Ringing in the New Year- 2015 Writing Goals

While 2013 tried to break me, 2014 was good to me! Or should I say, I made 2014 good. At the beginning of last year, I made a list of goals for myself. I met, if not exceeded almost all of them in some capacity.

•  Finish the Novel: Done!
• Attend three more writing events outside of AWP: Done!
• Query 20+ agents (I tend to under-query and give up): Done!
• Write and Submit 3 short stories Exceeded! I wrote 6 and 4 got published!
• Outline and begin draft of next project Exceeded, Draft is 6 chapters away from completion!
• Read 10 books: Exceeded! Read 12
• Tweet one new writer a day (I've met some great people this way): Debatable, perhaps in total but this wasn't accomplished on a schedule haha
• Publicize this blog: Done but also debatable
• Edit for someone in my genre: Done! (More about that later this month) 

Needless to say, I'm feeling PRETTY good about 2014.

Admittedly, the end of the year came with some disappointment. I really intended  to get an agent this year. Looking back at this list, I realize Past Cairo must've known that this was out of my control. Still, I internalized the goal and had to deal with not reaching it.

But in my efforts to get an agent, I created what I think is an impressive body of work. I can't be anything but grateful for that.

So here is my list of writing goals for 2015

• Finish current manuscript
• Read 15 Books
• Beta for 3 Writers
• Write and submit 3 essays
• Write and submit 3 short stories
• Submit a paper to one conference for public speaking engagement
• Query 20+ agents
• Launch CairoAmani.com

This year's list is shorter because I realize each and every one of these things could lead me down a completely different path. That's okay, I'm ready!

Do you have any writing goals for this year?