Hello,
I thought it was time I made a new 5-year plan of goals. Should be interesting to see what might happen over the next five years. You never know!
Five Year Plan as of May 2016:
- Finish and publish Correspondence Encounter (currently working on edits)
- Publish Heir Force on Kindle
- Go on a writing cruise (what better way to combine writing and cruising??)
- Finish writing Accident Encounter
- Write full-time (very possible; two oldest will be out of the nest or very close to it, third child will be 15, fourth blessing will be 9, five years from now)
- Be able to hire a publicist/technology professional (so I can just write!)
That should do it for the next five years! How about you? What goals would you put on your 5-year plan? Let us know!
~~Michelle
Michelle Connell Novelist 
I love that you have a five year plan. My plans never extend past one year. This year I hope to finish writing my novel, The Air That I Breathe, and I am debating about whether or not to join Facebook. As an author, I know that it is another platform for publicity, but it is also one more thing that cuts into writing time. Being able to hire a publicist, to allow more time for writing, sounds like a good plan, and I’d love to go on that writing cruise with you, but I’ll have to sell some more books first!
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Thank you, Kristah! It’s not original with me, but I learned about making those goals somewhere along my journey. I have to sell more books also to go on that dream cruise!
I am not on FB either, and after reading some marketing books, FB isn’t really that helpful to translating to sales anyway. Grow your email list instead. (I am posting a review of Tim Grahl’s book, Your First 1000 Copies on Thu. at paddlecreekwriters.com. He explains why the list is more important than any other platform.)
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