2013 – A look forward

With 2012 in the rear view mirror and the road into 2013 ahead it’s time to sit down and start discussing plans for 2013.  And ohhh what plans there are.

At the top of the list is the completion of the first draft of the Cybrosis sequel, tentatively titled Virtuality.  At this time I am just over half way through the manuscript’s draft and hope to be complete with the work by March 31 of this year.

That’ll be a good thing because around that time I’ll be getting warmed up on collaborative project with Veronica Giguere tentatively titled Prospect.  She and I are still in development  but I can tell you that it will be targeting to novel length and take place in the same universe as her short story Fear of Thought.  At this time, V and I have no more of a time table other than to start sometime in March/April.

And as far as scheduled writing and podcasting projects that’s about it for right now.  I’ll be working to produce a full cast short story written by a colleague of mine.  It’s not my announcement to make, unfortunately, but I would expect that product to hit some time before March.

Also on the docket for the year in writing and podcasting is a potential business venture that I need to get sorted out and with luck the start of main production on Slipspace: Harbinger.

There’s also one more thing to mention that is going to have a significant impact on my upcoming year.  I will be taking review courses for and eventually sitting for the Illinois CPA Exam.  This will demand a significant chunk of my time starting in March and hopefully ending in October.  This is a very ambitious professional certification and something I need to do if I intend to advance my career any further than it currently is.

This is also the reason I am unable to put stronger time lines together for the writing and podcasting as I’m unsure exactly what my life will look like with the weight of this exam coming down on me for the majority of the year.  With a little bit of planning, some Organizing and a little bit of luck, there will be time for everything.

For those of you wondering, yes, I am planning to make it to Balticon this year.  I’ll have a fairly good break from the CPA process in May and will be looking to kick back and enjoy some time with everyone, especially since I was unable to attend last year.  Dragon*Con and/or Worldcon are up in the air at this time, but as I look ahead I’m guessing neither will end up happening for me.  Just too much coming together in August and September.

So, that’s the brief run down of the plans for 2013.  It’s ambitious… perhaps too much so, but at the moment I’m too motivated to try and trim it down.  I will be keeping this site updated as best I can over the course of the year and it is my intention to make sure that at least a #WritingWednesday post is put up on a weekly basis and there may be a CPA rant or two as things get crazy.

But fear not.  This will NOT be turning into an accounting blog.  You’re welcome.  Some accounting talk may creep in from time to time, but only in the context of the writing and podcasting.

So, with that, I’m off to go and get back to Ciris and the gang in Virtuality.

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