It’s that time of year where one’s supposed to look back and think about what’s been achieved and make plans for the following year.

2010 was a game of 3 halves…thirds…whatever. In the first part of the year I was mainly busy with work – I had a big project with major deadlines in May and this left little time for crafty pursuits. After that I had a bit of a decompress and things then picked up in the last few months, mainly focussed on writing.

I didn’t make very much jewellery this year. I experimented more with making greeting cards and I painted a couple of horses.

I did make good progress with my novel though (both research and writing) and I now have a first draft of around 110,000 words. My priority next year is going to be to complete a decent second draft. I also want to work on some short stories and submit them to magazines. I’d like to do more 2D painting, but the writing is the first priority.

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