These are not resolutions in the New Year’s Eve ‘I’m going to promise to utterly change my life, eat right, exercise, and then feel awful when I fail’, but rather SMART goals that I want to achieve in the coming year.

S = Specific

M=Measurable

A=Attainable

R=Realistic

T=Timely

I want to submit to each quarter of The Writers of The Future Contest. (Clearly if I win I stop submitting.)

I want to submit short stories to no less than three professional pay-grade markets.

Submit Love & Loyalty to another professional publisher.

Complete the first draft on Command & Control.

Write a complete short story outside of my genre.