I got the chance to look over my writing "To-Do" list for 2018... sadly, it seems nearly double than my 2017 listing :(
Ok... not one of my better/more productive writing years :/
As an update, I lost my job about two years ago mostly due to ongoing medical issues (4 orthopedic surgeries). I decided about six months or so ago that I didn't enjoy life while dosing constantly on pain pills, so I went cold turkey off of all of them. That DID improve my overall quality of life, enough so that I can now do some things around the house other than be a vegetable... but sitting for hours in front of a computer (for writing, etc) does ratchet up my pain levels uncomfortably. Still... but I think I'm just slightly getting better now about living with it.
My wife then got laid off from her long term job earlier this year which didn't improve our finances... and then her health took another hard nose dive. Enough so that for the last six months or so I've had to spend 90% of my time acting as her primary caregiver (instead of her nursing me post-surgical recoveries!)
Being off of my diet due to stress for the last six months hasn't helped my blood sugar levels a bit. THAT changes next week, stress or not.
So... RL has been ~ challenging.
Writing status:
Lacking productive 'sit-down' time, I've mostly added story notes to a dozen or so odd current/later term projects and I've added a few pages to several on-going serial stories (like Baleful), but nothing is currently 'Done'.
Baleful Sky is in an especially tricky partial state, as I wrote about ten pages for it late, late one evening (when I wasn't quite in the optimal frame of mind) and as a result several life-altering character decisions were made. Probably correctly (it was in my outline), but not perhaps with my usual tact or subtly. I need a clear, fresh look when my brain is in a proper, happier place.
So... hoping for a happier/healthier and more productive year in 2019!