My 2021 in lists
(permalink)Work I released this year
- O, swear not by the moon (a novelette in Star Crossed)
- About Henry — A Novella (re-release)
- Microfiction via Dot Club
- It Starts with a Kiss (re-release)
- Iteration Eleven (published by HyphenPunk magazine)
New things I learned about
- Autism (specifically, mine)
- Hyper-mobility (also mine lulz)
- World War II history
- Some of my family history
- Art, drawing & digital painting
What I wish I did less of
- Fear procrastination
- Getting injured
- Eating junk food
What I wish I did more of
- Reading books
- Research & writing for The Basilica Conspiracy
- Speaking up for myself
Books/Stories that grabbed me
- After my Before by Stefanie Simpson
- Summerland by Hannu Ranjaniemi
- A Lover’s Discourse by Xiaolu Guo
- Perihelion Summer by Greg Egan
- Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
Movies that grabbed me
- Casablanca (1942)
- Stowaway (2021)
- Hot Rod (2007)
- Tenet (2020)
- Dune (2021)
What I’m grateful for
- Family
- Broadband internet
- The health I do have
- My pastry friends 🥐
- My physiotherapist (it’s amazing what you can do when your health practitioners have a positive attitude)
My hopes for next year
- Tidy up my life (literally, it’s a mess) so I can work and live better
- Keep my health markers at healthy levels
- Consume more SFF and educational books
- Get SUNSET to a publishable state
- Finish outlining The Basilica Conspiracy