Saturday, February 27, 2010

Goals for March

Some notes and goals for this next month, arranged by area of brain-space.

+Writing+
1. Finish one short story per week (what does this mean? first draft? finished product? we'll see.)
2. Kester's Monster (working title) - finish final revisions & rename it
3. Ammit & Co (short story cycle I wrote in Korea) - Assess, clean up and continue
4. Brainstorm for more stories. (I have a list already, which I will use and to which I will add).
5. Writing Exercises -
a. Transform weird news feed articles into short story seeds
b. Set aside a day or two now and again for Speed Writing (story, RPG, whatever)
c. Carry small notebook. Write observations.

+RPGs+
1. Monday Night Cogs via Skype - Finish up.
2. Occult Research Bureau via Posts - Start. Continue.
3. Other Games in Person (In a Wicked Age, Don't Rest Your Head, etc) - Play.
4. Engel s02 - Work out details

+Academic+
1. Continue looking at post-grad programs
2. Reflection on authors for personal study
3. Continue investigation of Literary Theory for personal study

+Career-wise+
1. Finish training for ESL job, start teaching.
2. Find another job. Quick.

+Health+
1. Exercising: running, toning, etc.
2. Eat healthy foods.
3. Avoid unhealthy foods.

+Read+
1. At least one book a week.
2. Not just speculative fiction.

+Internet and Computer+
1. *Dramatically* cut down time wasted. (Facebook reduction is just a start.)
2. Actually participate in those forums things I read. Do this while still paying attention to the above goal.

+Social+
1. Spend time with friends.
2. Make some new friends.
3. Be a better correspondent with people not present.

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