the 2008 Plan, as it stands now

[lagilman]

For my own rundown, and anyone who might be interested in such things.

Conventions:
Arisia -- Writer GoH (Boston - January)
Lunacon (New York - March)
Balticon (Baltimore - May)
Hypericon (Nashville - June)
Necon (Rhode Island -- July)
WorldCon (Denver - August)
World Fantasy (Calgary - November)

Must Write:
BONNIE #1
The Project Eating My Brain (sample chapters at least, hopefully the whole thing)
Sample chapters for YA Project Nibbling My Toes
INSIGHT revisions
Various & sundry short stories in the holding tank

In Progress/Waiting on:
Revision notes on DAUGHTER OF THE SEA (Anna Leonard)
Revision notes on BLOOD FROM STONE

In Production, Still Needing Me:
FREE FALL
THE NIGHT SERPENT (Anna Leonard)

Under Submission, Waiting Responses:
THE GREENING I & II
proposal for THE SEA'S BRIDE (Anna Leonard)
various short stories

To Go Out on Submission:
DRAGON VIRUS project

Still Pending but On Hold:
revised DREAM CAMP proposal
THE SANDERSEN WOMEN

New Releases:
FREE FALL (May 2008)
THE NIGHT SERPENT (Anna Leonard)(Summer 2008)
"Illumination" in POWERS OF DETECTION II: THE UNUSUAL SUSPECTS (ghus know when)

Is it a good thing or a sad thing that I look at this schedule and think "that's ALL?" in tones of "get your gear on, Gilman!" I need one more large project and, hrm, two more smaller ones to come on-line, I think, before the shark comes out...

Comments

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

*stares* I can't decide if I am in awe or horror of that list, particularly the bit at the end where you think, "That's ALL?" Now I'm trying to decide if I've got the stomach to make a list like this of my own...

[lagilman]

*holds up mirror so mizkit can see her wn damn productivity level...*

Sheeesh.

WOW!!!

[mythrana.livejournal.com]

I think you forgot to schedule in time to sleep. I am sure you must have been bitten by a radioactive roadrunner or something to keep up with your list. Good luck with getting everything done. I am very excited to see new Retrievers novels coming out though because I am very addicted to the series.

May you be blessed with much caffeine and imagination.

Re: WOW!!!

[lagilman]

I think you forgot to schedule in time to sleep

*laugh* No, the felines do the sleeping in this household for me.

Honestly, although it's a long list, a lot of it's stuff that involves waiting...waiting...waiting...mad rush...waiting.... It's only work that's come on-line (the greenlighted projects, to use a Hollywood term) that consumes major hours and brain cells. And makes money, yes. This is how I feed the felines, after all. ;-)

If you scratch most professional writers, even the most laid back or successful, I suspect that you'll find they're all somewhat neurotic under the surface about not working enough. And cranky about being scratched.


I am very excited to see new Retrievers novels coming out though because I am very addicted to the series. Always glad to feed the non-life-endangering addiction!

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

Intellectually I know the mirror is there! Emotionally I see right through it and stagger in awe of the power that is you! :)

[ex-fashioni.livejournal.com]

Yeah, you wouldn't be all that surprised if I read that list and thought, "Totally doable."

I only wish I had that much on my plate, which also serves as testimonial to how utterly bent I am. :-P

[lagilman]

Yeah, you wouldn't be all that surprised if I read that list and thought, "Totally doable."

Gee, one might think you were a Virgo, or sometin'....

[house-draven.livejournal.com]

Wow. I am awestruck. No one can say you don't work hard for your success!

[sfmarty.livejournal.com]

That post made me very tired.

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

World Fantasy (Ontario - November)

You had me all excited for a second, there. Alas, it appears that WFC is in Calgary, Alberta. Which I'd love to visit, but it's nowhere near as likely a target as Nameyourtarget, Ontario.

*Note to self: Win lottery*

[lagilman]

Ooops. Fixing...