Aprils is out of here. You know after deciding, to reset on some of my goals, this has been my most successful month yet.
It was a hard decision to drop the migrated book goals that I had, but it was necessary. As I drew closer to the release of The Alpha’s Dream and the coming birth of my third little one, I had to be honest about my time. A very tough thing to face is knowing that I still want to get those things accomplished, but don’t have a specific timeline for them.
I will have to figure out something, because I’ve already started mapping out my next release. More updates on that later.
So, here is a goal gut check for the month of April. I’ll tell you exactly how I did.
April Goal List:
-Format The Alpha’s Dream
-Decide on Amazon Exclusivity
-Pick New Release Date for Second Draft
-Execute Phase #2 of Marketing
I completely dismissed all of my migrated goals.
Like I said, it’s been a pretty successful month. I got to everything on this list even though some of the things accomplished were in a more abbreviated fashion. To break down the list, everything got done. I formatted the Alpha’s Dream after getting it to the Editor. It didn’t make it back in time, so there was a little mix-up with the pre-orders. Alas, all is well. I decided on a release date for my second release, but I’m not going to disclose that yet. When I decide whether release number two will be an short or a full length release, I will give you all the details.
The hardest thing on the list was deciding on Amazon Exclusivity. For this release, I have decided on the exclusivity. I struggled with that decision as I would like to make my releases as available as possible. It makes more sense to expand to other platforms and once the three month exclusivity clause of Amazon is up, that is exactly what I plan to do. At this moment, it simply felt like a better choice to exclusively publish on Amazon. As I grow my book list, we will see what happens next.
The final thing on the list, e xecuting marketing phase two is an ongoing process. Yes, I have begun to work out the kinks of my marketing plan, but it isn’t something that simply ends at a certain point. I’m constantly evaluating what I am doing and working to expand my reach. One of the things I’ve done of late is to set up my author Pinterest account. You can see it here. For visuals of the heroine and hero muses I use to model my characters after and writing resources I find crucial to my process, follow my boards.
I’m proud of the work I have been able to accomplish. My goals are super important if I will end the year the way I plan too. I know your goals are important too. Leave me a comment about some of the ways you’ve managed to stay on track. And, tune in next week for what my May goal list brings!
Joy
Jocelyn Young 