So, by this point I should probably know better than to think I’m going to get back to regular updates without a specific plan for said updates. Whoops.
Anyway, hi! Happy 2025! I’m still here and still alive, and still very busy.
I did complete NaNo last year, marking my 15th attempt and my 14th success and providing even more proof that deadlines are my friend. Despite my best intentions, November 2024 kinda snuck up on me, and I completely pantsed the whole thing; considering that, I’m actually remarkably happy with what I wrote. Yay fantasy worldbuilding and a blatant refusal to set it on a spherical planet. I had fun.
Part of what’s kept me so busy the past year has been a return to working in EMS, with most of last year being spent working night shift. I love working night shift. It does make it harder (for me) to take time to go write, though. That being said, as of next week I’m returning to schedule that’s more compatible with a functional circadian rhythm– because I’m going back to school. Paramedic school, specifically. Yay! Somehow, though, I can’t imagine it’s going to add to my free time.
I am still writing, even if not as consistently as I have in the past, and as always, I don’t think that’s going to change. I’m also still reading (or listening to) books, and have been thoroughly enjoying the fact that between Spotify and Libby, I have access to a ridiculously huge number of fantastic audiobooks. Highlights definitely include the Earthsea Cycle, which I’m about halfway through. Le Guin is an incredible author.
So, yeah! Happy New Year! I hope yours is a good one!
F.A. Hakimian 