Plans and Goals

Hm. I may have mentioned already
that I have to start reading a few books
so I can write the part of my novel where the American War Correspondant
poses as an Argentine in Vichy France,
and also the part where she and her lorry-driving girlfriend
meet the gay black truck drivers.

Also, xjenavivex was talking about some co-authoring projects,
and one of my ideas would involve a group of writers in a joint project,
but we haven't decided anything yet.

Meanwhile,
it would still help if people would buy my books
http://www.amazon.com/Stacy-Danielle-Stephens/e/B003HMS0UK/
and post reviews of them.
As you may recall, I'm supremely confident regarding how well they're written,
and how ground-breaking history will show them to be.
:)

The Bohemian Girl and Other Stories
already has three five-star reviews,
so I may not be the only one who feels that way.

I'm having coffee with a group of Catholic seminarians in a couple hours.
Apparently, this has become an annual event.
I don't think these are the same guys I met last year.
But, no, I guess nobody could help me with that.

I did put together that collection of stealth-transsexual-homicide-detective stories,
and now I'm doing the proofreading and possible revising...
The collection should be on amazon in a few months.

I'm still in the very slow process of winning the heart
of my squeeze-of-choice, with whom I hope to spend the last thirty-five years of my life.
To help with that, people only need believe it's possible.

I still have the completed 60,000 word WWII Schweinfurt novel waiting to be published.
If anyone knows of an agent or publisher seeking such a novel,
it would help to let me know.

At this point, I will settle for a week with no new medical or unplanned car-related expenses.

At some point in the possibly-foreseeable future, I'd like to put more books on shelves and free up space in the living room. That's not happening until my wrist and knee are better, though.

I'll be holding my thumbs and wishing you well.

I'd like to put books on shelves, too,
but my books on retailers' shelves...
:)

I would like to get back to the Haiti painting project soon. I really need to get some commissions and/or sell some larger paintings ASAP... I detest being worried about finances.

For the month of July, I want to complete a painting a week. This week isn't looking so good. I'm also working on a grant proposal for an art project about LGBTQ women of color.

I'd just like to get something done each day.

Problem is, I can't afford to run my A/C (what little I have) at full blast to cool my room enough to do much, so I fade out when it gets hot (about 2 pm - 8 pm). The insulation on my house sucks, and I can't afford to "go somewhere" else - I can't work in a library, I get booknapped.

I did manage to cut out some more zipper "cash bag" parts last night in the wee hours.

Did I mention that I hate summer, sun, and heat?

I am still working towards my first weight-loss goal. Very slowly.

I have a bunch of reading to do, but I'd like to get back to writing. I got to visit with a critique partner over the weekend, and have regained a lot of my enthusiasm for the latest project (which involves, among other things, dragons making their caves human-accessible).