Best wishes for 2020. May it be the year we elect a new president, one who respects the Constitution, civil rights, science, and intellect. And may it be the year in which the world comes together to begin the long offense against global warming.

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Every year I make it a habit to post, on January 1, my writing goals for the coming year. The list keeps me on track throughout the year, and at year’s end, I get to look back and assess what I did with my time. I was far more ambitious when I first started listing my goals. In recent years, I’ve learned to keep the list short, and do-able.

Here goes:

1. WRITE AND FINISH A NEW NOVEL
I’m already outlining this one. It’s a near-future thriller. If it turns out the way I hope, I’ll send it to my agent and see what he thinks. If it doesn’t look like it’ll work for traditional publishing, I’ll publish it myself.

2. WRITE, FINISH, AND PUBLISH A NOVELLA
I’m nervous about this one. I’ve talked for years about writing a novella, but I’ve never done it. I’m going to try again though, because I want to publish something every year — and since I’m going to send the novel in #1 to my agent, that project likely won’t see publication until 2021 or beyond. So I need this novella. It will almost certainly take place in one of my existing story worlds.

And that’s it for my writing goals!

No. Hold on…

I should add one more, to keep the momentum going.

3. START OUTLINING A NEW NOVEL

Okay, that’s it. Those are my plans. What do you have in mind?

Posted on: Wednesday, January 1st, 2020 at 5:00 am
Categories: Annual Writing Goals.