Goal 1: Incomplete

My first goal of the year was to edit "California Mermaid" and submit it to a contest on March 15, 2013.

I did not complete this goal :(

I did make some headway on the novel, though. Summer project, perhaps? I would love to actually edit a novel, ha! That would be nice.

How are your 2013 goals coming along?

Since my last post...

I read at the Awaken the Sleeping Poet Festival. This was a lot of fun! I am so happy that I ended up entering that contest. It was not only a great experience but it has also got me connected with the San Antonio Poet's Association. They have regular meetings and read-ins which I hope to be attending more often.

I sent in two poems for publication. I sent in two poems that I wrote  into Starsongs Magazine (the magazine that published my tritina). I know I said in my 2011 goals that I wanted to enter 10 writing contests this year but I think I will also count regular submissions. In a way, it is a contest. I am competing with every other writer who submitted work to that same magazine. This submission brings my total up to 3 submissions this year. And it's June. Yes, I am happy I turned this in, but I need to get a move on if I am going to accomplish this goal. It has been four weeks since my submission. I should hear the verdict of this submission in the next two to four weeks.


I really got started editing Shiloh's Children. That's right! I have been thinking about what I would edit in Shiloh's Children for a while now but I actually read through it, made an outline, made notes, etc. My next step actually involves using the computer -- yay! Another 2011 goal at work.

I have decided when I am doing NaNoWriMo 2011. I am doing NaNoWriMo in less than a month! On July 1, I will begin my third full-hearted attempt at National Novel Writing Month. I have four different plot lines that I might write next month (I can't decide) and none of them have a whole lot of planning thus far so I have a lot of work to do before then but I am excited about it. Is anyone else doing NaNo this summer?

I'll post a lot more as I continue to submit work, edit Shiloh's Children, and do NaNoWriMo next month.

Published! :D

I submitted a poem to Written World Communications' Starsongs magazine several months ago and was accepted. They just came out with their first publication of the magazine today which is the issue my poem is in.  I am really excited!! This is my first publication.

Here is WWC's site:
http://writtenworldcommunications.com/

Here is where you can order Starsongs:
http://www.magcloud.com/browse/Issue/113498