It’s time for another monthly update on my writing goals. Here’s what I said I’d be working on and what I actually accomplished.

– Write 4 Flash Fiction Friday Stories (one per week)

Done. All five Fridays have a story posted. You can see them here on this blog.

– Update my Blog and Facebook Fan page (Both are titled ConniesRandomThoughts) weekly

Also done.

– Continue revision of Recall

As you may remember, I finished my revision of Recall last month. I did start my revision of TriPoint Station: Hard Choices. I wrote this draft last November. It prompted me to go for a series centered around TriPoint Station. Today is the 1st of April and I’m starting my month long Camp NaNo where I’ll start the 1st book in that series. See below for more info.

– Outline more Short Stories

Done. I not only outlined but drafted 7 flash fictions to post each Friday this month. Some of those are going to get a longer treatment in May for the May Story A Day Challenge.

Things not on the goal list:

1. I purchased the program Scrivener from the Literature and Latte site. I have been playing with it, a little. I plan on drafting my April Camp NaNo story in it. We’ll see how it goes.

2. I completed my outline for TriPoint Station: A New Start, in the new Scrivener Program. I’ll see how I like using it for drafting my novels.

3. I participated in the Merry-go-round blog tour in March. I’ll do the same in April.

4. I released a small e-book called A Trio of Animal Tales. Also put out a small book of the same. You can find it on Amazon.com, Smashwords, Kobo, Barnes and Noble and a few other sites.

So that’s pretty much it for March. It was both too long and too short. April brings Camp NaNo, where I’ll draft my next book in the TriPoint Station series. I like using the NaNo’s for these novel drafting exercises. They’re regularly scheduled (the next one is in July) so I have time to outline the book and be ready for a steady round of writing. There’s enough time between them for me to revise the previous book. So, for the way I write, the NaNo’s are very useful.

For those who don’t know about National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo or NaNo for short), it’s a challenge to writers. A personal challenge, can the writer write every day for 30 days and complete a 50,000+ word novel? I’ve done it three times now. (November 2011, August 2012 and November 2012) So I’m excited to get going on it for April 2013.

Don’t forget to come back on Friday. There’ll be a new Flash Fiction for you to enjoy.