In a recent newsletter, Holly Lisle suggested that we all create five goals for our writing. The rules were that three of the goals had to be something we could accomplish right now, and two had to be future goals that we have less than total control over. The other rule was that they must begin not with “I hope to” or “I want to” or anything similarly namby-pamby, but “I will“. Here are mine:

WRITING GOALS

1. I will finish a 50,000 word YA novel by the end of November.
2. I will create my series world.
3. I will write a solid short story and enter it in a contest.
4. I will sell my first novel to a paying publisher by January 2009.
5. I will be considered for either the Mythopoeic Award or World Fantasy award in five years.

That last one is a bit lofty, isn’t it? Well, that’s my dream so I’m going for it anyway!