In these last few days of 2017, I thought I’d post something that summed up the year:

My thoughts on 2017, nutshell version. There may be an accused murderer hiding in the desk for all we know, too. It’s been that kind of year.

What have I been working on all year?

• Not having a nervous breakdown due to politics.
• That…takes up a lot of time, really.
• Polishing up a publishing plan for Architeia, the first in a series of spec fic novels that blend portal fantasy with pop culture and meditations on love and death. Portal fantasy’s a hard sell in many a year, so I’m very strongly considering self-publishing. It’s a big change for me, so that’s taken some work.
• Writing the first in a series of speculative romances that are intended for self-publishing under the name Cairo Ford. (Why? Because I can’t resist names that sound like car dealerships.)

I’m very fortunate to have a busy, fulfilling day job, which means that my writing work sometimes does get slowed down. I’m comfortable with it, at least at this juncture, because the only person delays are hurting is me. (And the twelve beta readers who politely shake me down about Architeia’s sequel every time I see them. LOVE YOU GUYS.)

So, here’s to 2018. May the books be sweet, the politics be just, and all of us survive without any nuclear apocalypses. Not even one little tiny one.