This is my last regular post of 2015.
(There is a band review tomorrow, and you will never
guess whom. Well, maybe if you check my Spotify.)
There are a lot of series of posts that I could
start, but this feels like a time for endings and looking back. Plus, I have a
lot of things I need to do today, so this is just a recap of some of the things
that happened this year.
I wrote and published three books. They join the
other two from the year before.
They're not big sellers, but they are good. They
have sold well enough that I should get a form 1099 this year, which is a step
up from last year.
I went to Pennsylvania and Minnesota, and saw stuff. I was
grateful for that. Even with the travel, I kept up my daily blogging. My camera
also died on the trip, which is sad, but I am hoping to get one for my
birthday.
I submitted more scripts to Amazon Studios. They
were all rejected, but they are letting me know instead of letting the
submission periods expire. I think that's progress. They could just be getting
more organized. You know how I had that month of writing daily 6-page
screenplays, and that month of reading a screenplay daily? The next month will
be about reading through a project on Studios daily. I feel like my weakest
skill is marketing myself, so I am going to spend some time observing how other
people do it.
I didn't do as much reading, because the writing
left less time, and because the emotional exhaustion has been pretty draining.
Still, some of the books I did read have been really good, and there was
recently a breakthrough with some of the family conflict that I think has
improved things.
I am still poor. I think that will be the case until
February. Honestly, if it doesn't go past February that will be pretty good.
I am getting more flack for having an opinion on the
internet. It's still not a lot, but I've noticed. The primary lesson from this
is learning when to let go. I guess it goes with setting boundaries. I will
engage with you to this point, and then I will stop because my time is limited
and I have to make good choices with it. This is important, because I am going
to be sending out some strong opinions in 2016.
I can't swear that I've learned to value myself
right yet, but I got a devastating glimpse of what not valuing myself does, and
I am building up from that.
We picked up an additional cat when she showed up in
our back yard, starving and scared. This
brings the total to three cats and one dog. It's not that long ago that
it was the opposite, but we do still get both kinds of love.
I feel like curating the songs of the day has been
more meaningful this year, and that my music knowledge is growing. I think
playing the bass is going to become something really important to me.
Looking at the new year, I don't know what will
happen. I can tell you that short term goals include writing and submitting two
more screenplays. The next one will be a comedy, and I am excited about it. I
have been wanting to pitch the Emo comic somewhere, and I am going to
try Dark Horse because the have the easiest process for a writer without an
artist. I don't think they will want this specific property, but I believe
going through the process will still be good.
There should be two more books in the singles wards
series (that needs a name), probably both out in 2016. There will be at least
three more books in the Family Blood series, and I am not sure about the
timeline. I had really meant to wait an entire year between completing Family
Reunion and starting the next one, but I don't know if I will be able to
stay away that long. I guess it depends on how busy the other projects keep me.
I will totally watch more movies from my Halloween
list in October. At least one.
I hope to spend more time with friends. That's been
the part that gets neglected the most, because I am trying to do so many other
things that feel important, but spending time with your people is important.
My overall trajectory is trying to know myself
better, trying to understand the world around me better, and trying to do good
with that. That will not end.
And remember, once I get the new camera that will
include daily selfies.
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