Oh it’s been far too long!!!
I don’t know how I manage to do this at the end of each semester, but I always end up fizzled out and don’t catch up on my blog posts. And then Christmas comes…well, we all know how that is. So I thought it would be nice to do some catching up today, since I’m stuck at home with a head cold and I’m pretty much useless to doing anything else.
Anyway, a friend of mine posted on her blog today about her yearly ritual of writing herself a New Year’s list of goals. It helps to keep you accountable, and have reference to all the stuff you’ve completed. This also reminds me of the one that I did two years ago, in the Business of Art class, where we set up goals based upon our long term goals. I think it’s time for me to do another one! But first, I need some chocolate to “gather my thoughts.”
(Moment of silent munching.)
So, for 2012 here is my list of goals:
Daily/Weekly Stuff:
1) Get into a daily routine of exercising and working. You know, that balancing act I’m so bad at!
2) Post on my blog every Monday.
3) Continue with the work I’ve been doing in my PiBoIdMo Journal, and come up with a new picture book idea every Friday.
4) And if/when I’m not already busy with a project, come up with new sketches using the Illustration Friday/Artlibs method.
Backed Up Blogging Stuff:
1) Post about the last project in CBook3
2) Post about my latest batch of marketing materials.
3) Post about the Little Raindrop fan mail (wait til you see it!!!). And reply to the fan mail...
Bigger Stuff:
1) Prepare my portfolio for the Winter SCBWI conference in NY, which I am attending in January.
2) Send out my Winter mailers. (Which also doubled as my Holiday postcards this year.)
3) Learn InDesign. I will be this awesome program to layout Little Raindrop’s book, and all other subsequent book dummies, so with every chance I get I’ll be watching videos and reading tutorials and tooling around with it. I’ve already started this process, and I’m liking what I’m learning!
4) Layout, draw and finish Little Raindrop, book one. The author and I have discussed the possibility of a trilogy, and we will eventually talk about pursuing that later on.
5) Put together my next book dummy for submission to my targeted agency. Submit it!
6) If the agent I’m hoping for doesn’t bite, then I’ll submit my story to a few more agents prior to sending it off to a publisher.
I’m sure there’s a TON of stuff I am missing, but even this post has taken me wayyy too long with this Medicine Head, so I’ll leave it at that for now. Instead, I’ll go watch some InDesign videos on Adobe TV and catch up on some reading…maybe fit in a few cat naps!
Stay Happy and Healthy for Two Thousand Twelvy! :D