What I Did With My Winter Vacation Was . . .

• Posted on Allena Tapia
• in For clients, For fellow writers, Freelance world
• on January 4, 2009
• 2 Comments.

freelance writer goals

Wow. It’s the Sunday before the kidlets return to school and I got nothing. Not a list of goals, not a business plan, not a fully fleshed out marketing plan, and not even a well-organized desk.

But, wait, I do have something. Yes, there is something there…

I got a nice break, in which I went to ski resort and enjoyed my family. I got long term project ready to be done tomorrow, I got a regular client who sends a steady paycheck for which I am eternally grateful, and I got a nice rest, in which I slept til 11 most days, and worked on my novel most midnights.

So dear writer and client, what exactly IS up with GardenWall Publications in 2009?

• My two ongoing clients, CE and About.com will continue. 
• I will continue and finish two temporary copy projects of which I am in the middle, and, after that, you will find a strict cut down in the amount of copy projects I take on. Those that I accept will be directly and only related to things that I am VERY interested in- namely education and non profits/humanitarian aid.
• I will foray much more heavily into editorial work.
• I will (eventually) create passive income through my translation services.
• I will create passive income through this and one other blog.
• I will concentrate on pitching magazines.
• I will finish my novel, to a point, up to this Summer, and then complete it totally this summer while I am in Mexico.
• I will begin a non-fiction project that is pressing on me.

Goal problem solved!

Thanks for wading through it with me.