It appears that, with the exception of having Thursday off for New Year’s Day, the holiday 
season has officially ended for me and mine. Though, it didn’t quite feel long enough. The trip north took up a week or so, and driving left me in need of a vacation to recover from my vacation. But it was good to get out, to relax, and to finally meet several of my friends from Twitter.
But, now that 2008 – which somehow managed to fly by and feel incredibly long in retrospect – is leaving us, it’s time to look ahead to 2009. I’ve never been one to assign a false list of ideas or resolutions to a coming year, but I am finally settling into a solid working schedule, and so I can slowly tick of items from my mythical “To Do” list.
Here’s a peek at what’s to come:
Resources – I’ve slowly started to compile a list of resources for writers here on my website, things that writer’s often find themselves needing. These run the gamut from rules of thumb, quotes on the industry, articles that I’ve found, and a few pieces of compiled works.
One such work – a list of word count page estimates – is already online in bare bones form. The second major undertaking is a Writer’s Dictionary, a compilation of words and acronyms used to describe, critique, and sell writing.
Links and Reads – Instead of offering up a blog roll, I have instead chosen to include my daily reads on a separate, static page. This helps give the links better oomph in Google, and for the SEO fans out there, allows me to link to sites I read with keywords. Recently, I’ve found about a dozen or blogs that I ported into Google Reader and need to thus include in that page. My reading list tends to stick with industry-related blogs, dealing with general and copy writing, but also the business end – that of the lit agents and editors. It’s by no means complete or authoritative, but it’s growing daily.
In black, of course
Video – For Christmas I received that which I really wanted (at Kelly’s suggestions) – a Flip Mino HD. I also secured a tripod (also at Kelly’s suggestion), and with the help of Kino (an FOSS video editing solution), I plan to start doing short video pieces on a regular basis.
I am currently leaning towards Vimeo for video hosting, but I’m also considering Seesmic and will probably play around with both. If anyone has any suggestions (other than the YouTube), or preferences, I am open to hearing them.
Bradley Robb likes TV and books, and has an intense dislike for cinnamon. Once, Bradley stopped a Soviet T-60 with his middle finger. Bradley writes speculative fiction and edits Fiction Matters, and never really got the hang of talking about himself in the third person.