The Paranormalist’s WriMoProg Page

Below my WrMoProg goals, I have some general writing guidelines / goals for the new year.

WriMoProg Challenge Goals:

[I will enter next month's goals here when the time comes, ABOVE the most recent writing period. That will make it easy for folks to check in on me.]

February 2012 ~ WriMoProg: 1 + 2 = 3/42

02/07 GOALS:  I’m late getting this set up this month, but my goals can’t be set aside entirely. The plan is to do 42 hours in the remaining days of the month, with the bulk of them accomplished after the 16th. (We get possession of our new apartment on the 15th and I’m a quick settle-in-er.) I will be spending my writing time (21h) getting more chapters revised and uploaded to my critique group. For the other half of my hours, I will be resuming my daily bit ‘o creepy at my Facebook page, my Media Monday blog posts, and my other platform building activities at Twitter, Tumblr, etc. Plus getting caught up on my blog reading.

(the equation works like this: hours writing or editing work in progress + hours bloggling, critiquing, studying = total hours invested / (of) total hours committed)

January 2012 ~ WriMoProg: 13 + 71 = 84/200

01/23 UPDATE/NOTE: Obviously, things are changing quickly around here and I doubt I will meet my original goals considering that I’m now doing things like hunting for an apartment and looking for a job. The good news is that I AM still making progress. I have resumed participating in my online critique group – both by doing crits and by editing and posting my chapters for readers. I am also posting a nightly bit ‘o creepiness at my Facebook page. I do have to estimate how much time I’ve put in, because I haven’t been paying enough attention to when I sit down to do a little something.

01/01 GOALS: I’m going to be shooting for the full 200 hours this month. I’m still investing a fair bit of time in setting up and stream-lining my platform. I also have to re-engage with my critique group. And do some paranormal investigations, which directly feed into my blogging. (I also want to move my BPAL addiction to WordPress.)

As for my WRITING/EDITING half of the goal, I need to revise as many chapters as possible, get them posted to my critique group, and start the push to write the last third of my current novel.

I am participating in another, similar group as well. Here’s the link for anyone who arrived here from there:

General, Ongoing Goals:

Maintain my social media sites:

Blogs: (2-4 weekly posts) Posts of 300 – 1000 words on the topics of being bipolar, writing horror and studying the paranormal. Also maintain Writer’s Monthly Progress Challenge linky page.

Cultivate influencers. Find potential readers who are interested in the paranormal.

• WordPress

Short-form blogs: (1-2 daily posts) Quick snippets about paranormal / creepy events, short reviews, brief referrals and connections, evocative images, and links to blog posts.

• Facebook – Renae Rude (convert this to primary – name recognition is more important)
• Facebook – The Paranormalist (mirror)
• Tumblr – The Paranormalist (mirror)
• Pinterest – Renae Rude (pending – use images from 2012 366 photo challenge as much as possible)

Micro-blog: (multiple daily tweets)

• Twitter