Wish I had something profound to say for my first blog
post of 2017. 2016 was not a very good year for me, but it was definitely
better than any in the period 2012 to 2015. That’s not saying a lot considering
those were among the toughest personal years of my life. I read more in 2016
than in the year before but wrote less. I basically wrote about 50,000 words of
what I consider to be commercial fiction and non-fiction, as in stuff I’d
like to sell and believe that I will. A fair amount of that
has been sold. Other stuff has been lingering around without being submitted
just because I’ve been procrastinating on that front.
Another change in my life, which started last year, involved
streak watching of TV shows. I don’t binge watch in that I seldom watch more
than two episodes at a time, but for the past two years Lana and I have been
watching seasons of various TV shows back to back over a period of a few weeks.
I’ve found that there’s quite a bit more decent TV out there than I had
assumed. This has probably impacted my writing to some extent since I used to
go to my computer pretty quickly after supper. Now I tend to spend at least an
hour watching a TV show before hitting the pages.
Of the shows we’ve streaked so far, here are my favorites,
in order.
Game of Thrones
Breaking Bad.
Babylon Five
Justified
New Battlestar Galactica
I’m also still watching The Walking Dead and a newer show
called Lucifer, but only an episode a week, like with old fashioned TV.
In short, and as usual, I’m hoping 2017 will be a good one
both personally and professionally. I want to finish a few writing projects that
I’ve left hang around too long. In reading, I’ve made a tentative decision to
make this the “year of the series,” either starting and finishing whole series
of books, or finishing a few of the series that I’ve had lingering around for a
while. I’ve started with the Rigante series by David Gemmell and am about to
finish book 3 of a 4 book series.
I hope all of you have a grand 2017. My best wishes go with
you.
