And with a new year, a new plan.   For 2012, I’m keeping the writing goals simple:  finish editing the novel I started editing last year, finish the novel in progress I started in last August’s Camp NaNo, and give Write1Sub1 another go, on the monthly schedule.

Last year I took on W1S1 weekly, and only kept up for about half the year, but what a great half it was!  I wrote lots of twitter fiction I wouldn’t otherwise have written, and even when I wasn’t writing, W1S1 kept me thinking about writing.

In fact, the last of my twitter fiction from W1S1 2011, “Nanny Bots,” is up at trapeze magazine today!  Time to get more work out there.

Happy Writing in 2012!

In other news, my story “Fallen” was published at Nanoism this summer.

And just this week, my story “When We Missed the Forest for the Trees” came out in the new Issue Three of 5×5 Fiction.  Check out the whole issue – it’s a great read!

Also, my story “Chalk City” is up at trapeze magazine today.

Out today at trapeze magazine, “Her Long Hair.”

Published last week at Cuento Magazine, “Ragtime,” and “Roofline.”

Also recently published were “Wet Wings” and “Sweet Red,” both at trapeze magazine.

In other twitter news, #wordmongering is the place to be!  All you NaNoWriMo word war addicts out there, check it out!  Now you can feed the addiction any day of the year!

Wordmongering is really simple.  On the :00, you GO, and write for 30 minutes.  Then take the next 30 minutes to tweet your count, give high fives, get some coffee, and, if you have time, get ready for the next sprint.  Or, if you’re like me, run out the door to pick up your kids, and pop back in after they’re asleep, for another go.

Want to know more?  Read here and here!

But, wait, this also relates to writing!  When I started the A to Z Challenge, I wanted to blog about what I’d learned of the writing life.  And Zero reminds me of the saying, You can’t fix nothing. So true!

If there’s anything I’ve learned, this is the most important – keep writing, even if it’s only a trickle of words.  Because bad drafts are better than no drafts any day!

The writer’s life often involves Yarn.

But if your writing life doesn’t, don’t worry!  Sit down and spin one of your own!