2023 was…a year that happened. It’s left me wanting to skip some parts of 2024. But despite everything, I did managed a good bit. I want to celebrate what I did despite everything that got piled onto me (some of it shouldn’t have been. Maybe I feel like venting a little.)
In 2023 I…
wrote 34 200-word stories.
edited 54 100-word stories into 200-word stories.
which resulted in 2 finished A Quick Tale collections.
wrote 9 chapters in a secret project.
wrote 3 flash fiction pieces for Substack (one I killed myself in. There is no escaping The Suff.)
edited A LOT.
finished writing Strength of Love and started Tenacity of Love.
knitted 134 familiars and 23 hats (some patterns I wrote myself!)
Like, damn, y’all.
Thank you for your support, and until next time, stay spooked!
~Patricia J.L.
PS: This post originally had more, some talk about skipping winter and parts of 2024, and a love of Christmas lights. It was for Insecure Writer’s Support Group, but I moved that elsewhere. I wanted to keep this to remind myself of what I got done in 2023 despite life being a huge bitch.
That looks to me like a pretty good pile of writing to accomplish while going through all the shit you've been going through.
And though I enjoy a lot of aspects of the holidays, I am also really all about the lights! Here in Seattle people put them up early and leave them late, to help us all through the dark months.
I'm not good at typing on my phone either.
You accomplished a lot this year!