It’s time to look back on the year and assess what I’d planned to accomplish and what actually happened with those plans. I know this is going to be a wild ride, so hang onto your handrails, and let’s get going.

I’m going to work counter to typical roller coaster design and take you on the downward plunge right out of the gate. I did not publish Polar Bear on the Loose. Feedback from my beta readers indicated it still needed far too much work, then I lost my way. So it, as my first novel and novel of my heart, is back in the igloo for now.

Taking you even deeper into the abyss, I did not begin my revision of Geeks, because I simply wasn’t ready to work on two dissimilar major projects at a time.

Time to pull out of the dive and rise to the top after that not so thrilling drop. Blackbirds Second Flight became a reality, in paperback and Kindle formats. Didn’t get your copy yet? Head on over and pick one up.

I also made progress in the behind the scenes publishing arena by packaging Quin and Glaring Upheaval (with bonus story) as ebooks on Amazon. The Glaring Upheaval story is from Blackbirds Second Flight. So if you already have the anthology, you have the story. Quin is my story from Blackbirds First Flight. If you don’t have either of those, you might be interested in checking them out. If you already have them in one format, I don’t expect you to buy them in another (but thank you if you do!).

I experienced a mixed bag this year. I’m going to embrace the positives that I’ve managed to add to my publishing credits, and I believe the stories, though categories in Dark Fantasy, are not too dark.