I Like Even Numbers Better

So I’m officially 24 now. Good riddance to my previous prime number status. But, 24…man…24. I signed with my agent when I was 22!! Yikes! And I had/have aspirations to have a book deal by 25. I guess I better get moving, yes? All this leads me to believe that this must be the year. I mean, I always like to get in under the wire. So, why would I have thought it’d be any different in this context, right? Like how I turned this into a positive? I thought so.

So, while most people do this around New Years I’m going to do it as I move into my personal “next year.” Here’s what I want to accomplish this year:

Things I can control:

-Finish revisions and go back out on submission with SCOUT

-Complete another manuscript, probably my new YA contemporary urged by my lovely law school friends Emily and Kelley

-Apply for more work-for-hire positions

-continue to research other avenues for writing work

-Read at least 50 YA books

-be more intentional with my time, be a better balancer

-update the blog regularly

-Write every single day, no matter how few words

-Try different techniques (outlining v. not, different methods of revising)

Things I can’t control:

-Sell a book (or two)

-have an article published

-attract more readers

So, I’ll keep you updated about how many of these I accomplish. I think it’s very important to differentiate between those things which I can control and those which I can’t. This was a strange past year for me so I’m really looking forward to a brand new lease. Next post I’ll be talking about how I’m working to accomplish one of the tasks on my list!

And for your viewing pleasure, some pics from my b-day!

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