February 2017 Goals

written by Betsy Flak on 2017-01-30

First, here's an update on January's goals:

1. Success! I have begun addressing my editor's comments for The Impossible Creation, and, in fact, I'm ahead of schedule. I might be able to finish round 1 and send it back to her by the end of next week. Super happy about this! :D
2. This one's not so much a success. I'd wanted to be through Ch. 6 of my line-by-line self-editing process for An Uncertain Death, and I'm only through Ch. 5. :( On the bright side, I really like how it's shaping up, so there's that. It's just too bad that it takes so darn long. That said, I know the beginning requires more work than the end, so hopefully I'll speed up with time.
3. And another not-quite-success. However, there was a huge breakthrough late last week. The file for the sneak peek download has been created! Yay! That was the single largest hurdle left (or the rate-limiting step in chemist speak), so I should be able to finish this up shortly. It's just unfortunate that January is ending so soon.

So, as you can see, I'm overachieving on one of my goals and *so* close on the others. Oh well, better luck next time...

Which brings me to my goals for February:

1. Complete responses to my editor's comments on The Impossible Creation. Send draft back to her.
2. Continue the line-by-line self-editing for An Uncertain Death. Complete for Chapters 6, 7, and 8.
3. Launch the sneak peek offer for The Impossible Creation to family and friends.

Keep an eye out for my March update to see how it went and March's goals.