Never mind. 2012 is almost over and 2013 is less than 36 hours away. Soon I'll have a whole new year in which to post crazy stuff and make everybody wonder.
This year has been pretty spectacular, and my thanks go out to all of you for making it so. As well you know, I've published three books, ramped up my participation at the Indie Exchange, and joined Indies Unlimited as a contributing author. More importantly, I've sold some some books and gained a few fans. I'm grateful to all of you for my success so far.
I've got a few tricks up my sleeve for 2013. Gravid should be out in early spring, with Annealed to follow a few months later, assuming all goes well. That will wrap up the Pipe Woman Chronicles, and force me to come up with an idea for a whole new series. Aieee.... No idea what I'll do next, sorry. Maybe some short stories. Dunno yet. I'll figure it out when the time comes. I'm putting off thinking about it so that I don't get sidetracked from finishing Gravid and Annealed -- and nobody wants that, right? Didn't think so.
Also, starting next week, I'm going to be instituting a new feature on the blog called "Rursday Reads." I've been reading mostly indie books this year, but I haven't had time to post reviews around the web for months. I figure if I review one book a week, I can whittle down my tottering pile of Books I Ought to Review within a few months -- and then we'll see where we are at that point. I'll set up a separate tab for the reviews, and they'll go up on Thursdays. Why the odd spelling, you ask? Well, back when I was in junior high, Michigan City Area Schools turned our class scheduling over to a computer. The schedule forms had a single-letter designation for each day of the week. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday got the first letter of the word, but for some unknown reason, "R" was picked to designate Thursday. Hence, Rursday. And "Rursday Reads" has a nice alliterative thing going for it. So there you go.
To be clear, I don't intend to turn this into a review blog, and I am NOT accepting books for review. (Don't go looking for submission guidelines, guys -- there aren't any.) I'm just trying to kick myself in the butt to get reviews of these books posted -- and, at the same time, give some love to my fellow indies who deserve it.
So those are my writing goals for 2013: finish the Pipe Woman Chronicles, write something else in the second half of the year, post some book reviews here on the blog, keep up with my regular posts all over the place and -- oh yeah, I'm starting another blog tour right after New Year's Day. It's called the Orangeberry Big Bang Tour. I don't have a complete schedule yet, but I'll post it on the Tour Dates tab once I get it.
Happy 2013! Enjoy your celebrations, stay safe, and see you next year!
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