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Posted by Robyn_Hood (Member # 2083) on :

Here goes!

By the end of October, I will...

-submit "Gruffs' Bluff" to the cliché market
-submit "Switch!" to Apex
-write something, anything!, new
-participate in the Liberty Hall flash challenges, regardless of how many pints of blood I sweat while doing it
-consider signing up for NaNoWriMo
-outline something if I decide to go ahead with it
-do more critiques: participate more with the sub-club at Liberty Hall and in F&F here

That should keep me going for a little while!

Posted by JmariC (Member # 2698) on :

- Send out another flash/short
- Try not to miss any Flash Challenges (did not miss any last month!)
- Finish a chapter of my WIPs
- Get more writing done
- Reregister (if possible) to Nano *done* (user: quasipsyco)

[This message has been edited by JmariC (edited October 05, 2005).]

Posted by MCameron (Member # 2391) on :

Participate in at least two short story challenges at Liberty Hall.

Revise "Howard's Proposal" if necessary and submit it somewhere.

Work on sci-fi ghost story for Apex Halloween contest.

Research and think about novel.

--Mel

Posted by Keeley (Member # 2088) on :

Have this baby.

I think that's going to be enough for one month.

Posted by Ahavah (Member # 2599) on :

Congratulations! I'm a doula and a multi-mommy. Feel free to write me if you want to talk. I love all things childbirth. Best Wishes!

Posted by Ahavah (Member # 2599) on :

Oh yeah...

* Sign up for NaNoWriMo (DONE)

* Participate in Flash Challenges

* Re-read the New Testament accounts of Jesus's last days (for nano)

* Finish Universal History books on Christianity/Byzantium, Rome, & Greece

* Finish reading "Public life in Bible Times" and similar books

* Read No Plot? No Problem!, by Chris Baty

* Online research as needed

Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :

---have worked on some of the things I intended to work on in September.

Posted by Silver3 (Member # 2174) on :

Continue researching my folklore stuff.
Write at least one short story under 5000 words.
Revise at least to the end of part 1 in my novel.
Continue juggling the requirements of grad school, writing, and my natural laziness.

Posted by Robyn_Hood (Member # 2083) on :

Well, I can scratch the two subs off my list. Both are on their way to the their respective markets.

Now to decide whether I want to revise my flash piece about life as a piece of dryer lint...

Posted by Keeley (Member # 2088) on :

quote:
Congratulations! I'm a doula and a multi-mommy. Feel free to write me if you want to talk. I love all things childbirth. Best Wishes!

Thanks. I tend to get increasingly quiet as the days tick down toward my due date (this is our fifth baby). That final week I'll probably be non-existent online. However, if you like, I'll send you the birth story afterward. I love telling and hearing birth stories.

Posted by Alnilam (Member # 2914) on :

By the end of October, I plan to submit my manuscript to a publisher. Sigh, jitters, the fear of rejection. But I will.

Posted by rcorporon (Member # 2879) on :

I plan to continue writing my novel. Writing fantasy basically means that I don't ever write short stories that can be submitted to market.

OH well .

Ronnie

Posted by Robyn_Hood (Member # 2083) on :

This is probably a silly question but, why not?

Posted by punahougirl84 (Member # 1731) on :

Ahavah - I have multiples too - twins that started out as triplets (one stopped during the first trimester). Keeley - 5 - wow! I think your goal is perfect. I'm not due until Feb so I don't have that excuse ;-)

For October:
- Sign up for NaNoWriMo, and revolunteer to be an ML (done!)
- Outline my idea for my NaNovel, set up notes for characters, setting, scenes, etc.
- Contact possible places for write-ins
- Finish rewriting my WIP
- Try to do some more cleaning and getting rid of stuff so there is room for another baby!

Posted by Ahavah (Member # 2599) on :

Keeley, I can't wait to hear it! I hope you have the perfect birth!

Puna, I should have clarified. (I was going to say multip, but realized not everyone would know what that meant). I have two daughters, but not twins. Congrats on yours, though! Now that I've been blessed with a colicky one, I can't imagine having two at the same time. At least the oldest lets me have my peace if I pop in a Dora video...So is this pregnancy the twins/triplets, or another? I know we don't have PMs here, but you can feel free to email me if you want.

Posted by franc li (Member # 3850) on :

Figure out where my story begins.

Posted by Robyn_Hood (Member # 2083) on :

As we're into the homestretch, I thought this thread could do with a bump!

quote:
By the end of October, I will...
-submit "Gruffs' Bluff" to the cliché market
-submit "Switch!" to Apex
-write something, anything!, new
-participate in the Liberty Hall flash challenges, regardless of how many pints of blood I sweat while doing it
-consider signing up for NaNoWriMo
-outline something if I decide to go ahead with it
-do more critiques: participate more with the sub-club at Liberty Hall and in F&F here

Well I had the subs done pretty quick, and already got a rejection on the one. Now I need to find another sci-fi/flash market and sub again (something other than Pedestal or flashquake because I already have subs there).

I have participated in one of the LH flash challenges and even managed to get a vote or two in some of the categories. I didn't lose too much blood, but I'm not sure if I want to pursue it for now. At least it is something new and not an entire piece of tripe.

I have been critiqing more lately, but still think I should be doing more. Oh well, I will need a goal for November, so I might as well carry that one over!

I have decided not to do NaNo. The story I thought about outlining and expanding just doesn't want to work for me. It isn't one I particularly like and I think it would end up being rather juvenille and that isn't really a market I want to write for right now (enough excuses?).

Posted by Monolith (Member # 2034) on :

What about November??

I know that I'm going to take my birthday off. I'm going to continue to work on "Olympus Uprising" and "Call of Faya". The last one will be edited and polished up after it sits a bit.

Those are my November goals. Thanks.

-Monolith-

Posted by Silver3 (Member # 2174) on :

quote:
Continue researching my folklore stuff.
Write at least one short story under 5000 words.
Revise at least to the end of part 1 in my novel.
Continue juggling the requirements of grad school, writing, and my natural laziness.

I have done the folklore stuff, which is about all I managed so far. Grad school is more time-consuming than I thought, and I'm moving into a place of my own for the first time, which implies long shopping trips for furniture etc. Damn. Will have to carry over the short story to next month (although I did manage to plan most of it).

Posted by tchernabyelo (Member # 2651) on :

Monolith wrote:

quote:
What about November??

Ah, patience, young Jedi.

I confidently predict that within a week, someone will start a thread titled "By the end of November, I will..."

It will be interesting to see how many entries consist simply of "Write my NaNoMo entry".

Posted by Survivor (Member # 213) on :

Neh!

Posted by MCameron (Member # 2391) on :

quote:
1. Participate in at least two short story challenges at Liberty Hall.
2. Revise "Howard's Proposal" if necessary and submit it somewhere.
3. Work on sci-fi ghost story for Apex Halloween contest.
4. Research and think about novel.

1. Well, I did one. I would have gotten a second one in, but one of the weeks was cancelled. On the plus side, the one story looks like it will grow up to be a novel.

2. Check. I submitted "Howard's Proposal" today.

3. Came up with a concept at least. I don't really have a plot or character to go with it. Maybe it will become a chapter of my NaNovel.

4. Nope. I decided to wing nanowrimo, so no research necessary.

All in all, not a bad month.

--Mel