Goals for 2010

I can't believe Christmas will be here in just a few weeks. This whole year has just flown by, and it's made my head spin how fast it's gone. I had hoped to end off the year by finishing The Council, but sadly, there's no way it's going to get done in that time frame. Things have been so crazy here at my house and concentrating on writing has been too hard over the past two months. I spend so much time at doctor's offices and the hospital that's it is crazy.

So, my goal for this year has not happened, but I plan to set goals for 2010 and reach them. Of course, that's assuming that I have no emergency situations come up next year. I already know Scarlett will be having sinus surgery sometime soon, or at least I'm 90% sure she will be having surgery. We find out for sure on December 10th.

I'm working on setting my goals/New Year's resolutions for 2010 already. I want to think through my goals so that they are reasonable to achieve. Of course, like most people, I want to get healthier and in better shape. This has been a rough year for me and the side effects of the meds I'm on have not been pleasant, but I need to work hard to overcome them. On the writing front, I think I'm going to set the goal of finishing The Council and Train Wrecks. I also hope to be able to achieve drafts of Jimmy Jameson and Mr. Van Pyre, Science Teacher and Blame It On the Samba. If the year goes really well, I would love to have some work done on the third Elyssia Masters book too, at least a rough outline of the story.

I think once I get back into the groove, I could knock out the remainder of The Council in a month or so. Then comes the editing and rewriting to get it perfect, but while my editing friend does the review and marks the mistakes that need to be corrected, I can be working on Train Wrecks.

So that's the plan for 2010 as of right now. That could change as I find out any additional things that I can expect to come up during the year, but right now it looks like we're just dealing with the surgery for Scarlett, and that's simple.

The music of the moment is from my WMP "Mel's Mix" playlist and the song is "Sugar" by Flo Rida. I love pop and hip-hop music that you can dance to. I enjoy working out to music like this and take mix CD's of this kind of stuff to the gym with me. Now I just need to get motivated to make it up to the gym on a regular basis and get myself whipped back into a shape other than round. :-)