2012 rolls in with a sigh upon the muddy wake of December, 2011. I can't count the number of electronics that have broke in the last couple weeks, or the number of boxes I've unpacked. A month that began in finals ended in family and obscene amounts of wrapping paper.
My year was full of highs and lows, but what's life if not a series of obstacles you either overcome or crumple beneath? And, as I usher in 2012 with some minor house cleaning and laundry folding, I can't help congratulating myself on making it through it all with something of a smile and a shrug.
To my readers, I owe my thanks, for without them I wouldn't have made it through so much with so much grace. So many of you have been following me since last May, some even earlier. It was because of you readers, and your amazing response to my Holiday Promotion of Farro, that I made it through the laptop-less weeks that preceded this new year without losing my sanity completely.
One reader went so far as to send me some Holiday fanart. I was so pleased I asked to share it with you all. It is always so flattering and fascinating to see how you, the readers, imagine a set of characters so precious to me.
Reader ChocolateCookie describes this portrait as follows, "Khensa post-being rescued by Bomani and cleaned up by Lateef -- sullen, vulnerable and angry." (Corresponds with Farro's Chapter 3, "A Far Fetched Fable", and Chapter 4, "Amethyst Eyes")
I'm not one for resolutions, but I'm big into goals. So what can you expect from me in the coming year (or, more importantly, in the next 4-6 months?) here's a taste:
- Finish Project "The Scorpion King" (title to change) by March/April. I hope to begin releasing weekly installments in February.
- Order cover from artist who's handy with Egyptian stylization.
- Publish Farro and Sulfur edition two. I'm currently in the process of rereading both novels for typos and errors. I'm also hoping to rope my coworker into helping me with some copy-editing. She's more experienced than I and not afflicted with dyslexia.
- Start in on my next project in the May region to hopefully finish in the mid- to late-summer region.
Happy new year! If any of you ever feel compelled to draw me a picture of Bomani, don't hesitate to shoot me an email, haha!
