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While writing is one of my focus areas this year, I do have some other goals. I only count the factors I can control, of course.

Career:
Job hunting - even if I don't find anything, I'll know I tried.
College - continue working on degree and certificate.
Independent study - pick up at least one new skill outside of college.

Life:
Get in shape - I want to lose about 19 lbs, but more importantly I just want to be in better shape.
Cooking ...

First I shall update you on Gabby and her situation. At the beginning of the day, she was still both an office employee and a delivery person. By the end of the day, she was just an office employee.

I arrived at the office my usual 75 minutes before we open so I could get some work done before everyone showed up. Misty called and had me make make an auction ad. As I was finishing the ad, she arrived. Then, she sold the rest of the paper. While we were both working, some dude ...

As with many people, the start of a new year means the end of some goals and the time to make new ones. I tend to break mine down by category. I don't think I finished any of my writing goals from last year but since I don't even remember what those goals were, I guess it's not that important, heh.

January Goals:
Revise Deathwalker (short story) & start sending it out
Rewrite Deathwalker 2: The Devourer (short story)
Write The Secret Life of Bards (short story) ...

And life in general. I was sick for a day and I was also packing to move to a different house, so pardon the inactivity. But now I'm back. I'll be a bit more active, but now that I write for another forum as well, it's time I picked up the pace.

The edited Chapter Four is out, and that means now I can resume making new posts on the story and comments thread in Written Media. You'll find the chapter edited in my Blog Entry and the thread in Written Media.

Not much else ...

The year is After Nuclear 605, a period of rebirth for the planet Earth. It has been six hundred years since the Earth was scarred by a nuclear assault that left the surface barren and radioactive. It is said that half of the world’s population died immediately from the blasts and nearly everyone else in the year afterward from disease or contamination. The land was forever altered beyond hope for recovery it seemed. Human civilization was wiped from the planet.

By the grace of ...