Goals list of 2014

Goals list of 2015

Goals list of 2016:

1. At One’s Beast available in King County Libraries
   1. I didn’t submit this book to the library becuase I decided to revise and republish version 2!
2. Donuts in an Empty Field (For the Love of Donuts Book 1) published
   1. Yes!!! Check it out HERE
3. Start my retirement fund
   1. Yes! I started an IRA and put money in it!
4. Create a food/board game
   1. No, totally forgot about this one….
5. Watch a roller derby
   1. Yess!! I even got to dress up, see it here
6. Finish Flora’s Last Chance for Magic and submit to publishers
   1. Yes and no. I finished writing, editing, proofing, and getting a cover, but I’ve only submitted the book to one agent
7. Re-revise My Dad the Prepper and send it out to new publishers
   1. Yes! I revised this book and sent it out to new publishers and I’ve already received several rejections (I’m up to 11 so far on this project)
8. Make a box set case for upcoming series For the Love of Donuts using this website
   1. Forgot about this one too because I only have one book so far in the series!
9. Publish the anthology “Stories from Seattle” with all proceeds to go to my favorite goat rescue PSGR
   1. Tabled this because nobody knew about submissions, but I did submit to a Hot MC biker chick anthology 😉
10. Finish my brother’s recipe book so he can publish it
    1. Tabled this one as he lost interest in completing this project
11. Publish Cafe Connections (Aster & Tilde book 1) on 10/31/16
    1. HA ha ha. I have so far to go on editing for this! I want Aster & Tilde books 1 and 2 (editing and rewrites) to be my project for Nano 2017
12. Get professional author photos
    1. Nope. I have enough amateur photos for now…
13. Learn a special dance or solo
    1. Sigh. Tabled. But I did choose the perfect song to learn once I get around to it!
14. Bask in a sea of donuts
    1. No. Tabled this one as well because I haven’t sourced these donuts yet.

2017 Goals!!! Writing and Beyond:

Writing:

• Publish Seize the Donut (for the Love of Donuts Book 2) on National Donut Day – June 2nd, 2017
• Edit my short stories – Celebrity Dreamscapes, Smart Fraud, The Man Who Never Slept
• Send out my short stories for publication!
• Version 2 of At One’s Beast (edit, revise, re-release)
• Find an agent for Flora’s Last Chance for Magic
• Find a publisher or artist for my children’s picture book
• Write and art for children’s picture book about pole dance
• Write a children’s picture book about dad catch phrases or dad puns
• Revise Aster & Tilde
• Write Aster & Tilde book 2 and plan out the series
• Review 1 Indie book a week
• Go to Emerald City Writer’s Conference again
• Start editing Dollars to Donuts (for the Love of Donuts book 3)
• Publish Nichole’s Book of Awesome Things (for the Love of Donuts accompaniment 2) for release with Seize the Donut
• Create a coloring book of donuts (for the Love of Donuts accompaniment 3) for release in the winter
• Create an audio book of my poetry book
• YouTube video 1x/month
• Get 500 Instagram followers
• Reach 250 Facebook likes on author page
• Reach 250 Facebook friends
• Reach 250 Twitter followers
• Get to 2000 newsletter subscribers

Physical:

• Mile in 10 minutes
• 50 push-ups in one go
• Inversions other side solid
• Shoulder mount
• Level up inversions at Divine
• Dance performance
• 200 pole classes lifetime
• 10 pull ups