#WritingWednesday – Closing 2014 and Opening 2015

Well, Happy New Year everyone!

You might have noticed that I’ve dispensed with the dedicated year in review post as well as the three words post that I did over the past couple of years.  Truth is that I’ve decided to roll them both into one, though there won’t be any three words exercise this year.

So 2014 Where to begin?

I suppose if I had to sum up 2014 I would describe it as a year of change and transition.  On a personal note, I completed the mainstay of the CPA exam process in late January and completed the last of the administrative work on it in mid-August.  April/May saw an amazing process as I worked to put Cybrosis: A Codename Ciris Conspiracy out in print for the first time and re-issue the book in it’s various electronic forms.  Demicon 25 and Balticon 48 were both amazing in their own ways and it looked as though 2014 was going to be a rocking year.  And it was… but not for my writing and podcasting.

My personal and professional lives took some amazing turns and despite my best efforts, the back half of 2014 turned into more of a transitional period as opposed to a momentum builder.  Don’t get me wrong, I don’t regret the past year… not in the least.  But if anything I’m disappointed that I wasn’t better able to manage my time and keep certain projects on track.  That one is on me.

But 2014 provided some valuable lessons and as we move out of the December insanity, I transition into 2015 with a certain sense of organization that I have lacked in previous years.  Don’t get me wrong… other years have been organized, but there’s a different sense than in years past and I’m not exactly able to put my finger on it quite yet.

But as I write this on January 4, things are looking strong.  On tap for the year’s goals are –

 

To be completed with the principal recording of Slipspace: Harbinger by 2/14/15.
To have the audio from my voice actors in and collected for Slipspace: Harbinger by April 30
Write 275,000 new words for the year.  This may seem like an ambitious goal, but to be honest it calls for a fairly modest rate of a little over 750 words per day each day of the year.  This should be easily doable, but given my difficulties in maintaining a consistent daily writing pattern last year, it could prove a challenge.
Make steady progress on the Slipspace Harbinger production side of things.

Its hard to quantify that last one.  Ideally I’d like to begin the podcast release in late 2015.  However it is going to be a vary large project, and there ware a lot of moving pieces, not the least of which is the receipt of the last bits of audio from my voice cast.  So I’m going to let this one remain subjective for a while.

So that’s it for now.  I’ll be back soon with an update as things move forward.  Hopefully even next week!