#Goals

It has been a long time since I've written an update, and a lot has happened, but I'll attempt to be concise (and likely fail miserably).  

Vazdimet

 

Vazdimet Studios

I have officially made the decision to self publish my novels, rather than submit them to traditional publishers. This allows me a lot more freedom, while also guaranteeing I can tell all the stories I wish to tell - provided I have enough time to write them all down of course!  

Website and Mailing List

With this new decision comes a new publisher name and a new website! Visit vazdimet.com to check it out, and maybe even sign up for my new mailing list while you're there. As you can tell from my lack of updates here, I won't spam you. I do have some great plans on behind the scenes looks into the publishing process, in addition to the usual posts about upcoming books. Currently I am drafting one about TJ's design process for my book cover.  

Novels!

Speaking of which... I am in love. TJ Trewin is amazing. Everything he touches. Check out how world of Melior if you haven't run across it yet   Mordena Dawn Book 1: In Spite of the Inevitable, coming in 2023!   I have slowed down in worldbuilding in favor of writing the actual novels. Book 3 is in work, and the magnificent Dani is working the edits for Book 1 this month. (Check out her world of Luridity, if you haven't yet! Wholesome Romance for a better world.)  

Discussion Boards

The Vazdimet Discussion Boards are also alive and well. Check them out of you'd like to interact with the characters of Vazdimet. We have quite a few threads going.  

Personal Life

In more personal news, things have gotten hectic here. My day job has been... Stressful to put it simply. And then last week I slipped down the stairs so I am home on bedrest with two sprained ankles. Nothing broken thankfully! I did get x-rays at the ER. Won't know much else until next week when I finally have a follow up appointment with an Orthopedic specialist. Everyone else was booked until the end of October.   The pain has subsided, as long as I avoid walking (can't put weight on my left foot at all), although the swelling is lingering. My husband has been phenomenal in taking care of both me and the kids.   This too will pass. Maybe I will even get more time to write, who knows.   I hope you are all doing well! Keep writing!   #Update #Goals #Vazdimet

As I suspected when I decided to do quarterly goals this year, I have had to reevaluate my plans for the year already. There's still another month left in the first quarter but there has been enough change I feel it's appropriate at this point to simply set my second quarter goals now and roll March's progress in with them.   First, an update on my first quarter plans:

• Write more stories! While I have not written as many as I had hoped for I have indeed been writing. I also spent a lot of time organizing my Facets of Fillimet short story collection, and organizing my future writing intentions. This goal will carry over throughout the year and possibly beyond, although it may shift forms to focus on specific projects.

   

• Progress in my "Creatures of Fillimet" article. This one has changed, as I determined my "Magic of Fillimet" article to be more useful and more important right now. As magic is a major foundation to Fillimet it makes more sense to work that first. Progress has been good, with many magics gaining stronger definitions this quarter. A few of my more recent ones below, as I work on my Divine Magic.

   

• Participate in Kickstarter's February Zine Quest. After much introspection I determined that this year was not the right time for me to run a Kickstarter. I have not abandoned this goal, but rather rescheduled it to 2022. In the meantime I will still be working this one behind the scenes to have a product closer to finalization by ZineQuest next year. Expect to see more Fillimet professions on the horizon, especially as I work through each class of magic.

  As I am sure you have guessed by now, many of my adjusted first quarter goals will carry over into this quarter:  

1. Write more stories! These will still remain in the form of short stories within articles in all likelihood, although I hope to branch out into more longer (but still short) stories as the quarter progresses.
2. Continue working the Magic of Fillimet. I hope to have my Divine Magics completed by the end of March, at which point I will pick the next category to work. (I am also open to requests if there's something you want to know.)
3. Organize Vazdimet. One of my personal goals for the year was to take better care of my mental health, and so I am throwing in a fun side project to my current quarter goals. My world of Vazdimet is a reboot of my science fiction world from high school, rewritten instead as a science fantasy set in Fillimet's far future. I don't plan to be writing much here this quarter, and hence the work in Vazdimet will be largely invisible (excluding Damion Otter's lovely CSS updates), but my old notes will be undergoing a metamorphosis as I determine how best to update them to fit the world's new foundation.

  Other smaller plans include writing spells and professions to fit with Fillimet's magic system, and to continue my efforts towards ZineQuest 2022.   How are your goals for 2021 shaping out? Any new directions you have found yourself taking now that we are two months in?   #Vazdimet #Fillimet #Prose #Goals

Following advice from Dani I will be setting quarterly goals this year for my writing. This allows me to reevaluate my plans throughout the year and maintain realistic goals as things change.   My plans for the first quarter of this new year:

1. Write more stories! This will likely manifest as more story snippets in articles for the moment, but hopefully expand into more stand alone stories as the year progresses.
 
2. Progress in my "Creatures of Fillimet" article, giving an idea of the inhabitants of Fillimet. If this is ready to publish this quarter that would be awesome! But this is going to be a large article and also requires a lot of work to redo some older species articles so my official goal is simply to finish the structure layout and the sapient species section.
 
3. February is Kickstarter's Zine Quest, and this year I intend to participate with my own Zine offering. With Fillimet I have put a lot of thought into professions, especially as they relate to the availability of magic. I intend to provide a Zine to help worldbuilders and GMs add more flavor to what people do in their world. (More details to follow!)

  As a more personal note, I am also intending to take better care of myself. The year 2020 involved a lot of caring for others and I got lost at a few points. I intend to do better this year.   I feel these are all doable, and I look forward to checking in next quarter with updates and new goals.   What are your plans for 2021?   #Vazdimet #Fillimet #Goals