Sometimes when I totally blow off some of my goals (hello-goodbye 2023), I wonder why I even bother. Why I bother to create annual goals… and why I make them public. But it’s a habit now, so here we go… again!
By the way, if you’re ever curious how the year is going and what is “coming soon” that link is kept quite up to date as I progress through various WIPs (works in progress).
Writing Goals for 2024 (257,000 words)
• A Great and Glorious Gift (90,000 words — Farm Fresh Market Romance 3, of which about 25,000 remains to be written)
• A Sunny Sweetheart for the Cowboy (58,000 words — Sweet River Ranch Romance 3)
• A Marriage Pact for the Cowboy (58,000 words — Sweet River Ranch Romance 4)
• A Secret Baby for the Cowboy (58,000 words — Sweet River Ranch Romance 5)
• A Hidden Heiress for the Cowboy (58,000 words — Sweet River Ranch Romance 6)
Publishing Goals for 2024 (264,000 words)
• A Great and Glorious Gift (90,000 words — Farm Fresh Market Romance 3)
• A Sunny Sweetheart for the Cowboy (58,000 words — Sweet River Ranch Romance 3)
• A Marriage Pact for the Cowboy (58,000 words — Sweet River Ranch Romance 4)
• A Secret Baby for the Cowboy (58,000 words — Sweet River Ranch Romance 5)
Series Bundle Goals for 2024
• (fall) Sweet River Ranch Romance 1-3
Audiobook Goals for 2024
• none 🙁
Communication Goals for 2023
• Blog here at least once a month, including more THM recipes, since they attract new visitors
• Blog at Inspy Romance monthly (my Inspy Romance profile is here)
• Podcast at Story Chats weekly (Story Chats info is here)
• Send email newsletters every second week (sign up here)
• Post to my FB Readers Group several times a week (join here)
• Post on my Facebook page 1-2x a month. (follow here)
What about you? Did you meet your goals for 2023? What does 2024 look like for you?
I’ve been posting my annual goals to my blog for quite a few years, if you’d like to have a look. Before 2009, my reporting was a bit haphazard, so after poking around for a while, I decided “back then” wasn’t relevant! Still, if it would amuse you, here’s the list:
2023 goals | 2023 in review
2022 goals | 2022 in review
2021 goals | 2021 in review
2020 goals | 2020 in review
2019 goals | 2019 in review
2018 goals | 2018 in review
2017 goals | 2017 in review
2016 goals | 2016 in review
2015 goals | 2015 in review
2014 goals | 2014 in review
2013 goals | 2013 in review
2012 goals | 2012 in review
2011 goals | 2011 in review
2010 goals | 2010 in review
2009 goals | 2009 in review
