State of the Author Address 2010

Below is a summary of my wordsmithing activity during 2009.

Poems Written: 269+
Poems Published: 15 outside The Wordsmith’s Forge and 110 fishbowl poems + 1 extra epic in The Wordsmith’s Forge

Stories Written: 3
Stories Submitted to Market: 14
Stories Sold: 0

Nonfiction Pieces Written: 47+
Nonfiction Pieces Published: 41+

Book Proposals Written: 0
Books Written: 1
.....Welsh poetry collection
Books/Book Proposals Submitted to Market: 1
Books Sold: 2
.....From Nature's Patient Hands: A Collection of Poetry
.....Prismatica: Science Fiction Poetry Spanning the Spectrum
Books Published: 0

Books Edited: 0


The most amusing accomplishment was that my poem "Hanes" / "History" won the 2009 Left Coast Eisteddfod Poetry Competition ... in the Welsh language category. 
My story "Clean Sweep" appeared in The Lorelei Signal.
My story "Goldenthread" appeared in the anthology Dead Souls.

I launched another blog, Gaiatribe: Ideas for a Thinking Planet.  This blog covers social and environmental activism, Paganism, networking, and other topics. 

I have continued my contributions to the shared-world project called Torn World, which just opened to the public.  So far I've designed a big chunk of the language family, plus some plants and animals and other stuff.

In spring I got a cheap digital camera.  I spent several months practicing with it.  Then I started exploring a fancier digital camera that my partner Doug has.  You can see some of my photos here.

So if you've ever wondered why I'm "busy" most of the time ... that's why.


What were some of your accomplishments during 2009?