The Plan

I think the best thing for me to do right now - just to keep on track - is to make some plans. A list, if you will; lists are always good.

I can't say I'm not angry about how it went down. I'm angry that I wound up quitting, while Sir Fuckface (the supervisor that busted me) gets off scot-free (though I hope my evisceration with HR damages him somewhat). I at least told my micromanaging manager what she thought. That felt good.

But anyway. Lists for the immediate time.

Every day, I will:

• Read for at least an hour
• Jam in at least 45 minutes of exercise (walking, shakeweight, exercise ball)
• Write at least 1500 words a day
• Tidy up the living area
• Spend time reading freelance blogs, articles, etc., to broaden my knowledge.
• Seek out additional gigs.

I am giving myself a break this weekend. I think on Monday I'll start nosing back into my freelance work - but maybe wait until after the holiday, or just pick at it for a bit. Just going to do a few here and there through the week. Next week I'll really kick it up a notch. I don't have a "set" number to do; I'd have to edit 40 pieces a day to make what I made at the old job, and while that might happen sometimes...it's rare. So this will be a supplement to something else. Not sure what, yet.

Short-term, one-off goals include:

• Fix up my resume. The content is good (I think) but the format needs help.
• Ask the bikers if they've got any freelance work for me.
• Polish my query letter, and the manuscript that goes with it.
• Come up with a list of agents to submit to and...begin.
• Polish the zombie story and see if Permuted Press wants it.

And that, I think, will get me started. I shall add to these lists as it occurs to me.

Present read: On the Proper Use of Stars, that Franklin Expedition novel I posted about.