Quarterly Goal Review for 2013 (Not fooling!)

good progress, done!, not started

Artwork:
(these goals may overlap)

*A least two sketches for each Sketch Fest - so far, well on track!
*6 color pieces or paintings - all finished! I'd still like to do a larger piece or two.
*6 Portrait Adoption pieces, finished for submission - 2 down!
*6 stamp/card images, finished in ink - 4 down!
*6 Torn World pieces (sketches at least) - 5 down, several others in progress
*2 complex coloring book pages - hmm...

Writing:

*2 non-fiction pieces.
*25 short stories - at least 15 of which should be Torn World Big Plot stories and 2 of which should NOT be Torn World stories. - 6 stories here, all 6 of which are towards Big Plot things at Torn World.
*6 poems. - 4 down
*Revise the Upheaval novel with an eye towards either selling it, or releasing it as a serial in 2014. - no progress.

Personal Career:

*Submit at least 12 things to paying markets or licencors. Art, fiction or non-fiction, short, long... whatever. I'm a big chicken about submitting and I need to get over that already. - I've done this with art, but really should with some writing, too.
*Finish Rails (so very, very close!) and release it as an ebook. (Plus print copy?? Kickstarter?? Illustrate it if we meet stretch goals??) - Writing done! Though there may be a demand for some extras, depending on the Kickstarter.
*Finish my own coloring book, print it through Dateline, and decide whether or not I will continue publishing coloring books as a whole. Kickstart this? - plowing forwards! Waiting on Amazon Payments to move their butts.
*Continue with freelance programming. 4 hours a week is my goal here, including work sponsored via Sketch Fest, etc. - Most weeks I make this. Sleepless weeks, less so.

EMG:

*Re-evaluate Commission-Control. - Haven't given this more than a token of brainpower
*Expand and start advertising Portrait Adoption (big new feature upcoming!) - Er...
*Set up EMG-Zine to be non-updating, purge out the login pages, feature some of the best. Kickstart Volume 4? Really need to see more interest here before I push that. - mostly done.
*Evaluate coloring books. - in progress (see above)
*Get more active at Fantastic Portfolios as a critic. - fits and starts and stalls
*Monthly Sketch Fests. Continue to improve the site. - Oh yeah!
*Get Torn World out of the meander it's currently in and start pushing the big North Meets South plotline. Release something that furthers that plot every week. By the end of the year, pass Pure on the timeline, at the VERY least. I'd prefer to be further along than that. - Totally on course for this! YAY!

Mondaily! (No Foolin'!)

I got a good night's sleep on Friday night, which helped overall. Sunday, little monster wanted to get up earlier than I was ready to (but not HORRIBLY) early, and last night we were up at 4. Still, even just that one really good night helped a lot and I feel better facing this week than I have in a while.

Today:

*Bills
*Writing - finish next installment YES
*Post at TW The next segment of South Meets North is up! Read it here at LJ or at at Torn World!
*Invoice prints
*vacuum
*shower
*eat - big breakfast finished! Giant lunch!
*Sort art
*clean shower (outside)
*walk dog (check on fasting!) - no food after midnight
*TW mass-email
*email to Dapwood
*call contractor about paying for hardpack plowing
*fold laundry


Tomorrow Norway goes in for x-rays and very minor surgery (a skin tag right on his eyelid). We've been getting out for a good walk almost every single day, which I think has helped his hip/knee/back pain considerably... it didn't at first, but I think we've made very good progress on strengthening some of the muscles that support the area, and his weight is lower, which helps, too. He's loving the extra attention, and it's turned out very good and healthy for me, too - especially with the sunlight returning. I get a good dose of outside, exercise and 'not responsible, for a while.' We shall not speak of the embarrassing encounter with a very well-behaved Irish Setter, wherin my oaf of a dog dragged me into a hip-deep snowbank trying to say 'hi'.

I don't have a handy photo of Norway to accompany this report, so have Velcro on a giant stuffed bear:



The bear is also a huge hit with Elsa, who was giggling outrageously when she did this:


(And I admit, the bear is also a big success with me - it is the perfect shape and weight for cuddling with, and I took a brief nap with him in my chair on Saturday. I foresee many bear battles in our future...)

Off to do stuff now. Happy Easter and April Fools!