The year has been a disastrous one as far as achieving any of the goals I set for myself at the beginning of the year. I did, however, say I’d let people know how I was progressing on these goals, so here you go. Who knows, maybe I can turn it all around by the end of the year.

1. Write 1,000,000 words in 2012. Well, so far I have written about 250,000 words.

2. Update my website with new blog posts at least three times a week. Yeah, we all know that hasn’t happened! These commentaries I’ve been doing for Beside Still Waters have been helping, though.

3. Write a series of essays about the writing process. Also, hasn’t happened. Sigh.

4. Create a short film and take it to a film festival. This, unfortunately, has to be postponed until 2013. I do have some actors lined up, though, and I’m pushing forward.

5. Try something new and/or fun once a week. This one just makes me sad! Hopefully I can turn this one around and start accomplishing it.

6. Host a Book of the Month Club. Yeah, all I managed was January. I do want to get this off the ground, though. Maybe next month? What book would people like to discuss?

7. Spend more time on social networking sites. LOL See #2.

8. Send out a newsletter each month. September there will be a newsletter.

9. Host a party at a convention I attend. When I go to Necronomicon in October I’m not planning on hosting a party, but I am hoping to host some sort of Trick-or-Treating. Find me, say Trick-or-Treat and get some sort of prize. We’ll see if it happens!

10. And finally, the practically obligatory “lose 20 pounds“. You would think that with all the running aruond I’ve had to do this would be taken care of. But no!