2011 in review: Was it as bad as it felt?

Several times throughout the year, I get a panic attack, where I’m convinced I’ve accomplished nothing. Then, I spend several months scrambling until I collapse. The collapse is followed by two weeks of watching Firefly and The 4400 reruns.

Nevertheless, it’s the end of the year so it’s time to reflect on what I’ve done this year, in between the screaming, the shouting, and the assassinations.

1. A how-to market a fiction ebook (taking common advice and trying it, and reporting results) – I decided to move this to blog posts, but only did one. I’m still figuring out how I want to do it, so it’s going to take a bit. It’s a low priority item.
2. No More Blank Screen – Done!
3. Road to Hell (SF military novel) – Done, Sold, Released
4. Sisip Learns to Shapeshift – 50% done. Needs research and some clean up.
5. Incubator – SF short story about smuggling organs. I’ve decided to completely rewrite it.
6. Dancing Sky – I’ve abandoned this story for the time being.
7. I am not Nancy April – I’ve abandoned this story for the time being.
8. Being Jane. About 50% done. Deciding if it should stay a novella or if it really should be a novel.
9. Spirits Rising – Done. Just waiting for final proofread and will self-publish this.
10. Taxing the Queen. -I’ve abandoned this story for the time being.
11. Bread Soup for Mama(working title) – This is on hold.
12. Where Hope Fears to Tread (working title) – This is on hold.
13. The Tranquility Series – Tranquility’s Blaze has been sold with a mid-Spring release. Tranquility’s Grief lost about 10-15% of the novel in a corrupted file (including the backups), so it’s been delayed a couple months until I get my energy up to rewrite huge sections of the book again.
14. What Kings ate and Wizards Drank – did some research, and wrote the introduction.
15. Self-publish a micro collection of short-short stories called “Becoming Anne.” Done.
16. Self-publish a “2 for 1″ short story combo of Space Sucks and Heaven Inc. Done.
17. On the Labrador Shore, She Waits – Historical fantasy short. Sold.