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Writing Deadlines
May. 23rd, 2010 08:18 pmHow to do the stuff that needs to get done--I don't know.
* "Alien/Whore/Mother" needs to get revised, polished, and submitted to The Ladies of Trade Town anthology by June 9th.
* "Leaving Remediation Town" needs to get written, let sit, critiqued, revised, and submitted to Science in My Fiction by June 30th.
* I have a self-constructed goal of finishing bulk revisions (four. more. chapters.) and writing basic synopses and pitches for Vicesteed before 4th Street, which is June 25th. This is self-imposed, and I don't really "lose" anything if I don't make it--except the ability to speak coherently and persuasively about a ready-to-publish novel. Erk.
* Do the social media presentation for my writing group next month, June the ??th.
That's just the writing stuff. I also have a ridiculous stack of paperwork, and emails, and to-do lists, and cleaning and gardening and cooking food and photography stuff, and, and, and--all the usual stuff that nearly drives me to a nervous breakdown when I think about it.
I don't know how I'll get it all done. Especially since the precious few hours a day (on the 50% of days when I'm actually working only the 50% I'm supposed to) I have for writing-related stuff should all be going to editing Vicesteed, not the other three goals, let alone all the misc. non-writing crap I reallyshouldbedoing.
The rolling a D6 to figure out what I should do next, while it would get a lot done and keep me from burning out on one thing, might not get things done fast enough.
If I do a deathmarch, too much other stuff would slip, and I would totally burn out.
Deathmarch to timed productivity goals, I guess, and then do standard chores and D6 to-dos after that. Although even deathmarching, I'd still need to do dishes/dinner/laundry, and that's an hour or so a day right there. If it works, though, this might be a good balance of getting stuff done....
( Goals )
* "Alien/Whore/Mother" needs to get revised, polished, and submitted to The Ladies of Trade Town anthology by June 9th.
* "Leaving Remediation Town" needs to get written, let sit, critiqued, revised, and submitted to Science in My Fiction by June 30th.
* I have a self-constructed goal of finishing bulk revisions (four. more. chapters.) and writing basic synopses and pitches for Vicesteed before 4th Street, which is June 25th. This is self-imposed, and I don't really "lose" anything if I don't make it--except the ability to speak coherently and persuasively about a ready-to-publish novel. Erk.
* Do the social media presentation for my writing group next month, June the ??th.
That's just the writing stuff. I also have a ridiculous stack of paperwork, and emails, and to-do lists, and cleaning and gardening and cooking food and photography stuff, and, and, and--all the usual stuff that nearly drives me to a nervous breakdown when I think about it.
I don't know how I'll get it all done. Especially since the precious few hours a day (on the 50% of days when I'm actually working only the 50% I'm supposed to) I have for writing-related stuff should all be going to editing Vicesteed, not the other three goals, let alone all the misc. non-writing crap I reallyshouldbedoing.
The rolling a D6 to figure out what I should do next, while it would get a lot done and keep me from burning out on one thing, might not get things done fast enough.
If I do a deathmarch, too much other stuff would slip, and I would totally burn out.
Deathmarch to timed productivity goals, I guess, and then do standard chores and D6 to-dos after that. Although even deathmarching, I'd still need to do dishes/dinner/laundry, and that's an hour or so a day right there. If it works, though, this might be a good balance of getting stuff done....
( Goals )
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