Still keeping up with this, I had a few more accomplishments:

1. On Thursday, I spent my lunch 1/2 hour doing a prompt from writing “Without the Muse”. VERY instructive.

2. This is major. On Wed., I compiled a list of goals required to get to where I want to be. It had topics such as “Financial”, “Business”, and “Creative”. Next task is to set a general timeline for these goals, then break them down into steps. Finally, I’ll need to pick up a planner and schedule them.

3. Scheduled an appointment with Dean of English at local college in 2 weeks.

4. Looked into more MFA programs - turns out there is one with low residency and a professional writing co-cirriculum. Hm…

All in all, not a bad week. Some other ideas I’m thinking of is looking for an accountability partner.

3/12: participated in Will Write for Wine writing prompt, joined forums and posted.

3/11: joined Will Write for Wine group, listened to podcast, made appointment to meet dean of English at new prospective college I’d like to attend in the fall, researched local groups and meetings.

3/10: harvested some writing blogs and sites, considered joining another local writers group (timing is bad with class)

3/5: setup AIM for writing course, contacted teacher.

Hm, must to better than this…

I’ve decided to start up this blog again, to have some accountability for my writing.

I’ve gone into it at more depth over at mom-blog (read more here), but it’s come to my attention that I need to dedicate myself to my real purpose here - NOW.  This is the year, and I’m not wasting another moment.  To that end, I’m trying to do something daily that will forward my writing career.   Here is a round up of what I have done the last few days:

Tuesday, 3/4:
-signed up for online class at the writer’s studio
-signed up for a local writer’s group that looks like they have productive meetings

Monday, 3/3 and Friday, 2/29:
-starting working on a short story which is a backbone to a new novel idea.

Monday, 3/3:
-listened to Will Write for Wine podcast on genre.

Thurs, 2/28:
-joined list at www.internetwritingworkshop.org

Tues, 2/26:
-asked writers.com writing group for advice on progressing

Also listened last week to several podcasts on writing and began re-editing my fantasy novel.  So that’s A START.  I also recently learned that NANOWRIMO takes place several times a year, so I may consider participating in the next one.  We’ll see.