That end of the year thing
Dec. 31st, 2005 02:00 pmA bit long. Oh well, was a good year :)
Places visited:
Things I did that I've wanted to do and never got around to before:
Short stories completed:
Novels worked on:
Things submitted:
Magazines edited
Books read:
Movies seen:
Movies wanted to see but they ended before I got to cinema:
Things done for first time:
Things bought:
Things sold:
Significant things lost/broke:
Places visited:
- West Coast for the first time including Macquarie Harbour; also stopped at Sheffield, Roseberry, Zeehan & Queenstown
- Melbourne for brother's engagement party
- Broadmarsh on way to Wooden Boat Festival
- Hobart, multiple times
- Storm Bay
Things I did that I've wanted to do and never got around to before:
- Visited Duck Reach
- Made chocolates
- Penny Farthing races (I'd last gone years ago)
- Cemetery at Broadmarsh
- Visit to west coast
Short stories completed:
- One.
Novels worked on:
- 1 second draft completed
- 1 reread, trimmed and tweaked
- 1 first draft completed (in 15 days)
- 1 second draft 40% done (in December!)
Things submitted:
- One short story to one market
Magazines edited
- One, out now, go buy it.
Books read:
- Three Musketeers
- Black Jewels trilogy by Ann Bishop
- Prophecy of Swords by
shadowhelm
Movies seen:
- Revenge of the Sith
- Batman Begins
Movies wanted to see but they ended before I got to cinema:
- Too many
Things done for first time:
- Won prize for a photo (for something I'd done!)
- Sailing on a tall ship
- Went to cat shows with purebred cat/s
- On a panel at a con
Things bought:
- new mobile phone
- lots of plants
- lots of coins
- DVDs
Things sold:
- lots of coins (and banknotes and some stamps & junks)
- 3 photos on cards (!)
Significant things lost/broke:
- Little greenhouse
- Mobile phone
- Camera
- Fountain pen
- Washing machine
- Two punnets of cucumbers plants (I give up, chives are in there now)
- CD burner (grrrr)
- Green lavender (seeing it took me years to find one)
Climbing rose Cecile Brunner- Umbrella