Writing

I actually was not going to do a 2023 wrap-up post because I’m sick and I didn’t think I had that much to say, but I realized I was wrong, so here are some things I did or that happened in 2023 that I’m proud of or happy about (in no particular order):

• Had my second Marvel book published (Marvel Zombies: The Hunger)
• Had two poems selected as Rhysling Finalists (“EMDR” and “A Spell for Winning Your Personal Injury Lawsuit”); neither placed in the top three, alas
• Had my first role-playing adventure published (“The Case of the Great Underwater Panther”)
• Got an agent for the book of my heart
• Found the perfect crit partner for said book
• Wrote my first solo comic book script

Everything Else

• Started driving again, after having been unable to do so since getting hit by a cop and a subsequent spine surgery in 2019
• Attended Stasia Savasuk’s Style School (literally life-changing; you should totally do it if you can)
• Reconnected with several members of my LaFountain family (and connected with some further back in my Métis line)
• Went to Paris and London over the summer and got to sit inside the circle at Stonehenge during the full moon
• Got a really nasty case of Covid while in Europe that murdalized my immune system; said immune system is still rebuilding (I am not happy about this, but it has been an ongoing challenge I’ve had to overcome, so the fact it hasn’t completely derailed the latter half of my year should probably be acknowledged)
• Lived to tell the tale

Here’s hoping 2024 brings more of the good and less of the bad for all of us! Happy New Year!!!