D. Thomas Minton
writes speculative fiction from his home in the mountains of British Columbia.
Category Archives: Goals
Ten Down and It’s Only August
Recently I hit the first of my annual writing targets when I made my fortieth story submission. Over the weekend I hit a second of my goals by completing and submitting my tenth short story of the year, a piece called … Continue reading
Three Cheers for Hitting Forty
I wanted to get serious about my writing this year, so I set writing goals back in January (I’m a goal-oriented person). I developed four goals and what I thought were realistic targets for each: Write and/or edit at least 500 … Continue reading
To Write, Write, Write
Like everything in the world, there’s considerable variability in productivity from writer to writer. Some writers are notoriously slow, whereas others seem to have a steady stream of novels, short stories, poems, articles, graphic novels, blog post, etc. flying off their fingers. … Continue reading
Sometimes My Goals Aren’t That Big…or Important
Since setting up this site, I’ve been cruising around the good ol’ interweb looking at other author pages to get ideas for how I want mine to look. Yesterday I stopped over at Jay Lake’s webpage. For those who aren’t … Continue reading
Disqualification is My Goal
It’s not often I hope to get disqualified from something, but that’s exactly what I’d like to do for the Writers of the Future Contest. This contest is open only to “amateur” writers and the two ways to get permanently … Continue reading
Publish or Perish
Publishing stories is a multi-step process. While I’m sure many people have different versions of this process, I break it down into three steps: (1) write the story, (2) finish the story, and (3) submit the story. If a breakdown occurs … Continue reading
Daily Writing Targets
I’ve had debates with other writers about the value of setting daily writing goals. I know every writer is different, but I find daily goals valuable because they give me something to strive for every day, and as I’ve mentioned before, … Continue reading
Goals
Not everyone is a goal-oriented person, but I am. I think it’s important to have concrete goals to work towards. If nothing else, goals give me the opportunity to reach milestones, which, if nothing else, makes me think I’m making … Continue reading
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