A late look at 2012

Things happened this year. Some of them are listed here.

Big Stuff

• In early October, my cousin was involved in a horrific car accident. Thankfully, he survived and is now at home, but still has a lot of recovery ahead.
• At the end of February, I stopped working at Bank of America after 12 years.

Scholarly Stuff

• I took five masters-level courses at Signum University/ Mythgard Institute
  • The Making of Myth (spring)
  • Modern Fantasy (summer)
  • Elementary Latin I (summer)
  • Latin II (fall)
  • Science Fiction I (fall)
• I was spotlighted as a “Voice of Mythgard”
• I attended the first Mythgard “Mythmoot” Conference
• Breaking News! My paper proposal for next summer’s Joss in June conference was accepted.

Writey Stuff

• I sent 21 submissions for publication and/or agency representation:
  • 1 short story was shortlisted, but I won’t find out until March or April if it’s accepted
  • 6 pieces are still awaiting a response (2 poems, 3 short stories, 1 middle-grade novel)
  • 14 submissions were rejected, including one which was called the equivalent of a literary one-liner
• I wrote a goodly portion of my serial novel Freedom Plot and posted it here for free (more coming next year, I promise!)
• I participated in NaNoWriMo, and although I didn’t finish it, I am a goodly way along in my current project
• I wrote 59 blog posts (including this one). The five most popular posts are:
  • Mythgard’s Mythmoot: Reflections on a much-appreciated journey
  • The Day the Twinkie Died
  • The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe as a Twitter Feed
  • When justices agree
  • Don’t let crazy assholes define everyone (trigger warning!)

Other Stuff

• Read 46 books (just shy of 15k pages) according to my Goodreads stats
  • This includes 2 graphically heavy books, but doesn’t include a number of shorter works
• Celebrated my third Sirsy-versary
• Got some cool pics and video from Kellish Hill Farm open mike
• Discovered that Shamrock Shakes are overrated