Master List of Progress Reports - 2012

2012: Year In Review

No new chapters posted again.

But at least I finally got the membership site off the ground.

And with the money I made, I was able to not only cover all my expenses for the year, but also get a new computer to replace the 4-year-old one I'd been using (before it could fall apart and take all my stories with it).

Of course, running two computers at once while I was still transfering files from the old one to the new one did cause a few mishaps, one of which nearly wiped out all of my stories and notes (and nearly gave me a heart attack), but thankfully I was able to recover all but the most recent note files I'd created.

Then there was more medical drama, with me passing another kidney stone (the drugs for which drain me of all creativity), and my wife finding a lump in her breast. Thankfully, it turned out to be benign, but for several months, I was barely writing because I was terrified I was going to lose my wife. The lack of writing only got worse after I hurt my back (again) and was forced to stay off the computer from about the middle of September through all of December.

At least I was able to work on my writing skills by reading several new books regarding story structure, which set me up well for most of 2013, except for the first part. My cat Felix died in December and it was really difficult to focus on my writing for several months after that (more on that in the archive for 2013).

Moral of the Story

There's a quote by Arthur Ashe that has stuck with me ever since I first read it:

Start where you are.
Use what you have.
Do what you can.

I may not be physically or emotionally where I'd prefer to be, but I'm doing what I can, when I can, with what I've got.