2013 Year in Review (with pictures)

Here we are, at the end of another year. Without further ado, here are some things I did.

January

• Start seeing a nutritionist
• Join a new gym, start seeing a personal trainer once per week
• Go to Book of Mormon musical and an exhibit about women artists at the Seattle Art Museum
• EDF PODCAST: The Art of Opening an Oyster by Sierra B. Ryan read by Folly Blaine [7-Jan-2013]

February

• CONVENTION: February 1-3, Potlatch 22/Foolscap 15 in Redmond, WA. I have a 25-minute slot to read my work. Here's a shot of my audience.

• Start taking cooking classes through the nutritionist

• PODCAST: "The Prisoner's Missive" by Michelle Strackmann, as discovered by Mark Floyd,  Runs 20 minutes
• PODCAST: "The Scoundrel's Wife" by Ben Langdon. Runs 25 minutes and was written from the perspective of a super-villain's agoraphobic wife.
• EDF PODCAST: Forget, To Live by Ben Langdon read by Folly Blaine [04-Feb-2013]
• EDF PODCAST: First Time by K.C. Ball read by Folly Blaine [11-Feb-2013]
• EDF PODCAST: The Passing of Grandmother’s Quilt by Cat Rambo read by Folly Blaine [18-Feb-2013]
• EDF PODCAST: Saving Nimoy by Sally York read by Folly Blaine [25-Feb-2013]

March

• March 2, Attend a day of Emerald City ComicCon
• CONVENTION: March 28-31, Norwescon 36 in SeaTac, WA. I think I only went Saturday this time, but I did have the chance to read for five minutes as part of the Broad Universe Rapid Fire Reading.
• BENEATH CEASELESS SKIES PODCAST: Boat in Shadows, Crossing by Tori Truslow. Runs 1 hour. I play Bue. Other narrators include Rajan Khanna, Michael J. DeLuca, and Tina Connolly.
• EDF PODCAST: There are Those Who Have the Stars… by John Eric Vona read by Folly Blaine [4-Mar-2013]
• EDF PODCAST: Fire in the Heart by Samantha Memi read by Folly Blaine [11-Mar-2013]
• EDF PODCAST: Shades by Randall Brown read by Folly Blaine [18-Mar-2013]
• EDF PODCAST: Twist Twist Shake by E.M.Pearson read by Folly Blaine [25-Mar-2013]

April

• PUBLISHED: April 15, "Before the Fireworks," third place winner in the String-of-10 FIVE Flash Fiction Chronicles contest is posted online. Plus an interview!
• RETREAT: April 18-21st, Writers Retreat at Fort Warden in Port Townsend, WA

• Theo Chocolates Tour with Eliza and Miriah

• Georgetown Brewery Tour with Eliza and her husband
• Teach my first podcast class online with Cat Rambo
• Finally finish reading the Harry Potter books
• EDF PODCAST: Smoke Rings by dj barber read by Folly Blaine [1-Apr-2013]
• EDF PODCAST: Tears in a Box by dj barber read by Folly Blaine [8-Apr-2013]
• EDF PODCAST: Oranges by Gay Degani read by Folly Blaine [22-Apr-2013]
• EDF PODCAST: Apotheosis Cake by Alexander Burns read by Folly Blaine [29-Apr-2013

May

• BENEATH CEASELESS SKIES PODCAST: Singing Like a Hundred Dug Up Bones by Alex Dally MacFarlane. Runs 35 min.
• EDF PODCAST: His Good Wife by Tina Wayland read by Folly Blaine [6-May-2013]
• EDF PODCAST: Abasteron House by Paula Cappa read by Folly Blaine [13-May-2013]
• EDF PODCAST: A Good Use by J. Chris Lawrence read by Folly Blaine [20-May-2013]
• EDF PODCAST: The Merry Jester by Kevin McNeil read by Folly Blaine [27-May-2013]

June

• CONVENTION: June 13-16, The Bram Stokers Award Weekend 2013 Incorporating World Horror Convention in New Orleans, LA. Highlights include a trip through the swamp on an airboat to see the gators, attending a Kaffeeklatsch with Caitlin R. Kiernan, and sightseeing on absinthe. 

• June 28-29, Locus Awards Weekend in Seattle, WA. Includes a class with Paul Park and Connie Willis.

• EDF PODCAST: Drawn to the Glow by K.C. Ball read by Folly Blaine [3-Jun-2013]
• EDF PODCAST: The Pale Farmer by Rich Matrunick read by Folly Blaine [10-Jun-2013]
• EDF PODCAST: The Old Man and the Safe by Peter Wood read by Folly Blaine [17-Jun-2013]
• EDF PODCAST: The Air Above My Head by Rachael Dunlop read by Folly Blaine [24-Jun-2013]

July

• Friends, Phil and Susan, visit for a week. We go to the EMP Horror exhibit and I scream in a booth, the aquarium, and the Airlock in Redmond to fight each other playing mechs in pods.

