Goals for 2016 – MARSHALL RYAN MARESCA

So, now that we’re firmly in the new year, it’s time to set some professional goals. What will I accomplish?

Slight problem: I have some rather specific goals that I can’t properly talk about yet. So I’m going to have to be vague. Sorry about that. When I can be not-vague, I will scream to the hilltops. But for today: vague.

COMING OUT IN 2016
First, there will be the things I have coming out in 2016. The Alchemy of Chaos, of course, comes out in a few weeks, and the second Maradaine Constabulary book, An Import of Intrigue, comes out in November. So that right there are two big things.

WRITING IN 2016
Here’s where I need to be vague. Over the next twelve months I will need to:

Polish “Manuscript X” and turn it in.
Finish draft of “Manuscript Y”, edit it, and turn it in as well.
Finish draft of “Manuscript X2”.
Polish outline of “Manuscript Z” and get started on it.

Yeah.

I may need to be reminded to breathe and such as well…

ALSO IN 2016
I’m attending ConDFW in February, and running the Writers’ Workshop for ArmadilloCon in July. I do not, as of this writing, have any other con appearances scheduled, but I intend to get a few more on my agenda. I would like to include WorldCon in Kansas City among them, but I can’t commit to that just yet. Honestly, at this point, I really don’t know.

But, let’s be real: that writing schedule, combined with the release of two books, is pretty breakneck. I need to remember to to keep things like copyedits and proofs in the schedule. My point is: it’s probably best if I don’t spend too many weekends going anywhere.

So that’s what I have. In December, we’ll check back over here and see how I did.