[personal] 2015 Goals/Wishes, take 2

[deborahjross]

Priority stuff: work on emotional and physical health. I'm in the midst of a round of doctor visits, most of which are turning out well, and exercising more. Hope to sleep better and lose a bit of weight. The emotional stuff is tricky because I got slammed by a whole series of PTSD-triggering stresses last year and was so busy with the crises of the moment that I didn't attend carefully enough to my inner life. I know how to do this, I just didn't have a chance to catch my breath, so to speak, in 2014.

NOBODY IS ALLOWED TO DIE OR BE SERIOUSLY INJURED IN 2015.


Writing goals/wishes/hopes depend on how well body and psyche are doing.

Write: Darkover book under contract, get back to parallel contract and on spec novels
Edit: Darkover anthology
Publish: 2 collections and an original sf/mystery novel through BVC

Learn how to use CreateSpace and publish the above in POD
Figure out how to put books up on Kobo, Smashwords, Google Play, etc. Notice I put this last as they are the most intimidating.

I'd love to hear from you about what you hope for in 2015.


The photo of hiking in the Dolomites was taken by my dear friend Cleo Sanda, who died in a boating accident in 2013.

Comments

[aberwyn.livejournal.com]

I'm hoping for two big things: the ability to keep Howard at home rather than putting him in a board and care, and finishing the new Deverry novel and a couple more short pieces.

[deborahjross.livejournal.com]

Admirable goals, all.

I'm fascinated by how our goals are always connected in one way or another. Is that a reflection of the integration of various aspects of our lives? Or that creativity and life are one thing? Or just that we can't write well (one story giving birth to another) when crises land in our laps?