Writer’s Life: January Juggernaut!

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The first month of 2011 is coming to a close, and I am proud to say that I feel rather accomplished. I will ignore the fact that I got so little done on my NaNovel (maybe about 3000 words), but I did write two very decent short stories, one pretty okay flash fiction piece, and something that may resemble some sort of fiction once I take a whip to it. So that’s four stories written for Write 1 Sub 1, plus 14 submissions for the month, and one sale to a semi-pro mag. Not too bad, I think.

On the bike front, I rode every single day, most days a mile, though there were three days that I did less than a mile for various reasons. February, I’m kicking up my daily minimum goal to two-miles, which I don’t think will be hard, but I’ll need to be mindful to schedule it a little better so I don’t end up getting to work later and later. One thing I noticed is that I’ve really learned to appreciate the weather when it’s nice out.

Japanese! Could have been better, but I’m making slow and steady progress.

No reading on my 26 random books. I’ll have to work double time to fix that in February. Lots of other reading done on my book club book and a manuscript critique. I just don’t think I can read fast enough to do them all in one month.

Having a good time being a vegetarian. No meat except turkey jerky the first couple days of the year, and an accidental bit of chicken in some Pad Tai and flecks of some sort of seafood in gumbo. I still need to work on eating more so I can keep my energy level up, and I have to admit, there’s nothing better than having the excuse to eat peanut butter all the time.

Well, that’s my January in a nutshell. Here’s hoping February will be twice as productive!