ROW80: Change is constant!

I'm feeling pretty good because, once again, I revamped my goals overall. Here are my goals for the merry month of May:

TOP PRIORITY:

• MINIMUM OF 1 HOUR DAY/6 days week on Seventh Tapestry.
• BETA: Fallon Brown’s Flames of Renewal, 1 hour/day. DUE end of May.
• NEWSLETTER out by May 5.
• Rivers of Stone: Set date/place for launch party. Work 2-3 hours each week on marketing (strategy, action steps). Carry out 2-4 action steps each month. Plan launch party. 

PRIORITY TWO & THREE:

• Prep for Annette/Sue MAY 7: audio books + Tapestry.
• Read ROW80 (post snippet on Weds, goals on Sunday). Read A-Z bloggers, and declutter e-mail. 
• Follow through on 2 ways to promote audiobooks. 
• Download 2018 A-to-Z into Kindle book?
• READING: Post 1 review. Track books downloaded and read. Want to read Steven Malone’s Southing.
• Update my writing blog! See http://annerallen.com/2018/03/5-website-mistakes/
• Read through GoodReads reviews on my books. Tips, possible reviewers? 
• Update Amazon’s Author Central (way too many blank paragraphs here!)
• Clean up outstanding documents for SASP. 
• Need to clear out DropBox and retain essential writing files.

Just a NOTE about the writing: The Seventh Tapestry remains my priority, and I'm making good progress (more specifics with the next post). My post today for the Insecure Writer's Support Group, "Just In Time Writing," talks about a breakthrough in writing strategy that helped me immensely this week. Maybe this idea will be helpful to YOU.

Does any other ROW80 writer have trouble saying 'No'? A few health issues pushed me to simplify my commitments this last month. 'Saying no' was not easy, but I immediately felt much less stress.

This Wednesday is also WIPpet Wednesday (kindly hosted by Emily Wrayburn), a blog hop for writers sharing a snippet from their current WIP that somehow relates to the date. For example, today, I'm sharing 5 paragraphs for the month of May. YOU can join in (or read what other writers are posting by going to this LINKY. 

Here's the blurb for The Seventh Tapestry: Art appraiser/archivist Sandra Robertson is pulled into danger when she finds clues to an undiscovered medieval tapestry in Scotland and attempts to rescue it from the black market with help from Thomas McDonnell, Edinburgh’s Art Crimes Unit.

And here's that snippet from early in the story:

     “We got a call this morning, Sandra.” Roger’s pudgy fingers tapped on a file. “I’d like you to go to Stirling to follow up on a possible donation.”
     “I’d love to,” said Sandra.
     “Make arrangements when you reach a stopping point in your data base review.” Roger smiled. “You’re doing good work here.” He plopped the file on her desk. “Let me know if you have any questions.”
     Sandra turned back to her workstation. Printouts spilled over her desk, perilously close to a cup of cold coffee. How could he know I’m doing good work? I haven’t given him a full report. She took a deep breath. Maybe it would be good to get out of the office. She smirked. I’m thrilled to be here, but this isn’t really an office. It’s worse than my cubby at the Cluny. 

     Most of the time, Sandra didn’t notice the low-hanging ceiling decorated with hanging pipes for heating and ventilation. Her office was more of a converted closet in a warren of small rooms underneath the Museum, created over time for staff and storage. The only time her office had seemed too small was when Thomas McDonnell had stopped by. He was far too good-looking, Sandra thought. And I don’t have time for that.

Perseverance furthers! Make it a good week! Check in with other ROW80 writers HERE or on Facebook. Join the fun anytime.

Blue Heron and Flamingos at Celestun, Yucatan, Mexico
'Dare to be Different'
(Camp, Feb 2018)