What I did in 2015

[hawkwing_lb]

Well, that was a year.

I roll into 2016 feeling as though I've spent the past year more sick than well, which is... not exactly accurate, but the proportions have been creeping their way above 30:70. Three years of serious stress is, apparently, a great way to burn your immune system back like a dry heath at midsummer.

What did I do in 2015?

-- finished my thesis, passed my viva, had my corrections accepted: can officially refer to myself as "Dr."
-- gave a paper at a conference
-- said paper is now submitted for publication
-- applied for some government jobs, which have not outright rejected me from their selection process yet
-- wrote 30K of a not-a-novel, aka The Unbook: it's been fun to play with words again
-- started a Patreon, which seems to have attracted rather more support than I expected
-- continued writing Sleeps With Monsters for Tor.com
-- contributed several reviews and articles to Tor.com
-- contributed several reviews to Locus
-- contributed a review to SH
-- ended up on the Clarke Award jury
-- visited Foz in Aberdeen
-- visited London
-- completed a draft MS for a collection of reviews and articles
-- read upwards of 180 books
-- did not die.

I do not think I should think of myself as an underachiever, really.

Comments

[sovay]

I do not think I should think of myself as an underachiever, really.

You should not. Happy New Year.

[hawkwing-lb.livejournal.com]

Happy New Year to you too! May it be a year of joy.

[hrj.livejournal.com]

If you had only done the first item on your list, you would have failed at being an underachiever.

Is the Unbook the one I got to see a glimpse of? If so: yay!

[hawkwing-lb.livejournal.com]

Yep, that's the one. (If you are cheering its existence, I can always send you more. :P)

[hrj.livejournal.com]

I would love to see more, although at the moment I'm behind in cheerleader-reading for Beth Bernobich so I'm happy to wait for any appropriately-sized chunk in the future.

[hawkwing-lb.livejournal.com]

Perhaps in a couple of months, then? I may have actually managed to staple some plot to the middle by then... *g*

[hrj.livejournal.com]

In a couple months would actually be a good time because Mother of Souls should be out on beta by then.

[hawkwing-lb.livejournal.com]

I make the cheering motions for MOTHER OF SOULS, all of them. *g*