2022 Retrospective and Goal(s) for 2023
It's that time of year again, where I laugh at how optimistic I was twelve months ago and set myself up for more laughter in twelve months' time.
This is what I said I wanted to accomplish in 2022:
- Finish Command Authority. Not done, but I have written about 57,000 words of it this year, so it now stands at about 134,000 words. (Hard to believe I originally thought it would be a short story...)
- Start a new novel, probably a third Dragonrider book. Not done.
- Write another Doctor Fung story. Not done.
- Publish an audiobook of Racing the Storm and Other Stories. Done. It's available from major audiobook retailers.
- Publish an audiobook of The Mirrors of Elangir. I started recording this, but stopped when I found out we'd have to move, because I wasn't sure if I'd finish it before the move. A new room would have different acoustics from the old one, and I didn't fancy tinkering with one set of recordings to try to make it sound the same as the other.
One thing that wasn't on the list in January was that I published a novel written by my late mother. It's called Greatcroft and is historical fiction set in early 19th century England. It's available from Amazon in ebook and paperback. Profits from it will be donated to Alzheimer's Research UK.
The main reason I didn't achieve as much as I wanted this year is that Breda and I moved to Blackpool in August. Anyone who's ever moved home will know that it takes a lot of time and mental energy (and money!), especially if it's a long-distance move, like this was. I've mostly settled into a writing routine, but there's a lot to do before we can really consider this house a home. Accordingly, I'm going to commit to only one goal for 2023:
- Finish Command Authority and come up with a proper title for it. I thought of a couple of possibilities recently, but they didn't convey the genre properly, and were both massive spoilers for the current ending. (It's had three or four planned endings already, and I might well change my mind again before I'm done.)
Come back in twelve months to see how misplaced my optimism was!
This is what I said I wanted to accomplish in 2022:
- Finish Command Authority. Not done, but I have written about 57,000 words of it this year, so it now stands at about 134,000 words. (Hard to believe I originally thought it would be a short story...)
- Start a new novel, probably a third Dragonrider book. Not done.
- Write another Doctor Fung story. Not done.
- Publish an audiobook of Racing the Storm and Other Stories. Done. It's available from major audiobook retailers.
- Publish an audiobook of The Mirrors of Elangir. I started recording this, but stopped when I found out we'd have to move, because I wasn't sure if I'd finish it before the move. A new room would have different acoustics from the old one, and I didn't fancy tinkering with one set of recordings to try to make it sound the same as the other.
One thing that wasn't on the list in January was that I published a novel written by my late mother. It's called Greatcroft and is historical fiction set in early 19th century England. It's available from Amazon in ebook and paperback. Profits from it will be donated to Alzheimer's Research UK.
The main reason I didn't achieve as much as I wanted this year is that Breda and I moved to Blackpool in August. Anyone who's ever moved home will know that it takes a lot of time and mental energy (and money!), especially if it's a long-distance move, like this was. I've mostly settled into a writing routine, but there's a lot to do before we can really consider this house a home. Accordingly, I'm going to commit to only one goal for 2023:
- Finish Command Authority and come up with a proper title for it. I thought of a couple of possibilities recently, but they didn't convey the genre properly, and were both massive spoilers for the current ending. (It's had three or four planned endings already, and I might well change my mind again before I'm done.)
Come back in twelve months to see how misplaced my optimism was!
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