Those New Year’s Writing Goals

[cathschaffstump]

…are actually the same old. I write as much as I can, I submit as much as I can, and I hope an agent picks me up.

I’ll be spending January applying to those writing workshops I mentioned waaayyy back, and then the rest will be trying to work on the new novel to get it out.

I can’t set goals beyond my control, but my measure of time is both yours and mine. In 1998, twelve years after I started as a TA at ISU and discovered teaching was a great passion, I had my dream teaching job. Most of your experience suggests that it takes you about 10 years to get to where you felt comfortable in your author skins.

Only 8 years and 5 months to go! Woohoo!

Catherine

ps Yvonne, thank you for the feedback. That’s exactly what I needed.

Originally published at Writer Tamago. You can comment here or there.

Comments

[brian-ohio.livejournal.com]

I like your goals. Simple yet attainable. You've got great perspective.

Now... about this ten years thing. I'm about two over that now. Ugh!

[cathschaffstump.livejournal.com]

You are a particularly fine wine... taking longer to age than most of us.

This is gonna be your year. I can feel it in my genetic strands.

Catherine