Egads, I had no idea what a mess some of those “almost finished” stories actually are. I think I’ll probably end up with no more than 16 or 17 stories in the mail by the end of the month. But it’s all well and good. I’m really pleased with some of my edits, especially the rewrite I’m doing of a rather tragic necromancer story.

Speaking of fantasy stories and tropes, I’m embracing fantasy more and more lately. I’ve always thought of myself more as a science fiction writer, but if the muse is filling my head with magic, who am I to argue?

All this is leading up to March, wherein I will begin my descent into novelist madness. By the end of the year, I will have an 80,000 word novel. It will be fully edited. I will submit it to an agent.

Obviously, I’ve lost my goddamn mind.