Writing Goals and Resolutions - May Update

Here we go with May's update on my writing goals for 2009, and my general New Year resolutions.

Writing Goals

• Write every day, aiming for a minimum of two pages each day.
  Ooooh, not a good month. I've detailed the reasons elsewhere, but a wedding, a birthday, a holiday and a car crash proved to be quite disruptive to my plans!
  
• Compile an electronic anthology of my best short stories from 2008.
  The less said about this the better....
  
• Launch the Chinese Whispers anthology.
  The project here has been up and down. The start of May saw us lose one of the female writers, regain a replacement with days to spare, only to now lose one of the male writers! Fun...
  
• Enter six writing contests.
  One entered. In the end I elected not to enter the Writer's Digest short story contest. I'm beginning to feel like I have too much on my plate, so the short story contests may get the chop, we'll see what June brings...
  
• Complete two manuscripts to a publishable standard.
  Ongoing. As hinted above, I have an aggressive writing schedule planned.
  
• Participate in, and complete, NaNoWriMo 2009.
  5 months to go.

New Year Resolutions

• Read at least one book per month.
  Books read this month - American Gods by Neil Gaiman. Only one this month, but at least it was one.
  
• Get my 5k time down to 18 minutes.
  
• Run the BUPA London 10,000 in 45 minutes.
  Both of these goals came off the rails, and due to back injury from the car accident I had on holiday, I was forced to withdraw from the BUPA London 10,000.
  
• Take part in a half-marathon in late summer.
  Last month I was happy with the prospect of physio and running. In mid-May I finished my physio, but now need to return due to the recent injuries. What the physio makes of it will determine my chances for the half-marathon.
  
• Take part in a full-marathon at the end of the year.
  Again, this all depends on the assessment of my physio.