2012 Round-Up

[k_a_webb]

This year was difficult, due to family issues which meant that my partner and I had to find somewhere to live very quickly. It took more time than it we hoped it would, in part because we didn’t have a rental reference, but we finally found a place I think we’re beginning to call home. We are just renting a room as money is tight and yet we’re both in a much better situation that we were when we were living apart. I’m not going to lie and say everything is perfect – I don’t think, considering what life issues my partner and I have already dealt with, our relationship will ever be perfect, but we’re happy most of the time.

Moving meant that I was without access to the Internet for some time. I’m not certain exactly how long it was, but I know I was just beginning to come up with a schedule that worked for me and then everything fell apart. Once I was back online I couldn’t focus as much as I wanted to due to where we were living, the time we were spending looking for somewhere to live, the time we spent moving, and then my partner switched from working at one of his jobs on a full-time basis to the other, which caused even more upheaval. Slowly I’m beginning to work out another schedule, but it’s taking time, and it does mean that I’m behind. I owe stories to a lot of people, there are things I need to go back and make sure I’ve done, and what I want to attempt to do is get as much of that done this month as possible.

There has been some experimentation. Some have worked, the random number prompts, and some haven’t, the auction I held. 2013 is hopefully going to be a year of more experimentation, a year I can truly focus on writing without having to go on an unplanned hiatus, and the year I begin earning properly. I’m going to be posting 500 words a day every day this year, as well as working on the write mores, completing some of my newly created bingo cards, and simply trying to write as many words as possible. This year I should easily be able to write 200,000 words as long as I do post 500 words a day and send off all the stories I currently own to people.

I’m looking forward to 2013. All I can do is hope it’s going to be better than 2012 was, because I was anticipating a better year last year, but it turned out to be a year full of upheaval.

Mirrored from K. A. Jones Writing.