Reflecting on 2012

Firstly - my children are healthy and doing well, which is more important than the rest of the stuff combined.

Also:

1. Passed the California Bar twelve years out of law school
2. Sold a handful of short stories.
3. Continued sale of my children's book.
4. Completed a first draft of my YA work.

Congratulations on the twins, Ankari!

 

I'm just glad to be here for my kids.


Congratulations Ankari! That's awesome!

 

1. I got a job
2. I published a short story (Ailith's Gift, you might have read it).
3. I created and so far have successfully maintained a website.

 

So many blessings:

1) Wife & children happy & healthy
2) Great job with great people
3) Reached the halfway point for my NIP

The only down point in an otherwise fantastic year was the loss of my father. However, he is still teaching me as I try to emulate the father he was to me & my siblings. Even in sorrow there are blessings. Many people never have the father that I did, and for 68 years. For that, I'm also very thankful.

 

I'll pile on. Overall, this was a pretty good year.

1. Wife and I are doing well. Couldn't ask for a more wonderful woman to be with. We're closing in on our two year anniversary in a few months.
2. Work was not fun for a bit, but has become a bit better later in the year.
3. I've consistently written a lot of stuff and come closer and closer to completing two different novels (70,000 and 75,000 words respectively.)
4. I've participated as an editor for the new Myths Inscribed e-zine and am looking forward to seeing what 2013 brings us.
5. I think I've grown a lot as a writer, but still have some way to go. Excited to see where 2013 brings me!