Some
days are diamonds, some days are stones.
Some
weeks are tarnished, some shine like gold.
Not
quite how the song goes, is it? But those words came to me this morning as I
thought about writing this post. It hasn’t been the best week, I’ve had more
green other times, but somehow, waking up this morning, I feel like the week
has been shiny. See if you agree.
Here
are last week’s goals. Green highlight is goal accomplished, yellow highlight
is goal at least worked on, red lettering is goal not even attempted.
A. WRITING
1. Finish polishing the
proposal for “The Truth Beyond the River”. Yes.
2. Write three posts for the
“Dino Chronicles”. Yes.
3. Go through “The Truth”
again, as I am sure there are still typos. Done through chapter 16.
3. Work on the next
project, whether it is the one I started to outline last week or one of the
four others I have started previously. Nope.
4. BONUS. Wrote a piece for the Chicken Soup for the Soul series. The topic was
the best advice I’ve ever received.
B. REACHING
1. Read five other blogs
and comment on three of them. Read six and commented on four.
2. Send that polished proposal
to that chosen literary agent. Yes. I emailed it off on Thursday
morning. Now the waiting begins, as I continue researching other agents
and further polishing that proposal, making it shine.
3. Promote “Where the Sky Meets the Sand”. Let’s work on this some more.
a. Message each new LinkedIn contact about it. Nope.
b. Ask three followers to
write a review. I asked one person, who got back to me (at
least) and said they were too busy right now, but one day.
4. BONUS. Submitted that piece to Chicken Soup for
the Soul. The deadline was February 28, and I had just found out about it.
C. READING
1. Read the daily assignment in “Today’s Light” Study Bible. Yup.
2. Daily read “Paw
Enforcement”. Get ¾ of the way through it. Am currently about half. Easily over ¾ done.
3. Read the daily devotion
in “Jesus Calling”. Yup.
D. REMAINING
1. Physical
a. Do something physical
twice every day. I skipped a couple days. The ache in my
ankle (going on for five years!) is getting worse. I finally made an
appointment with a foot doctor. I’d seen an orthopedic surgeon for it a year or
two ago who told me there was nothing that could be done about it. We had
thought it was Achilles tendonitis, but xrays showed a bone spur hitting that
Achilles. I’ve tried all conservative treatment and the surgeon didn’t
recommend surgery.
b. Cut back on sweets. Yes. We had a potluck at work on Monday and I gained two pounds in
one day! So I really cut back the entire rest of the week and got those pounds
off.
c. Increase water
intake. Yes, I think so.
2. Home fires
a. Snap pictures of two
dozen old photos. Yes, but half
of them were from when I was in college. See the one below.
b. Finish yet another
small sewing project I started yesterday. The project was sewing potholders.
A pretty small project indeed.
a. Work on the procedure
manual. Nope.
b. Post a blurb on all our
social media. Nope.
And
here’s what’s up for the coming week.
A. WRITING
1. Review the proposal for “The Truth”, tweaking
it as needed.
2. Continue going through “The Truth” fixing typos
and other glaring mistakes, addressing 15 chapters.
3. Write three posts for the “Dino Chronicles”.
4. Decide definitely for sure on the next project.
B. REACHING
1. Read five other blogs and comment on three of
them.
2.
Continue researching other literary agents.
3. Promote “Where the Sky Meets the Sand”.
a.
Message each new LinkedIn contact about it.
b.
Ask three followers to write a review.
c.
Share a blurb about it on Twitter.
4. I almost forgot. The publisher of my three other books is offering them for free as an electronic download for four days
next week, so I will promote that on all my social media.
C. READING
1. Read the daily
assignment in “Today’s Light” Study Bible.
2. Finish reading “Paw Enforcement”.
3. Read the daily devotion in “Jesus
Calling”.
D. REMAINING
1. Physical
a. Do something physical twice every day.
b. Cut back on sweets.
c. Increase water intake.
2. Home fires
a. Clean my office. It is positively abysmal.
b. Get caught up on organizing all those old
pictures I have dumped into my laptop.
a. Work on the procedure manual.
b. Post a blurb on all our social media.
How
about you? Was your week shiny like gold? Or tarnished? Don’t despair! Look at
the picture below if you think your life is a mess.
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| Speaking of an abysmal mess! No, this is not my office. This is my dorm room from back in the day, one of those old pictures I scanned. Don't you love the pizza in the window. During a Wisconsin winter, that was how we kept things frozen, as clearly the frig wouldn't do it. |
Sunday, March 4, 2018
A Shiny Week
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Glad you feel this was a good week.I guess how you feel about it is what really matters. Have another shiny week ahead!
ReplyDeleteThanks. Maybe the week was a mix of goals achieved and goals neglected, but overall, it is indeed what we make it out to be.
DeleteGlad you had a good week!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Erin, we have to take what we can get.
DeleteI definitely would call this a shiny week! Love the picture from those college days. What did your daughter say? I read recently that Linked In was not as useful as other sites (but just now I can't remember where I saw that). I like the BookDesigner's site for useful strategies that start by defining your audience and where they will be. https://www.thebookdesigner.com/marketing-your-book/ All the best, Chris. Have another beautiful, shiny week.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Beth, for the continued support and the link on marketing. I haven't actually found that any social media site is the end-all-end to marketing a book or anything else. Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter all seem pretty fickle. I try not to sweat it, just keep plugging away.
DeleteHope you have a good week too.