I'm groaning all right. It's one thing to dream up goals, quite another to have progress. Lucky me, my first book came out in 2007. A goal come true. I learned marketing and promotion on the fly and tried not to hook myself in the tail.
I hadn't counted on how much time the marketing and promotion would take. That cut into my writing. So did real life and my day job. I pushed harder, but because I looked so tired, my family and friends became concerned. Just recently I re-set my internal clock to Maggie Savings Time. I'll let you know if that works.
My immediate goal of launching book one was reached. My next goal of submitting a second romantic suspense to The Wild Rose Press has met with delay after delay. I had hoped to have No Second Chances out the door before I got on the conference train this week, but that doesn't look possible. My book with Freya's Bower is being edited. That sale was an unexpected bonus I didn't anticipate, and I'm learning a lot from working with those fine editors.
My goals for the rest of 2007: keep my head above water! I'm excited about meeting JL at Sleuthfest in a few days in the land of flamingoes, and I hope to network and make good contacts at both my upcoming conferences.
Write On!!!!
Maggie Toussaint
new books coming soon from Freya's Bower and Five Star!
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