2024 Goals

[phantomtomato]

Spurred by today’s Snowflake Challenge, some things I want to accomplish in the coming year:

• Post at least twelve journal entries about my reading, an average of one a month. I wrote ten of these last year but fell off immensely during the autumn term. Accommodating the possibility of another busy term, I won’t hold myself to precisely one per month… I also like the option of doing more than one post per month when I hit a book that I think merits its own post… but if I can hit ten, I can hit twelve!


• Publish 150k words on AO3 (aka my pledge level for getyourwordsout!)


• Write fic for one of my canons-of-one. I dream up all these fic ideas when I read books, but the fact that there’s no one else in the fandom and no fic on AO3 means they always end up at the bottom of the priority list. I keep thinking that bethefirst is going to motivate me, but that’s not quite been effective, so… for just one of these nobody-fandoms, sit down and write something for myself. If it aligns with bethefirst, great! If not, also great! But write it for my own sake.


• get tenure

I’m on my way to my first reading post of the year, at least! Just cracked open Where Angels Fear to Tread today and Forster’s writing should make this a breeze.

Comments

[vriddy]

Woo, 150k GYWO pledge buddies :D Best of luck!

And best of luck with all of your goals, looking forward to your book thoughts :)

[phantomtomato]

I signed up for GYWO after reading your recommendation for it! Looking forward to the challenge. :)

[vriddy]

Oh, I'm delighted!! I hope you have fun with it :D

[pauraque]

I love your third goal! Writing for yourself is wonderful.

[phantomtomato]

It is, isn’t it? And always good as a reminder to value oneself at least occasionally, amidst all of these fun events about writing for others.

[yletylyf]

I'll join you on the fandom-of-one goal! And ooof tenure! I'll be rooting for you.

[phantomtomato]

Thank you. ❤️ You’ll be one of the first to hear, I’m sure!

Also I’m going to hold you to that fandom-of-one thing, I promise.

[edwardianspinsteraunt]

Wishing you best of luck in achieving all your goals for the new year! 💖 I also haven't posted much on DW for the past few months - partly because I've been busy applying for PhDs, and partly because I find that my energy for blogging comes and goes in bursts. But I do have a few things I want to post about in the coming months!

And ooh, I'll be interested to hear your thoughts on Where Angels Fear To Tread! I'm currently rereading Howards End and basking in the beauty of Forster's prose...

[phantomtomato]

Congratulations!! Applying to doctoral programs is so exciting; I hope you land in a lovely department with a supportive advisor! And I’ll be looking out for your posts in the coming months!

Howards End has been in a few exchange tagsets recently, I think? I’m sure I’ll have to get to it eventually, and A Room With a View, if I’m going to someday call myself a proper Forsterite. I hope you write it up when you finish!

[edwardianspinsteraunt]

Thank you 💖 I love my thesis project, and both my prospective advisors have been absolutely lovely so far - I feel like I've found the right niche and the right place to be. My disability makes engaging with some aspects of academia quite challenging, but I still wouldn't want to be anywhere else. Crossing fingers that you get tenure this year!

I requested Howards End for Yuletide, and received two lovely fics for it! It's a canon that lends itself quite well to femslash, as it contains a very intesne and unusual female friendship.

[tellshannon815]

I can relate so much re the fandom of one thing, I feel like I have quite a few of those (in face, one of my goals will be to finish a series in such a fandom) - sometimes, what's happened with me has been that I've been working on one and it's aligned closely enough with bethefirst that I've been able to submit them.

[phantomtomato]

Oooh, good luck on finishing your series! I admire you for having managed to start on your projects, which is the milestone I’m struggling to reach! I’ll take heart from your example. :)

[svgurl]

Writing for yourself is a great idea. Good luck! :D

I haven't heard of Where Angels Fear to Read but it sounds interesting. I will have to check it out.

[phantomtomato]

I’m about halfway through the book now, and it’s so enjoyable to read Forster’s prose! He’s got a beautiful way with words.

Thanks for the well-wishes!

[osprey_archer]

Good luck on tenure!!!!

[phantomtomato]

Thank you! ❤️