 9 flash fiction exercises.

Reasonably Low Goal: Submit 6 existing or new stories.
Unreasonably High Goal: Submit 10 stories.

Reasonably Low Goal: Complete 1 new story for a contest.
Unreasonably High Goal: Complete 6 new stories aimed at specific markets.