What Did You Do This Week, Gail? Feb. 19th Edition

Goal 1. Adhere to Goals and Objectives. I'm reading the Lockwood & Co. series in which the narrator talks about a malaise that sets in when ghosts get too close. That's what's been going on here this past week. When I get close to an appearance malaise sets in. I had a brief appearance yesterday morning and another one the week after next that required creating a new program. And then there's a tai chi performance coming up on Sunday, which is like an appearance but...No, it's like an appearance. Malaaaaaaaaaise. Yet it looks as if I hit every goal this week in spite of it.

Goal 2. Prepare Mummy Hunters for Submission. Sent the entire manuscript to an agent who requested it and queried another one. I also finished going over more than a year's worth of Publisher's Marketplace Deals as part of my agent research.

Goal 3. Generate New Short Work/Programs. Created a ten/twelve minute mini-presentation on developing ideas. Putting that together went fast, at least for me. And yesterday's presentation went very well, thank you for asking.

Goal 4. Marketing Saving the Planet & Stuff eBook. Took the eBook down from Kobo and Barnes & Noble prior to offering it on Kindle Select. Had the website changed to reflect that. This was part of the 30-Day Productivity Challenge.  Found a list of blogs to contact for an April marketing push for Earth Day.

Goal 5. Community Building/General Marketing/Branding. 

• Blackbird Fly post. Promote to Google+, community, Twitter, and Goodreads
• Book Scavenger post. Promote to Google+, community, Twitter, and Goodreads
• Blackthorn Key post. Promote to Google+, community, Twitter, and Goodreads
• Footer Davis post. Promote to Google+, community, Twitter, and Goodreads
• Listen, Slowly post. Promote to Google+, community, Twitter, and Goodreads
• Goodreads blog post 
• Began collecting CCLC material for March. 
• Worked on Publishers Marketplace post. 
• Worked on Horn Book post.
• Visited local school's 5th & 6th grade writers' club.

Goal 6. Generate New Work. This wasn't an original objective, but I came up with a picture book idea last weekend that I'm going to draft just so I'll have it before it's gone from my mind.