Just Hit Send: January

jenngreenleaf · Dec 31, 2011

Happy New Year!! :partyguy:

So . . . . does anyone still participate in Just Hit Send challenges? I searched for threads and the last one I could find was in June. :Shrug:

Anyone up for it again?

I'm trying my hardest to make 2012 suck much less than 2011 did, and I'm hoping sprinkling in a little JHS will do the trick.

Anyone with me? :hi:

inkkognito · Jan 1, 2012

Thanks for starting this. I'm definitely up for doing this again, even though my focus has changed. I'm now doing Kindle ebooks and focusing on online writing, as well as a little magazine work. Can the goals be a little broader than print?

jenngreenleaf · Jan 1, 2012

Of course!! The majority of my work is e-pubbing, too. I'm still going to have print goals, but not nearly as many as online.

I'm glad you're back on board! Maybe we can gather some of the old crew back into the mix again! That would be so cool. I'm putting together my crazy-OCD-long list like I used to do in the past. tee hee

inkkognito · Jan 1, 2012

I went out today and bought notebooks and planning calendars to do some OCD plotting of my own goals, too. At its most basic, here are my January goals:

-Daily blog entries in two blogs
-Every other day blog entries on About.com and at least 8 articles there (two per week)
-Check MediaPiston for work daily
-At least one travel article per day, and up to five, for existing client
-At least two Kindle/Nook books published this month
-At least two Examiner articles per day

That should keep me plenty busy! I hope some of the others jump in too...they've probably just sleeping off the New Years Eve hangovers, LOL.

jenngreenleaf · Jan 1, 2012

Yay!!

Yay for picking up new notebooks and planners - and yay for OCD planning!! Love that!!!

So far, all I have on my list is the 12 publications in 12 months challenge I set up for myself on my blog. I did this once in 2010, and I want to do it again.

I have my notebooks ready to go, though, and I just need to update my planner - lots floating around in my mind that I need to make into real goals and real plans!

inkkognito · Jan 3, 2012

I'm surprised no one else showed up yet!

ravenlea · Jan 4, 2012

Hey Jenn! I'm in!

ok I'll confess, I'm focusing more on short fiction than freelancing this year, but I could use JHS to keep me honest

But I also want to start writing for the local horse mag again this year and this mighe give me to motivation to start.

my goals for January 2012:

send one query to NWHS
send out one short story a week

jenngreenleaf · Jan 4, 2012

Yay! Happy you're joining in, too! :hooray:

inkkognito · Jan 4, 2012

Yay, Ravenlea, glad to see you here!

machlynn · Jan 11, 2012

Can I play too?

Haven't done JHS before, but I want to!
For January, I've ID'd 7 potential mags I haven't queried before. I've already hit two.
Goal is to send to remaining 5 by month's end (whew). And hopefully hear back a "yes"!
Lynn

jenngreenleaf · Jan 11, 2012

machlynn said:
Haven't done JHS before, but I want to!
For January, I've ID'd 7 potential mags I haven't queried before. I've already hit two.
Goal is to send to remaining 5 by month's end (whew). And hopefully hear back a "yes"!
Lynn

Your goals are great! I haven't queried magazines in years . . . I really should . . . I miss magazine writing!

inkkognito · Jan 12, 2012

Yay, so good to see another JHS person. Welcome, Lynn!

I was out of town for a few days, but I worked even though it was vacation. I got several articles done for a client and did some About.com work. Also played around with a Kindle book I'm working on, so I think it was a pretty productive vacation.

jenngreenleaf · Jan 12, 2012

I've been pounding away at assignments from two different clients, and tonight I'm catching up on assignments from a third. I've gotten to book work at all this week . . . and feel REALLY guilty about that.

RobinF · Jan 13, 2012

This is my first time in JHS. I tried to make 2011 a year of full time writing but life got in the way. I finished the year full time and have a pretty good start to this year.

I need to:
*finish picture book story, create a dummy
*write query for pb and send it to Mary Kole (participated in webinar, she'll critique)
*get my newspaper column and stories written
*find a February feature story for the newspaper
*add 10,000 words to a collection of short stories

jenngreenleaf · Jan 13, 2012

Welcome to the group!

It's pretty quiet here compared to the old days - maybe some of the other members will start popping in, too!

RedStringSoul · Jan 14, 2012

Popping in for a bit! I've participated in other JHS challenges way back

I am hoping to make this THE year that I can earn something substantial. My goals for this month:

* Work on blog content for my tech blog
* Cold/warm call 5 leads a day (weekdays)
* Pitch to 3 different editors every week for newspaper stories
* Finish my outline for my ebook

inkkognito · Jan 14, 2012

Welcome, Robin and Red!

I've been plugging away with my eBooks, About.com, travel content, and a magazine assignment. The eBook sales are slowly but surely building, so that's very inspiring. The magazine article is fun because I interviewed Victoria Stilwell.

jenngreenleaf · Jan 19, 2012

everyone!

I've been plugging right along with my queries, as well as keeping up with current client work. I'm nearly finished a book I intend to self-publish and release next month through CreateSpace, as well as on Kindle.

I've also been pre-occupied with the Shorty Awards ever since receiving my first nomination - which came as a complete surprise! So, I've been trying to get more nominations for that - almost in the top 20!! :hooray:

By the end of the month, too, I *will* dust off my manuscript (The Ghost Writer) and work on that some more. (It WILL happen!!!)

jenngreenleaf · Jan 19, 2012

inkkognito said:
Welcome, Robin and Red!

I've been plugging away with my eBooks, About.com, travel content, and a magazine assignment. The eBook sales are slowly but surely building, so that's very inspiring. The magazine article is fun because I interviewed Victoria Stilwell.

I'm glad to hear your sales are climbing - that's great news!!

Sounds like a fun interview, too!

inkkognito · Jan 23, 2012

Jenn, sounds like you're doing great!

Over here, I released my first romance novella ebook (it's part of a series of stories with Disney and the other Orlando theme parks as a backdrop) and should have another guide book ready to go out today. Then back to my online travel client to get some more content pieces done.

jenngreenleaf · Jan 23, 2012

Thanks, Barb! That's great news for you, too!!

More client work for me today (and the rest of the week, for that matter), and yesterday I attempted a #10KSunday challenge on Twitter. I didn't finish, but I did make GREAT progress. My novel is in desperate need of work, so this helped jump start the process again. I'm going to try it again this coming Sunday!

thekingsguard · Jan 24, 2012

This is where we post our work goals for next month?

*12 posts for my personal blog
*4 Articles for The Dudeletter (a site I write for)
*4 Articles for the Alternate History Weekly Update (another site I write for)
*Finish one short story
*Send out three query letters about freelance work.

RobinF · Jan 24, 2012

Update!

I need to:
*finish picture book story, create a dummy
*~~write query for pb and send it to Mary Kole (participated in webinar, she'll critique)~~
*get my newspaper column and stories written
*find a February feature story for the newspaper
*add 10,000 words to a collection of short stories

I submitted the PB three days before deadline, two and a half days early for me. I had no idea how little I knew about writing a PB.I l learned a lot.

inkkognito · Jan 25, 2012

Yay! More goal setters and goal progress reports!

Still plugging away on my Kindle books here. I just need to stop checking my sales figures obsessively, LOL.

Skyraven · Jan 31, 2012

*poking my head in to say hi!*

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