Author Bucket List

Recently I took on an Instagram challenge and one of the daily themes was an Author Bucket List. I had a bucket list of that type before, but it’s been forever since I had a look at it so I decided to write it again and see if I made any progress on the items I wanted.

I realized that I didn’t care for some items anymore, so I took them out, keeping the ones that still spoke to me. If I get any more cool ideas for the list, I will tack them on here in the future.

For now, here is my Author Bucket List…

My Author Bucket List:

• Write a novel – Done! Published December 20th, 2014! First draft of two others completed, one is in rewrites
• Become part of a writing group – 2011 and 2012
• Take a writing class – 2011, 2012
• Get novel professionally edited – Oct-Nov 2014
• Publish a novel – Done! December 20th, 2014
• Start a blog – 2013
• Start a newsletter – 2014
• Write a short story – 2014
• Publish a short story – Oct 2014
• Enter a writing contest – 2014 and was accepted into NaNoWriMo LA anthology
• Win a writing contest
• Complete NaNoWriMo
• Join Fantasy, Futuristic and Paranormal chapter of Romance Writers Of America
• Attend RWA conference
• Meet my readers at one of the ‘Cons or a book festival, sign and sell my book – YEAH, Done! WonderCon 2015, thank you Emery!
• Write four books a year – fantasy, writing, tech tips for writers
• Write a book of short stories
• Self-publish a book of short stories
• Get published in a magazine
• Guest post for a blog – 2014, on KaylaDawnThomas.com
• Attend writers conference – 2013, 2014 and 2017
• Meet someone in the writing industry that you admiire – 2017, Met Mark Lefebvre of Kobo Writing</>
• Join writer’s society – 2013, GLAWS
• Go on a writing retreat
• Open a writer-friendly coffee shop with comfy seats and free wi-fi
• Be a full time writer

They say if you dream it and write it down, it will happen. I’ll be hard at work to make it happen.