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I set 5 goals for myself for this year. I achieved ... one, and a few partials.
Goal #1, to earn the red sash, was accomplished just before the end of Earth Rat. Since then, I've been a slacker in practicing Chen open hand, but I've learned three weapons
Goal #2, to work out & get in shape, was hit and miss; I had a decent routine going there, then holiday travel fucked it to hell.
Goal #3, to write 4 short stories & submit them for publication, didn't work out so well, though I submitted one piece 4 or 5 times, until it was bought.
Goal #4, to get NBR queryable, I punted in March. I might someday return to it, but I doubt it. In its place, I've been working on this space mercenaries thing since April. It's in its second version, vastly different from the first, and (I think) much better for it. Y'all have been subjected to my progress reports on that.
Goal #5, to stop feeling like a poseur when I call myself an SF writer, well, maybe. I sold a story, which helps, but I haven't finished this damned novel. I'm reading agent blogs & writer blogs & doing my best to learn both about the craft and the business. So, partial success.
Goal #1, to earn the red sash, was accomplished just before the end of Earth Rat. Since then, I've been a slacker in practicing Chen open hand, but I've learned three weapons
Goal #2, to work out & get in shape, was hit and miss; I had a decent routine going there, then holiday travel fucked it to hell.
Goal #3, to write 4 short stories & submit them for publication, didn't work out so well, though I submitted one piece 4 or 5 times, until it was bought.
Goal #4, to get NBR queryable, I punted in March. I might someday return to it, but I doubt it. In its place, I've been working on this space mercenaries thing since April. It's in its second version, vastly different from the first, and (I think) much better for it. Y'all have been subjected to my progress reports on that.
Goal #5, to stop feeling like a poseur when I call myself an SF writer, well, maybe. I sold a story, which helps, but I haven't finished this damned novel. I'm reading agent blogs & writer blogs & doing my best to learn both about the craft and the business. So, partial success.
