New Year, New Goals.

2012 has at long last arrived, and New Year's resolutions are being posted by the zillions. At this rate, by the time the world ends in December no one will be overweight, the tobacco and alcohol companies will be forced to shut their doors, and we'll all go back to school and find fulfilling work. My, but those rose-colored glasses are pretty.

Back here in reality, I've chosen to reflect on what went well for me in 2011, mostly because my resolutions have a way of unresolving themselves by mid-February. anyway, about that good stuff... I switched day jobs from one that was eating me alive to one that (so far) has only nibbled at my toes. I had two short stories accepted for publication, All In and Zombie Love Song, and Heir to the Sun was finally released in print and as an ebook. I took a writing class, became the Advertising & Promotions Coordinator for Broad Universe, did tons of networking and met some pretty awesome people.

Wow. No wonder I drink so much coffee.

So, what's on deck for 2012? Well, for starters there's the Chronicles of Parthalan. The Virgin Queen, the installment that falls between between Heir to the Sun and Rise of the Deva'shi, will hopefully be released in early 2012. Then, we'll be all caught up chronologically, and I'll just need to wrangle publication dates for the fourth and fifth installments, Golem and Elfsong.

I've also got a few non-Parthian works in process, one an elemental magic user desperately trying to live a normal life, and another about a Scottish guy who's been stuck in a tree for the last three hundred years. If those snippets intrigue you, stop by Arisia and see me. I'll be at the UnCONventional group reading at 11:30 on Sunday, January 15. Oh, and did I mention the launch party later that evening? You should come. There will be cake!