Goals must be specific, measurable, and attached to a timeline. – Booklife
- Draft one new story per month
- January
- February
- March
- April
- May
- June
- July
- August
- September
- October
- November
- December
- Revise one story per month
- January
- February
- March
- April
- May
- June
- July
- August
- September
- October
- November
- December
- Submit one new story per month
- January
- February
- March
- April
- May
- June
- July
- August
- September
- October
- November
- December
- Submit to Writers of the Future quarterly1
- Q1
- Q2
- Q3
- Q4
- Apply to Clarion – San Diego2
- Revise application story #1
- Revise application story #2
- Get feedback on application stories from trusted readers
- Write essay on why I want to attend Clarion
- Apply!
- Attend Wiscon3
- Attend World Fantasy3
- Listen to SF/F Podcasts:
- Attend a reading
- Re-submit rejected stories within seven days
Last updated: January 3rd, 2010
1 Unless something crazy happens and I win or am professionally published, in which case I am ineligible.
2 Attendance is contingent on a whole host of factors, like paying off my divorce debts, time off of work and, you know, acceptance.
3 Depending on time off of work/finances.
