Starting fresh

I’ve giv­en my blog a new look. It may not stay like this, as I exper­i­ment with it. But it needed a facelift, as I’m off to a new start.

2010 was a year of far too much excite­ment. Some of it was good: The Winter Olympics in Van­couver; Healthy, happy chil­dren hav­ing their own suc­cesses; my short story, He Had It Com­ing, was a final­ist in the SiWC Storyteller­’s contest.

Some of it was less good: forced les­sons in accept­ance of cir­cum­stances, plus learn­ing that I’m a strong coper. Earth to Dor­is fol­ded, for a vari­ety of reas­ons, though I miss it very much. Also said good­bye to Chris Colt and the 45’s, again a vari­ety of reas­ons. FAT Jazz is still going strong. I learned that I am still a pos­it­ive, happy per­son in spite of trouble­some circumstances.

In spite of the troubles of the fall, I have con­tin­ued to write: the story for SiWC, two short pieces for the Sleuth Mys­tery con­test (which I believe did not arrive in time, so per­haps I can resub­mit them next year!). I worked a fair amount on my paranor­mal romance until I real­ise it was too much right now. Instead I am back into Griffin, a decision which is heart­ily sup­por­ted by Loki and JS Lys­ter, as per earli­er posts! I have sub­mit­ted this story to the PNWA Writ­ing Con­test, so we’ll see how that goes.

Mean­time, we con­tin­ue. Griffin is calling.