It’s that time of year again. Time to ponder, pontificate and expound on the year that has past and what the year ahead will offer. So in this post I will do a hodge podge of things, Adamsville and otherwise unrelated subject matters.
In Adamsville related subject matters, the obvious is the most important. In 2012, I finally finished this book. All in all it took roughly 16 months of work and the final product is something I am really thrilled with. I’ve written enough about the production of the book and all the goings on in between, but thank you all for your encouragement along the way.
Most of my goals and hopes for 2013 with the book are things that are somewhat out of my hand: book deals and the like. But the things I can control I am working on. I am still writing the synopsis and treatment for book 2. A big part of the pitch for this book is to bill it as a trilogy to publishers so a lot of details need to be ironed out and sorted to make sure the next two books work.
One of my major personal goals for the past year was that I would only devote myself to one project at a time. Thankfully I pretty much did that. And to my “astonishment” lol it’s a much more efficient means of getting things done. Especially when your day is split between so many competing priorities. I already have a list of projects that are my immediate priority in 2013, alongside of getting all of the writing done for Adamsville book 2.
So onward to Adamsville in 2013… Hopefully a lot of fun and exciting news will be around the corner in the very short term future.
As for the rest of the year in review… 2012 was a trying year in many other respects. I lost a family member and have had a number of things cause some road blocks in directions my family and I would like to go. Years are never what you would like them to ultimately be, but that is the thing of it. As a whole we will look back on this year with mostly fond memories and understand the difficult ones as what life so often is… challenging.
I did want to do a short list of my favorite things from this year. So here’s to it!
Favorite movies:
1.) Prometheus
2.) The Dark Knight Rises
3.) Life of Pi
4.) The Hobbit
5.) The Avengers
Favorite books I read:
1.) Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
2.) The Unsinkable Walker Bean by Aaron Renier
3.) Mal and Chad: Bellyflop by Stephen McCranie
4.) Amulet book 5: Prince of the Elves by Kazu Kibuishi
5.) Liberty Defined by Ron Paul
I look forward to the new year and all that it so far is showing to bring mine and my family’s way. And I can’t wait to hopefully show you all Adamsville in 2013. I leave you all now with the portrait I recently completed of my favorite caped crusader. Happy New Year everyone!
Awesome. Happy new years, Michael!