{"id":4780,"date":"2019-01-09T14:26:35","date_gmt":"2019-01-09T19:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/?p=4780"},"modified":"2019-01-09T14:26:35","modified_gmt":"2019-01-09T19:26:35","slug":"clean-slate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/09\/clean-slate\/","title":{"rendered":"Clean Slate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4782\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/09\/clean-slate\/crushgoals\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/crushgoals.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"610,612\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"crushgoals\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/crushgoals.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/crushgoals.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4782 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/crushgoals.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/crushgoals.jpg 610w, https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/crushgoals-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/crushgoals-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/crushgoals-600x602.jpg 600w, https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/crushgoals-200x201.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/>It has taken me two weeks to settle into a new routine. I spent A LOT of time &#8211; too much, probably &#8211; thinking, strategizing, planning, scheduling, rescheduling &#8211; and I think I have my projects set for 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Most of last year was spent revising my book. Sporadically, mind you, and I think the last time I worked on it was\u2026November? Is it bad that I don\u2019t remember?<\/p>\n<p>I wrote a few new stories last year. Never enough, so that\u2019s my goal this year. More stories, more books, more flash fiction.<\/p>\n<p>To that end, I\u2019m a few months into using the money I was awarded from the <a href=\"http:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/11\/on-winning-the-hwa-scholarship\/\">HWA Scholarship<\/a>. So far, I\u2019ve taken 2 writing workshops, purchased some text books for the next class I\u2019ll be taking, <strong>Advanced Creative Writing<\/strong> with <a href=\"https:\/\/whatdoesnotkillme.com\/\">Richard Thomas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I just finished his <a href=\"https:\/\/litreactor.com\/classes\/short-story-mechanics-with-richard-thomas\">Short Story Mechanics<\/a> class in December. Wow! What an eye-opener. Read some great stories in class and the skills I learned have given me a new perspective on those stories I wrote last year.<\/p>\n<p>All were rejected from the markets I submitted them to and now I see why. Using Richard\u2019s tips, I went back to one particular story to rework it, read the first 5 pages and realized <strong>I should cut them all<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SO I WILL.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/T2po0QVqNpN84\/giphy.gif\" width=\"500\" height=\"315\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not going to be too precious with words that don\u2019t suit any given story. Not be to precious about things that aren\u2019t beneficial to me.<\/p>\n<p>I think that should use that mindset as my motto for 2019. What do you think? Which hashtag should I use?<br \/>\n<strong>#BeFierce<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>#GoForBroke<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>#Savage \ud83d\ude42<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So here are my ambitious plans for the year:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Finish my book<\/li>\n<li>Find an agent<\/li>\n<li>Write 6 new short stories<\/li>\n<li>Write monthly flash fiction<\/li>\n<li>Outline &amp; write a novella trilogy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Doable? I think so! At the very least, I\u2019m going to try!<\/p>\n<p>If you want to get in on the action, you should check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/maryrajotte\">my Patreon page<\/a>. That is where I\u2019ll be posting the <strong>monthly flash fiction<\/strong>, <strong>story extras<\/strong> (interesting tidbits, character profiles, etc), and<strong> share some secrets<\/strong> on what that novella trilogy is all about.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve reworked the reward tiers so everyone receives <strong>ALL perks<\/strong> for a <strong>$1 donation<\/strong>. <strong>$2<\/strong> gets you <strong>Early Access to all posts<\/strong>. And<strong> $5<\/strong> gets you an<strong> ebook<\/strong> at the end of the year with <strong>all the stories I publish throughout the year<\/strong>. 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