2019 Wrap-Up

2019 Year-End Wrap Up

COMPLETED
Client work
More LOIs than I can count
Book review gig steady
Domain and host renewals
“Horace House Hauntings” radio play written, accepted, produced
Venetian research
Taught at the NECRWA conference
“Confidence Confidant” radio play produced/performed in Boston
“Intrigue on the Aurora Nightingale” radio play written and accepted for future production
“Light Behind the Eyes” radio play produced/performed in Minnesota
“Pier-less Crime” radio play written and accepted for future production
THE QUALITY OF LIGHT written and submitted
GRAVE REACH (Coventina Circle #5) published
Kept up with Ink in my Coffee, Ink-Dipped Advice, Gratitude and Growth
Did the Reader Expansion Challenge on A Biblio Paradise
Judged three categories of a contest
Outlined a handful of novels
Personal strategic plan
Fulfilled my commitment to Upbeat Authors
Deepened my yoga & meditation practice as I planned
Wrote for a Llewellyn 2021 Almanac
Stuck to my conscientious consumerism
Expanded my social media presence
Getting “Affairs of the Pen” — the blog under the Ava Dunne name — launched
Testing some of the monologues from WOMEN WITH AN EDGE RESIST in front of an audience

IN PROGRESS
Straw Hat radio drama (“Dashed Dreams”)
Monologues for WOMEN WITH AN EDGE RESIST
First act of anti-gun violence play
“Organizing the Dead” radio play
Revisions on THE BALTHAZAAR TREASURE
Revisions on DAVY JONES DHARMA
First 2/3 of the first draft of ELLA BY THE BAY
Solstice romance novel
Working on my French
Recipe development skills

MOVED/DROPPED
Work on Justice By Harpy trilogy moved to 2020
FIX IT GIRL revisions moved to 2020
Jain Lazarus Adventures re-launch moved to 2021

UNEXPECTED ADDITIONS
ELLA BY THE BAY
“Intrigue on the Aurora Nightingale”
“Pier-less Crime”
Adopting the traumatized cats Willa and Charlotte, and working with them

DISAPPOINTMENTS
Lucy’s death
90% of so-called “HR professionals” with whom I dealt this year were a waste of space, disorganized, and unprofessional.
The constant demand for free labor as part of an interview/meeting process
The corrupt, unethical regime currently in power
I didn’t pitch enough articles this year, and let it slide by the wayside
Car issues
Couldn’t work the schedule so I could take the courses I wanted to take
The apathy and small-mindedness of too many people

SUCCESSES
3 radio plays produced by 3 companies in 3 states over 7 weeks
2 more radio plays commissioned, written, accepted
THE QUALITY OF LIGHT
GRAVE REACH
Getting back on track with the blogs
Published in the 2020 Lewellyn almanac

Overview:
It was a tough year on every level. I laid down some good track for the changes that MUST happen in 2020. Since not everything that needed to happen in 2019 did, it increases the pressure on me for 2020, because I’m out of wiggle room.

I was not focused enough nor ruthless enough in 2019, and that has to change for 2020.

How was your year?