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Happy New Year!
So… 2009.
Again, these aren’t resolutions; they’re just plans. And vague ones at that.
Kill All Monsters and The Cownt are priorities on the comics front. Kill All Monsters just needs a publisher, so I need to be more diligent about that. We’re just about ready to submit to a couple of more companies who needed a little more in their pitches than some of the others required. Not that we’ve heard back from everyone we initially sent it to, so there may be some following up to do if I can figure out how not to be a pest about it.
I want to get the Cownt one-shot finished and pitched by the end of the year. I’d love to see it in stores by then, and I think that’s possible, but let’s not get ahead ourselves just yet. Finishing the novel is another writing focus. Being smarter about business and marketing in general. Seeing if we can get Jesse vs. Machine Gun going again.
I think that’s enough writing goals.
Except that I’m very excited about the new digs that the old Blogarama crew have staked out. It’s going to be fun. And I’m changing the focus of my column over there slightly so that I can talk more about the kinds of comics I like most. There should be announcements by the end of the week. Maybe as soon as tomorrow.
As for this blog, I’m gonna keep on keeping on. I promised myself I wouldn’t make any more Announcements about the direction, so I won’t except to say that as my interests fluctuate, Adventureblog content probably will too.
On a personal level, I’m hoping to take Diane and David to Tallahassee this year. That’s where I grew up, but I haven’t been back in about 20 years. Yikes. Doesn’t seem that long. It’s way past time I introduced my family to those folks.
That should do it, eh? Like I said yesterday, 2008 had some disappointments and I’m still feeling that a bit. I don’t want to load 2009 up with too many expectations right away. If we keep things reasonable and just strive to make a little more progress, it’ll be a good year.
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I wasn’t going to do an end-of-the-year post. In fact, this post has already been up for about half-an-hour as I’m typing this. I was just going to wish everyone a happy and safe New Years Eve and be done with it.
In fact, I’ve also got to edit my post for tomorrow because it says something about not really being ready for the New Year and that’s not quite how I’m feeling anymore either.
I’ve never been big on New Year’s Resolutions and this year-end, more than ever, I’ve been of the philosophy that we make lifestyle changes incrementally, not all at once and not because of something as superficial as a calendar change. Also, I’m a little worn out from Christmas and haven’t been feeling like celebrating another holiday, even if the celebration is just thinking over the last year and making plans for the next one.
But I spent some time today catching up with the Internet and you guys have been busy. The last few days have been pretty quiet, but today I read post after post of people talking about the year that was and what they’re looking forward to in the year to come. And I guess it’s gotten me in the New Year Spirit.
I’m still not making a bunch of resolutions, but tomorrow I’ll do some thinking about what I’d like to accomplish in 2009. For tonight though, I’m preparing for that by mulling over 2008. It was a disappointing year in a lot of ways. I still haven’t finished my novel, Jesse James vs. Machine Gun Kelly was canceled before it was even published, and Kill All Monsters is moving more slowly than Jason and I would like.
But there’s also been some good movement. I still love my novel (unfinished though it is), I’m confident that Jesse vs. Kelly will see life again, the Kill All Monsters pitch is done and in the hands of some publishers (with more to follow soon), and there’s a great team working on the Cownt comic. I may not have accomplished everything that I’d hoped to for this year, but there’s forward progression, so I’m happy about that.
Good night, Internet, and Happy New Year. Be safe and I’ll talk to you tomorrow.
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…from Michael Mayflower.
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Taking the day off to celebrate my country’s independence. Happy 4th of July!
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Candy and brightly colored eggs await you all with nasty, big, pointy teeth.
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Have a great time in Shamrock Land.