• Attend readings by Neil Gaiman, Joe Hill, Margo Lanagan, Samuel Delany and an interview with Ellen Datlow (also go to my first Clarion West parties)

• WORKSHOP: July 25-28, Cascade Writers Workshop in Portland, OR
• EDF PODCAST: No Arrests in 2039 by Suzanne Conboy-Hill read by Folly Blaine [1-Jul-2013]
• EDF PODCAST: Flash Flood by Gay Degani read by Folly Blaine [8-Jul-2013]
• EDF PODCAST: Seventeen by Virgie Townsend read by Folly Blaine [15-Jul-2013]
• EDF PODCAST: Soggy Sandy by Gay Degani read by Folly Blaine [22-Jul-2013]
• EDF PODCAST: Repossession by Peter Wood read by Folly Blaine [29-Jul-2013]

August

• CONVENTION: August 29-September 2, LoneStarCon 3 (WorldCon) in San Antonio, TX. Highlights include a lantern tour of the Natural Bridge Caverns, seeing the Alamo for the first time, and hanging out with Cat Rambo.

 

 

• EDF PODCAST: Cat Nav by Suzanne Conboy-Hill read by Folly Blaine [5-Aug-2013]
• EDF PODCAST: Nikki Comes Home by Christopher Owen read by Folly Blaine [12-Aug-2013]
• EDF PODCAST: Dear Baby by Allison Nast read by Folly Blaine [19-Aug-2013]
• EDF PODCAST: Member of the Herd by Guy Anthony De Marco read by Folly Blaine [26-Aug-2013]

September

• I shoot my first book cover for Roms, Bombs, & Zoms.

• CONVENTION: September 19-22, KillerCon in Las Vegas, NV. Highlights of the trip include a day trip out to the Grand Canyon.

 

• WILY WRITERS PODCAST: The Mary-Jane Effect by AJ Fitzwater (read with Nathan Crowder) About 30 min.
• EDF PODCAST: Steaks by Guy Anthony De Marco read by Folly Blaine [2-Sep-2013]
• EDF PODCAST: Terry and the Eye by Gaius Coffey read by Folly Blaine [9-Sep-2013]
• EDF PODCAST: Understatement by Gaius Coffey read by Folly Blaine [16-Sep-2013]
• EDF PODCAST: Over-Exposed by Patrick Mahon read by Folly Blaine [23-Sep-2013]
• EDF PODCAST: And What About Me by Irena Pasvinter read by Folly Blaine [30-Sep-2013]

October

• Cemetery Dance mentions my story in a review of Fresh Blood, Old Bones. My name is misspelled.

• Book exchange party at Eliza's

 

 

• I buy a wig.

• Attend Dan Simmons reading.
• WILY WRITERS PODCAST: Modern Love by M. Darusha Wehm. Runs 16 min.
• EDF PODCAST: Wish Fulfilment by Georgina Allen read by Folly Blaine [7-Oct-2013]
• EDF PODCAST: Spring Melt by Gay Degani read by Folly Blaine [14-Oct-2013]
• EDF PODCAST: Clear Title by Brian J. Hunt read by Brian J. Hunt [21-Oct-2013]
• EDF PODCAST: The Mixture by K.C. Ball read by Folly Blaine [28-Oct-2013]

November

• This Mutant Life: Bad Company anthology is released. Includes a reprint of my story, "The Hero Garden."
• RETREAT: November 21-24, Writers Retreat at Fort Warden in Port Townsend, WA

• Have some friends over for Thanksgiving. I make too much food.

• PODCAST: Gay Degani's "Something About L.A."
• EDF PODCAST: Schrodinger’s Spat by Peter Wood read by Folly Blaine [4-Nov-2013]
• EDF PODCAST: How He Likes Me To Dress by Sarah Salway read by Folly Blaine [11-Nov-2013]
• EDF PODCAST: The Red Sno-Cones Are Not For Sale by Emily C. Skaftun read by Folly Blaine [18-Nov-2013]
• EDF PODCAST: His First Wife by Von Rupert read by Folly Blaine [25-Nov-2013]

December

• VACATION: December 7-14, Visit southern California
• PODCAST: Beyond the Curve by Gay Degani. Runs 5 1/2 min.
• PODCAST: Home for Christmas by Sandra M. Odell. Runs 16 min.
• EDF PODCAST: Speed Demon and Clockwork Dancer by JR Hume read by Folly Blaine [2-Dec-2013]
• EDF PODCAST: And Though Worms Destroy by Sarah L. Byrne read by Folly Blaine [9-Dec-2013]
• EDF PODCAST: The Cavern by K. Esta read by Folly Blaine [16-Dec-2013]

In closing: THANK YOU, for joining me on this crazy adventure. I sincerely appreciate it.