| One short story published in an SFF market, both digital and print | Parrish Blue |
| Finished first revision cycle with Wind and Smoke, divided the work, and completed second round revision with Volume 1. | Wind and Smoke (work in progress) |
| Finished a two-book entry to my series, revised and submitted Book 1, nearly completed revisions on Book 2 | Shadows of Insurrection (submitted)
Fires of Resolution (WIP, in final revisions) |
| Talked a regular reader into reading the first two volumes of Lidian’s Promise, made decisions on updates needed to go to market. | A Sorcerer in Levoigne (WIP)
Strangers in Almadina (WIP) |
| Wrote, revised, and had a short story published in an anthology, PLUS experienced having that story nominated for the Pushcart Prize. | “Heart’s Delight” (anthologized in Fault Zone: Reverse) |
| Wrote, revised, advocated for, and had published a neurodivergent short story. | “Reunion” (anthologized in Fault Zone: Reverse) |
| Wrote, revised, and had accepted a middle-grade SF novella for a shared-universe collection | The Smugglers (planned for mid-2022) |
| Wrote, revised, performed, and had accepted a humorous short story for a shared-universe collection | “Coke Machine” (planned for spring 2022) |
| Submitted multiple entries to the California Writer’s Club (CWC) SF Peninsula Chapter’s Literary Stage competition, won awards for opening chapter for a diverse-characters novel, a humorous madcap short story, a structured poem (a sestina), and a short story. | A Sorcerer in Levoigne (Chapter 1), “Coke Machine,” “Trap” (poetry), “Solitary Dances”
Note: the contest does not involve publication, but awards are listed on the SF Peninsula Chapter website. |
| Launched a newsletter and published the first eleven monthly issues (Twelfth issue came out in January 2022.) | Tales from the Oort Cloud
What do you mean? You haven’t subscribed yet? EZ box on this page. Pop-up roaming the page. Link in the title and right here. Go for it. You won’t be sorry. |
| Attended the Nebula Awards Conference online | (I’ve volunteered to help at the 2022 conference.) |
| Served on four panels at Octocon, the Irish National Science Fiction Convention | Moderated a panel on the isekai subgenre in anime, and another on global optimistic futures, took part in an improv panel (Orbital Tidy Town Committee), and a science panel on energy futures |
| Volunteered a full schedule at WorldCon virtual | Hosted Kaffeklatsches, monitored panels, teched a publishing workshop. |
| Performed a reading with Strong Women, Strange Worlds | All That Was Asked
No video, but similar to a reading on Fairy Princess Lolly‘s livestream program last year. |
| Performed a reading on Fairy Princess Lolly’s livestream series, Author Reads | “Parrish Blue”
Part of a longer program. You’ll find this reading at T= 53:47 in the video. |
| Became board-adjacent on SF-Pen chapter of CWC as runner of open mics | Fourth Tuesday open mics |
| Provided a second year of tech support for the South Bay Writers chapter of CWC | Open mics on First and third Fridays |
| Updated my website, with a proper landing page, the blog in its own territory, and space for appearances. | Cometary Tales (you are here!) |
| Increased my vast followership on Twitter (hahaha) | Up to 241 for Cometary Tales and
204 for Pixel Gravity |
| Sold some copies of my book! | “Some” is as close as you’re going to get to a number, here. |