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… and in conclusion

Back in January, I talked about my approach for this year. Basically, I wanted to keep up with my serials, focus on longer fiction, and try to tackle one major project per quarter. I did keep up the serials (with … Continue reading

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2015 halfway point

Back in January, I talked about how I was planning out my year — one major goal per quarter, keep up my serials, get Corn Maze up for sale, and make progress on the 50 States mystery series. Yeah . … Continue reading

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Beginning 2015

So what am I doing — or planning to do — with my writing in 2015? I have specific goals, some of which I’ve talked about in my newsletter: still need to get Corn Maze Murders up for sale, and … Continue reading

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One of my crazy 2015 projects

I mentioned this in my last newsletter, but I know that not everyone subscribes to my newsletter, so I’m letting everyone know here, as well: next year, I plan to do a sketch a day and post it to DeviantArt. … Continue reading

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Wrapping up the year

Looking at what I’ve done this year. There have been some very slow months, but overall, it’s gone quite well. I’ve written more than 120,000 words to date (which would be enough for two full cozy mysteries or one nice-sized … Continue reading

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Half a year, half a year, half a year onward

I didn’t post goals back in January. This doesn’t mean I didn’t have ideas of what I wanted to accomplish — mostly writing, reading, and getting more consistent work. The details don’t matter much. So how’ve I done?

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Looking back

Back in January, I talked about my grandiose plans for the year. Yeah, that didn’t work out so well. I didn’t finish the fantasy novel yet, although I did submit it to Viable Paradise. I’m still working on fine-tuning the … Continue reading

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Looking forward

What projects lie ahead this year? Well, I posted recently about everything I’m working on, and all of it’s still in process (especially those items in the planning stages): the cozy mystery, the next paranormal romance, the middle-grades, the fantasy, … Continue reading

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52 weeks of finishing

My two goals for the year, you will recall, were to finish something each week, and to get something up for sale each month. Here’s how that went.

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It was a very good year

Some of the things I did this year were things I set out to do: I took my son with me to Boskone this year. I sold a story to a SFWA-qualifying venue. I became eligible to join SFWA (Associate … Continue reading

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