2012 in Review

I've compiled a list of my publications, podcasts, and major activities in 2012. It's like the Internet's very own Folly cheat sheet.

January

• "The Hero Garden" published at InfectiveInk.com (Superhero Fantasy, 2,000 words)
  
• Snowed a lot
  

February

• Went to the SFWA reading featuring David Levine, Nancy Kress, and J.A. Pitts
  
• Attended Potlatch and the Potlatch Writers' Workshop with David Levine
  
• My photoblog was hacked and I fixed it
  
• Roasted my first turkey
  
• Took a novel revision class at Bellevue College
  

March

• "Pompeii is for Lovers" received Honorable Mention in the String-of-10 FOUR Flash Fiction Contest
  
• "British Guiana, 1853," published in the Dark Tales of Lost Civilizations anthology
  
• "Giblet Pan Gravy" published at MicroHorror (Horror, 260 words)
  
• Created my Amazon author page
  
• Joined the Horror Writers Association as an affiliate member
  
• Attended World Horror Convention and Mort Castle's Writing Workshop in Salt Lake City and did my first public 30 minute reading. Click to read the full summary.
  

April

• "Taking the Wind" published at 10Flash Quarterly (now defunct)
  
• Went on a Ghost Tour at Pike Place Market
  
• Began volunteering for Every Day Fiction as their Podcast Manager
  
• Attended Norwescon and the Fairwood Writers' Workshop in SeaTac, WA
  
  
• PODCAST: "The Widow’s Tale" by J. Chris Lawrence at Every Day Fiction. Posted April 16, 2012.
  
• PODCAST: "On the Unlawful Events Taking Place at Outcast's Last" by A.D. Spencer at Wily Writers. ( 18 min ) Posted April 29, 2012.
  
• PODCAST: "Flowers for Clockwork Street" by Jennifer R. Fierro at Every Day Fiction. Posted April 30, 2012.
  

May

• "When the Dead Decide to Disco" published at Every Day Fiction (Surreal, 783 words)
  
  
• PODCAST: "Captain Quasar and the Popularity Contest on Goobalox Five" by Milo James Fowler at Every Day Fiction. Posted May 7, 2012.
  
• PODCAST: "Outwitted" by Donald Jacob Uitvlugt for Wily Writers. ( 17 min ) Posted May 12, 2012.
  
• PODCAST: "The Hurt Club" by James Van Pelt for Every Day Fiction. Posted May 21, 2012.
  

June

• Saw the King Tut exhibit at Pacific Science Center
  
• Attended Locus Awards Weekend in Seattle, WA
  
• Attended class at Hugo House with Connie Willis and James Patrick Kelly
  
• Sister-in-law visited with her two kids
  
• Went to Cat Rambo and K.C. Ball's readings at the UW Bookstore
  
• Went to Clarion West readings with Mary Rosenblum and Stephen Graham Jones
  
• Went to Luna Lindsey's reading at the Wayward
  
• "Taking the Wind" included in a list of 130+ favorite stories
• My podcast for Jennifer R. Fierro's "Flowers for Clockwork Street" nominated for a Parsec award
  
  
• PODCAST: "Navel Gazing" by Ao-Hui Lin for Every Day Fiction. Posted June 4, 2012.
  
• PODCAST: "Fuchsia" by Stephen V. Ramey for Every Day Fiction. ( 4 min 20 s | 2.97 MB ) Posted June 11, 2012.
  
• PODCAST: "Blood and Water" by Lydia S Gray for Every Day Fiction. ( 6 min 43 s | 4.62 MB ) Posted June 18, 2012.
  
• PODCAST: "A Message" by Amanda J. Capper for Every Day Fiction. ( 5 min 31 s | 3.78 MB ) Posted June 25, 2012.
  

July

• "The Pragmatic Groom" published at Short, Fast, and Deadly. Expand the issue and select pages 14-15 to read the story.
  
• My parents visited and built a fence. Also took a day trip to Mt. Rainier
  
• Participated in the Shock Totem Flash Contest for July
  
• Interviewed by Dale Ivan Smith at his blog
  
• Went to Clarion West readings: George R.R. Martin, Connie Willis, Kelly Link and Gavin Grant, and Chuck Palahniuk
  
• Attended ArmadilloCon and Writers' Workshop in Austin -- my roommate was Cat Rambo
• Took a Greyhound bus to visit Fort Worth for a week
  
  
• PODCAST: "Collateral Damage" by J. Chris Lawrence for Every Day Fiction. ( 7 min 37 s | 5.34 MB ) Posted July 2, 2012.
  
• PODCAST: "Manna from Heaven" by Paul A. Freeman for Every Day Fiction. ( 7 min 50 s | 5.48 MB ) Posted July 16, 2012.
  
• PODCAST: "Why Do They Lie to Me?" by Rohini Gupta for Every Day Fiction. ( 6 min 47 s | 4.77 MB ) Posted July 30, 2012.
  

