Good keep on pushing till you're bleeding and you know that your work has jumped into the world! I personally have been writing my story over a course of off and on unscheduled over perhaps four years. Its perhaps only been the last six months that I really started to put will into it. Its funny actually, because it started as a completely different story, but its a story that I want to introduce into the world as my first published work. Bottom line don't let your goals stop, keep on raising them up till they reach the dreamy peak!