This isn’t really a “Resolutions” post… Okay, it is but I didn’t want to call it a list of Resolutions because I know how few people actually succeed at their intended goals! But the changes in my working life in the last few months means that I have had to give serious thought to how I am going to proceed in 2014 writing-wise.

Goals:

• Complete, or come close to completing, my novel set in 1st century Rome (unimaginatively and tentatively titled: Romans vs Aliens)
• Enter a short story for the James White Award (competition deadline 31st Jan 2014)
• Submit Dieu et mon Droit as many times as possible and make appropriate changes if advice is offered

And that’s really it for goals. As for structural changes, I have decided to de-list myself from theindieview.com. I was inundated between early July and the end of August and had to quickly put a moratorium on in September when my backlog was 25 books (I accepted far fewer than I rejected). I have only just cleared them now and I estimate that I gave up on approximately 1/3 of the submissions I accepted. Clearly, as I want to write more as well as my increasing workload, I will no longer have the time to dedicate to reviewing quite so many self-published books. I still offer to read and review self-published work so please do drop me an email if you want your work reviewed.

Long-term goal is to keep growing and finally make a living as a freelance writer.

Wish to share your writing goals here? Go ahead!

Happy New Year everyone!