So, how are those New Year's resolutions working out there, Layla?

Last year I wrote:

- Go part time at work

Done! (Although it's kind of sad that the only thing on my list I actually managed to accomplish is the one that results in me making significantly less money.)

- **Finish writing a novel** [starred because this is my Big Thing for '07]*
*I'll settle for just making significant progress on the novel, if it comes to that

Well, if I take the second part of that as my goal, I actually did accomplish it. I just didn't make the first part -- the whole finishing part. I did write a hella lotta words in 2007 -- they're just on a lot of different projects.

- Publish a Freebird book and a Hunter's Moon book

Nope. (Although I'm a lot farther along on the Hunter's Moon book than I was -- basically, EVERYTHING is done except for the actual publishing part.) Since I discontinued the Freebird webcomic, I'm actually making reverse progress on that one.

- Start working on Midnight Sun again

Nada! Haven't even really looked at it. But it's still on the plate.

- Start working on a new Kismet graphic novel

El zippo! (I did get it partly scripted and do a bunch of sketches, however.)

- Start filling in Kismet backstory in the form of short comics

Again -- scripting and sketches, but nothing finished.

- Put a little something in my art/writing workblog every week of the year

Nope. In fact, the original artblog icefallpress has been tragically all but abandoned as I've been doing more writing than drawing.

In fact, it's depressingly difficult to figure out what I did accomplish in '07, creatively. I made an OK amount of money at freelancing, at least by my standards, although thank heaven I don't have to support myself at it, because I'd be living in a cardboard box. But as far as just making spending money and paying for art supplies, I did OK. And I wrote an awful lot, but it's so incredibly scattered -- I have several different novels and several graphic novel scripts in various stages of completion, but I just can't seem to sit down and finish something.

That's my big goal for 2008. Back shortly with a list of 2008 objectives.

2008 Goals

In 2008, I hereby pledge to do the following:

- Publish the damn Hunter's Moon book already
- 12in2008 has a pretty cool idea going -- while it's primarily fandom-based, it doesn't have to be, and the idea is that you sign up to finish 12 stories of a certain length in 2000. I'm going for 5,000+ words, because that's enough to tell a decent story, and I have enough stories just sitting around partly-done on my hard drive that I could do it several times over just from things I've already started writing. So: In 2008, I will finish 12 stories (at least) of 5,000 words (at least). And one of these will be a novel.
- Post regular updates at my kinda-new fiction blog, icefallstudio.
- Post semi-regular updates at my artblog, icefallpress.
- I will submit something to a magazine market by year end. Hopefully more than one somethings, but I gotta start getting work out there.
- I will finish the script for the new Kismet GN (Sun-Cutter) and start working on the pages (OR) I will resume work on Midnight Sun (OR) I will finish a couple of the short Kismet comics. In any case, I will have a webcomic updating by year end.

And finally and most importantly ...

- Each day, I will write at least 1000 words of fiction, or do an equivalent amount of art. Oh, I can take the occasional day off, but basically, this is my job now, and I want to make sure that I view it as such.

Looking forward to '08 ...