Polysyllabic

This is more for my own benefit. I’m trying to be realistic here, so I’m hoping to keep these up until April, at which point they’ll hopefully be habits:

- Create a few standard LOIs to send out to prospective clients.
- Seek out and solicit at least five new corporate clients a week.
- Post at least two blog posts a week, preferably three (M/W/F).
- Get at least one magazine query out a week, regardless of how busy other writing exploits become.
- Set up a weekly schedule to be more productive: Monday = blog day (write posts, SEO, etc), Tuesday = LTK day, Wednesday = query/marketing/solicitation day, Thursday = features, Friday = writing education.
- Land at least one regular blogging gig, such as B5MEdia.
- Get at least ONE complete fiction outline together by March, and then start writing. Have at least 200 pages by the end of the year, ideally 300-400 (that is, if the overall book warrants that much space).
- Get two cookbook proposals together, one with Dianne’s help through her class.

That’s not so bad. These are all things I can easily accomplish, and if I get them all done, I’d say it’s a pretty productive year.

Edit: Jenny wrote a great post over at the Golden Pencil about advancing your freelance dreams in the new year. She poses some great questions.