In Which We're Into 2011 And There's Still No Zombpoc*

* Zombpoc = zombie apocalypse




Well here we are, my first real post in 2011 (not counting the blogfests I participated in the last few days).

Also, you know what else happened with the passing of the year? We also passed my Blogoversary! That's right, I've been blogging for over 1 whole year. Yay! I blogged 215 times in 2010, which is not too shabby, if I say so myself.

Also with the new year comes new resolutions!

Let's take a look at my resolutions from last year:

2010 Resolutions


1. Start a Blog (Check. Also an extra check for not abandoning said blog)
2. Finish novel (double check. I finished 2 in 2010)
3. Eat healthier (ummm check? I mean there were certainly times where I ate healthy...)
4. Lose weight (no check. I don't remember what my weight was, but I'm probably more now)
5. Submit a query (no check. Though I tacked this one on there on the off chance I would do it)


Not so bad. Certainly the Finish Novel resolution had been on my plate for a few years. Only when I allowed myself to start a new novel did I finally complete it.

So, onto 2011 resolutions:

1. Query Glimpse of Another Shore
2. Finish another novel
3. Get Hole-Ridden published
4. Lose Weight
5. Read 55 books


1. 2011 is going to be my year of the query. This I vow. Not only am I going to query it, I want to start querying hopefully in the next 3-4 months or so. I am excited.

2. NaNo will help with this one

3. I think this is doable - I've been sitting on it a bit since I've been working on Glimpse. I need to send it out again and work on some edits for a mag that said they'd take a second look at it if I made it longer. *Crosses Fingers* (update: I've sent it out again. Already off to a good start!)

4. This is pretty much a constant goal in my life.
5. In 2010 I read 43 books. So I figured adding 12 more as a goal for 2011 would be a nice challenge, but hopefully not ridiculously tough. Then next year, I can adjust the number accordingly

Hmm, I think that may be all I have. Unless I can think of another one or two.
What are your Resolutions/Goals for 2011?

In Which I Had An Anniversary

So July 1st was my 6 month blogging anniversary. Crazy how time flies, right?

I'm pleased that I was able to stick with it this far. It's certainly one of my more successful New Year's Resolutions.

In celebration you'll have noticed that I changed my blog template. I can't promise that this one will stay, but I do think I'm done with the other one. Not that I didn't like it. I loved it quite a bit, but so did, apparently, quite a few other bloggers and I felt like a change. I'm also planning on changing the title of the blog at some point in the future. I just need to do some research about that.

So far now we have this new template. I'll give it a week or so to see how I acclimate to it.

Also, I apologize for not having a Friday Fun Words post. I actually completely forgot about writing a post. I think it was due to the day job being super busy and then we went out to dinner on Thursday for a friend's B-day and it just never occurred to me that I hadn't written one.
My bad. If it makes you feel any better, Yvie pulled my hair really hard when we were wrestling.


Finally, Hole Ridden is officially out on submission. I made one more big change and ditched the scene Gary suggested. Coincidentally it didn't actually cut down the word count at all, so it's still 2600 words, but I think it reads much more smoothly. And by cutting that scene and working in the stuff I needed elsewhere I think I also successfully got rid of the "walking on the cliche line" issue. So cross your fingers for it.

Anyway, here's a fun comic and LOLCat for you to enjoy!