Last year, I decided that I would post my accomplishments for the month and what goals I hope to achieve in the following month.
I’m not sure how I feel about August. I got a lot done, but it feels muddled, as if it just wooshed by, which it did.
What I accomplished in August:
- Wrote 19,300 words of fiction (11,600 for Dead Magic and 7,700 for “The Errant Earl”)
- Wrote, edited, and published “The Errant Earl”
- Finished my first round of edits for Dead Magic and sent it to my beta readers
- Read 3 books:
- “I Give You My Body” How I Write Sex Scenes by Diana Gabaldon (5 stars)
- Corpus by K. M. Claude (4 stars)
- Air Awakens by Elise Kova (4 stars)
- Finished my syllabus
- Started teaching as an adjunct English professor
- Published the Spanish translation of The Winter Garden
What I hope to achieve in September:
- Write and edit a paranormal companion short story for my series
- Write beats/brainstorm for book 5 and a novella
- Round 2 of edits for Dead Magic
- Set up a pre-order for Dead Magic
- Read 3 books
- Stay on top of my grading and teaching
I didn’t quite realize I did this much in August, but it feels good to see it all laid out. So this month, I was able to wrap up two projects for the most part. Obviously, I will need to edit Dead Magic at least one or two more times, but they should hopefully go quicker than the first round of edits. I love Dead Magic, so I can’t wait to finish it up and set up a pre-order for it before the end of the month.
In August, I was also able to release a prequel short story about Eilian and Patrick entitled “The Errant Earl,” which you can find here for 99 cents. If you picked up a copy of “The Errant Earl” (or any of my books), please leave a review! It feels great to get two projects finished in a month, but now, I’m rather exhausted. I’ve been taking this past week to chill and focus on preparing my lesson plans.
I’ve barely read or written any blog posts this past month, and I fear it will happen again until I figure out a balance. Oh well, but hey, yay for productivity. All I can hope is that September will be the same way.
What are you working on in September?
Kara Jorgensen 