I always seem to have an overly ambitious list of goals but not achieve many of them.

So this year, I decided to make a list that I can conceivably achieve.

• Complete Nine. ETA: end of June. Spend 5 hours a day on it.
• Enter Shomi Contest with Nine. ETA: end of March

• Query agents with Nine. Once the project’s completed, I should send queries out. I already have a list of agents I want to target.
• Complete a historical fantasy (untitled; 100K in length). ETA: Dec 31. It’s always smart to start a new project as soon as I’m done with an old one. Keeps my mind off queries and other matters. Spend four hours a day on the project.
• Read four how-to and/or inspirational books. I have a ton of those. I also want to re-read some I have since I always get something new out of them.
• Read fifty new-to-me books. Must I state why? It’s so important for me to read read read. BTW - does anyone have any recommendations? No guarantee I’ll actually read them, but I would like to get some. For example, May told me to try Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay, and it was one of the best books I read in 2007.
• Lose six pounds. Yes. I’m not as young as I used to be, and I need to be more careful about what I eat and so on.
• Get a part-time job. I think it’ll be good to have something that’ll force me to get out of the house and meet people, etc. And money’s always nice!

Do you have any resolutions? How are you going to meet them?