August

• Attended Chicon in Chicago and ate my first deep dish pizzas at Lou Malnati's Pizzeria and Gino's East
  
• Three fictional mad scientist-themed ads published in the Spring 2012 Mad Scientist Journal
  
• Transformed our backyard with new plants and a small greenhouse kit
  
• Went on a Ghost Tour of Pioneer Square with Eliza Hirsch
  
  
• PODCAST: "When the Dead Decide to Disco" by Folly Blaine (That's Me!) for Every Day Fiction. (5 min 36 s | 3.96 MB ) Posted August 6, 2012.
  
• PODCAST: "The Most Epicly Awesomest Story! Ever!! " by Randy Henderson for Every Day Fiction. ( 3 min 57 s | 2.82 MB ) Posted August 27, 2012.
  

September

• Attended a Writers' Retreat with members of my Thursday night writing group at a big house on a lake -- Nate Crowder, Jeremy Zimmerman, Dawn Vogel, Amos Buchanan, and Torrey Podmajersky
  
• Attended KillerCon with Eliza Hirsch at the Stratosphere in Las Vegas
  
• Won third place in the Creative Fiction contest at KillerCon with 200 words or less using: mongoose, forgiveness, plagiarism, zither, and butterknife. Judged by Mignon Fogarty (Grammar Girl), Jack Ketchum, Don D'Auria, and Roy Robbins
  
• "Last of the Soul Eaters" published in the anthology edited by Kasey Lansdale: Fresh Blood, Old Bones
  
  
• PODCAST: "Pest Control" by Beth Cato for Every Day Fiction. ( 7 min 06 s | 4.99 MB ) Posted September 3, 2012.
  
• PODCAST: "Ugly" by Meera Jhala for Every Day Fiction. ( 5 min 39 s | 3.99 MB ) Posted September 10, 2012.
  
• PODCAST: "Zeppelin Follies" by Cat Rambo for her new collection of science fiction stories: Near + Far. ( 34 min 23 s | 23.61 MB ) Posted September 12, 2012.
  
• PODCAST: "The Spinners" by Jennifer Campbell-Hicks for Every Day Fiction. ( 6 min 46 s | 4.75 MB ) Posted September 17, 2012.
  
• PODCAST: "Strikethrough" by Matt Daly for Every Day Fiction. ( 7 min 22 s | 5.17 MB ) Posted September 24, 2012.
  

October

• Went to the following readings/talks in October: Nancy Pearl interview with Jasper Fforde; SFWA reading with Jennifer Brozek, Seanan McGuire, and Phil Foglio; Tina Connolly; Mark Z. Danielewski; Cory Doctorow; Curse of the Pharoahs at Town Hall
  
• Visited family in Portland at a dog show
  
• "The Man at the End of the Chain" accepted into Jennifer Brozek's "The Beast Within 4: Gears and Growls"
  
• Got house appraised
  
• Had the trees trimmed
  
  
• PODCAST: "Glass Ceiling" by Laura Crowe for Every Day Fiction. ( 6 min 28 s | 4.55 MB ) Posted October 1, 2012.
  
• PODCAST: "A Gift from Over the Sea" by Jeff Chapman for Every Day Fiction. ( 6 min 33 s | 4.6 MB ) Posted October 15, 2012.
  
• PODCAST: "Serenity or Sails" by Dale Ivan Smith for Every Day Fiction. ( 6 min 41 s | 4.7 MB ) Posted October 22, 2012.
  

November

• Attended World Fantasy Convention in Toronto -- roomed with Andrew Williams
  
• Attended Story Masters workshop taught by Donald Maass, James Scott Bell, and Christopher Vogler
  
• Heard Simon Winchester's talk on his new book, Skulls
  
• Got car fixed
  
• "The Hero Garden" won the 2012 Hawthorne Citation in the Short-Short category.
  

December

• Finished the process of refinancing our house
  
• "How I Learned to Love My Clones" published at Mad Scientist Journal
  
• Spent 17 days in Spain and Portugal: Salou, Tarragona, Barcelona, and Funchal
  
  
• PODCAST: "The It Girl" by Richard J. Dowling for Every Day Fiction. ( 6 min 34 s | 4.62 MB ) Posted December 10, 2012.
  
• PODCAST: "From Here to the Sargasso" by Andrew S. Williams for Every Day Fiction. ( 6 min 36 s | 4.64 MB ) Posted December 17, 2012.
  
• PODCAST: "Making Merry" by Richard Lamb for Every Day Fiction. ( 3 min 10 s | 2.28 MB ) Posted December 24, 2012.
  
• PODCAST: "Seeking the Great Raymundo" by Jamie Lackey for Beneath Ceaseless Skies. ( 26 min 34 s | 18.2 MB ) Posted December 27, 2012.