Destination: Goal Zone 2020

March Goals

My Three Goals for the year are:

#1 Complete a contest a week for the I Write in 2020 Challenge.
Week #10 - March 2 to 8 - March 11 - "The Lighthouse Poetry Contest"  - "All Is Well With My Soul "  - 2nd place
Week #11 - March 9 to 15 - "What a Character! : Official WDC Contest"  - "Greyson Dante " 
Week #12 - March 16 to 22 - "30-Day Blogging Challenge ON HIATUS"  - "Poems In Time Of Social Crisis" 
Week #13 - March 23 to 29 - {item: } - {entry: }


#2 Write 750 words a day (for a weekly total of 5250 words a week).
Week #1 word total = 5957
Week #2 word total = 5601
Week #3 word total = 8263
Week #4 word total = 6010
Week #5 word total =

#3 Continue to work on my NaNoWriMo novel - Arlynn's Way.
February's mini goal is to add 1000 words this month.
Week #1 - this has been a weak week. I was sick with a cold so any creative ideas went into my blogs and not my novel.
Week #2 - this week's focus is editing my short story for the GWN anthology.
Week #3 - again editing my SS is my focus.
Week #4 - I did an entry for a contest that may turn into more; and I added to my novel; I also increased my words for the month from 1000 to 11,000. I am at 92%.
Week #5


Extra Goals:

I also had a friend help me set up my own writing website:
www.carolynbhenderson.wordpress.com
The site still needs work - an introduction, a blog, but at least I have a internet presence now.

Books: Goals for Monthly Reading Challenge for March/April is 5 books.
The Untethered Soul by Michael A. Singer - currently reading.
The Woods: A Year On Protection Island by Amber McMillian - currently reading
Poetry Will Save Your Life by Jill Bialosky - currently reading.
Embrace Your Weird by Felicia Day - currently reading.
Fierce On The Page by Sage Cohen - currently rereading.
Depression and Other Magic Tricks by - currently reading.
The Sweet Spot by Stephanie Evanovich - currently reading.
The Emotional Craft of Fiction by Donald Maass - Currently reading.

With the insurgence of this Covid-19 pandemic I am finding it very hard to concentrate on reading. I have started more books, but am having trouble finishing anything. Thank goodness it is a two month challenge!


I will do the Poetry Blog Challenge for the month of March.

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My blog for this is:

In Pursuit of Poetry  (13+) Blogging about all things poetry - starting with 30 days and 30 poems #2151851 by 💙 Carly

"March 1, 2020 - Francesca Battistelli - Keeping Me Guessing" 
"March 2, 2020 - Shel Siverstein - Where the Sidewalk Ends"  - late due to COLD
"March 3, 2020 - Gwendolyn Brooks - We Real Cool" 
"March 4, 2020 - Edwin Arlington Robinson - Richard Cory" 
"March 5, 2020 - Jane and Ann Taylor - The Star " 
"March 6, 2020 - Francesca Battistelli - The Breakup Song " 
"March 7, 2020 - Mary Cushnie - Monsour - As A Child " 
"March 8, 2020 - Ronald W. Hull - Spring Forward " 
"March 9, 2020 - Mahvash Irshad - Watch Me Now " 
"March 10, 2020 - Maya Angelou - A Brave and Startling Truth " 
"March 11, 2020 - Dr. Seuss - Oh, The Places You'll Go " 
"March 12, 2020 - Justin Farley - The Fight " 
"March 13, 2020 - Rainer Maria Rilke - Black Cat " 
"March 14, 2020 - Langston Hughes - Dreams" 
"March 15, 2020 - Emily Dickinson - Faith Is A Fine Invention" 
"March 16, 2020 - Steven Croft - Land of the Optimistic Poets" 
"March 17, 2020 - Jann Arden - Good Mother " 
"March 18, 2020 - Cleo Wade - it was time" 
"March 20, 2020 - Abena Beloved Green - Please" 
"March 21,2020 - Sabrina Benaim - How To Fold A Memory" 
"March 22, 2020 - Susan Ksiezopolski - While We Wait" 
"March 23, 2020 - Stuart Ross - Memory " 
"March 24, 2020 - Nikita Gill - Gretel After Hansel " 
"March 25, 2020 - Samantha King - My Truth " 
"March 26, 2020 - Camille Deputter - Okay To Just Be Yourself" 
"March 27, 2020 - Judy Brown - The Trough" 
"March 28, 2020 - Nicole Nordeman - The Sound of Surviving" 
"March 29, 2020 - Kellsey Hartmann - Sunny Spring Days" 
"March 30, 2020 - Audre Lorde - A Litany for Survival" 
"March 31, 2020 - Marilyn Singer - April Is a Dog's Dream " 


I am also doing the 30 Day Blogging Challenge
"Leap Day facts" 
"The Importance of Lists"  - late due to COLD
"Dream Opporuntiies - Being Paid for Doing Things I Love" 
"Investigative Inquiry" 
"Successes " 
"I Would Stockpile.... " 
"Wisdom - My Definition " 
"Time and the Time Change " 
"My First Big Excitement " 
"Instant Fluency " 
"Patience Is a Virtue" 
"Birdsong" 
"Responsibility With Money " 
"Favourite Childhood Memories " 
"Reducing Stress and Creating Happiness " 
"Winning A Game Show" 
"Luck or Hard Work " 
"Communication Styles " 
"Covid-19 - Stay Safe and Healthy" 
"Awestruck at the Wonder" 
"Good Things Arising From Hard Times" 
"Follow Your Dreams and Find Like-Minded Friends" 
"What To Do On A Rainy Day" 
"Five Years From Now.... " 
"Prompts - How Do I Stay Connected During Social Distancing" 
"People spend too much time __ when they could be ___. " 
"Poems In Time Of Social Crisis" 
"A Little Bits of Funny Bits... " 
"My Writer's Voice and Personality" 
"Last Day? Final Prompt? Favourite? Hmmmmm." 



This is extra so I don't have to write it out again. {e;bigsmile}
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