It was a very good year

[eimarra]

Some of the things I did this year were things I set out to do:

• I took my son with me to Boskone this year.
• I sold a story to a SFWA-qualifying venue.
• I became eligible to join SFWA (Associate level), although I haven’t done so yet.
• I finished writing 1 book I’d previously started (Daniel).
• I wrote more than a dozen new short stories.
• I wrote a new book for NaNoWriMo.
• I wrote and submitted a new novella for the UPC SF contest.
• I attended my first WorldCon.
• I ran a 5k race. (Okay, the original goal was a half marathon.)
• I read, on average, more than a book a week (including magazine issues).

Some of the things I did weren’t on my agenda to begin with:

• I started a sole proprietorship publisher, Hartshorn Publishing, to put some of my work up as e-books.
• I got my first book contract (with Moongypsy Press, for Touching Time). (Didn’t actually get a formal contract yet, but then, I don’t have a complete book to deliver yet, either.)
• I put four short works and a novella up for sale as e-books.
• I lost a fair bit of weight and a couple of inches as a result of my running. (Honesty compels me to admit that the lack of said running through the summer and fall did away with the majority of this progress, especially with holiday treats to cap it off.)
• I participated in the A to Z blog challenge in April.
• I wrote another A to Z series of blog posts, focused on women writers of science ficiton and fantasy.

And, of course, there are things I planned to but didn’t:

• I wanted to complete the quilt I was working on for a contest deadline in January.
• I wanted to finally get a raised bed put in to grow vegetables and herbs.
• I wanted to have more novels under contract with publishers.

Making money from my writing? (These numbers combine all avenues of income.)

• Short stories: $558.48
• Articles: $38.25
• Novellas: $20.77
• Novels: $0

Overall, definitely a very good year. Now, having exceeded expectations, I need to start working on my dreams and goals for 2012. Onward and upward!

Originally published at Erin M. Hartshorn. You can comment here or there.

Comments

[chanphenglew.livejournal.com]

Wow, what a year! And congratulations on the getting the e-publishing together and the sales. Good foundation for 2012!

[eimarra]

Thanks! Yes, I'm looking forward to seeing what happens in 2012, especially if I meet my goal of having something new up for sale each month.

Happy New Year!

[david-bridger.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on a fine 2011 and may 2012 be even better for you!

Happy New Year!

[eimarra]

Thank you, David! I hope your 2012 is even better, as well!

Happy New Year!