Do Not Go Quietly

So, 2012: 

1. I began my PhD journey at Nottingham Trent Uni.
2. Travelled to California for the Bold Strokes Book Fest. Shopped.
3. States of Independence publishing conference. LGBT panel with Andrea Bramhall,  Rebecca Buck and Kev Troughton.
4. 3rd Annual BSB UK book festival. Eleven authors attend.
5. The London Olympics 2012. I was there. 
6. I made contact with the paternal side of the family after nearly thirty years.
7. Redundancy
8. Florida. Mom. Kayaking with dolphins. Harry Potter land.
9. The house falls apart. Washing machine floods kitchen. Toilet tanks splits in half.
10. Teaching workshops on writing.
11. New business opportunities land in my lap.
12. Meet England Foootball manager Hope Powell.
13. Work with 300 teenagers over three days. Rewarding.

And in 2013, so far:

1. PhD project approval. Novel work begins in earnest.
2. Teaching writing workshops. 
3. The Nottingham Festival of Words. LGBT Panel discussion and reading.
4. States of Independence?
5. Business funding?
6. 10th short story comes out.
7. Conference in Belfast: Mapping Feminist Movements.
8. 4th Annual Bold Strokes Book Festival, UK.
9. Conference in Nottingham: The F Word in Contemporary Literature
10. Travel to the US. Not sure where yet.
11. Editing. Writing. Reading. Editing. Writing. Reading.
12. Dec: 1st draft of novel finished.

Thank you. For reading, for coming along on my journey. A writer writes to be read, and without you, I would be less.

Happy New Year. Do you have plans for 2013 yet? 

Book: The Gift of Death by J. Derrida

Song: Hijo de la Luna by Mecano