Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

So... 2009.

Again, these aren't resolutions; they're just plans. And vague ones at that.

Kill All Monsters and The Cownt are priorities on the comics front. Kill All Monsters just needs a publisher, so I need to be more diligent about that. We're just about ready to submit to a couple of more companies who needed a little more in their pitches than some of the others required. Not that we've heard back from everyone we initially sent it to, so there may be some following up to do if I can figure out how not to be a pest about it.

I want to get the Cownt one-shot finished and pitched by the end of the year. I'd love to see it in stores by then, and I think that's possible, but let's not get ahead ourselves just yet. Finishing the novel is another writing focus. Being smarter about business and marketing in general. Seeing if we can get Jesse vs. Machine Gun going again.

I think that's enough writing goals.

Except that I'm very excited about the new digs that the old Blogarama crew have staked out. It's going to be fun. And I'm changing the focus of my column over there slightly so that I can talk more about the kinds of comics I like most. There should be announcements by the end of the week. Maybe as soon as tomorrow.

As for this blog, I'm gonna keep on keeping on. I promised myself I wouldn't make any more Announcements about the direction, so I won't except to say that as my interests fluctuate, Adventureblog content probably will too.

On a personal level, I'm hoping to take Diane and David to Tallahassee this year. That's where I grew up, but I haven't been back in about 20 years. Yikes. Doesn't seem that long. It's way past time I introduced my family to those folks.

That should do it, eh? Like I said yesterday, 2008 had some disappointments and I'm still feeling that a bit. I don't want to load 2009 up with too many expectations right away. If we keep things reasonable and just strive to make a little more progress, it'll be a good year.