I’m a regular reader over at Wise, Ink, and I recently stumbled upon a piece where they suggest ten year-end author blog post ideas. What better than to run with all ten and give them a shot in some sort of Christmas/end-of-year special?

2012 has been the year where things changed for me. Back in June, I had an 85,000 word first draft of What We Saw complete, but I really didn’t know what to do with it. A friend and colleague of mine, Stuart Meczes, had recently independently published his deb...