Animal Guild on Sale

My Kindle Countdown Deal for The Animal Guild starts tomorrow, for those who like a bargain. Check it out! (Of course, if you purchase the paperback version, also through Amazon, you get the Kindle version free.)

Resolved for another year

I don’t usually commit to New Year’s resolutions, not because they are so often unreachable, but because I can think of so many goals that I become exhausted trying to achieve them all, :-) But what the heck, I’m going to try to be resolved in 2015.

Here are my mundane, logistical, writing-related resolutions:

• To finish writing the novel I started in November for NaNoWriMo, working title is Seven Secrets. I’m flirting with 50,000 words now but expect the final length to be between 60 and 65K. (This novel, about a group of human kids, segues into my Guild world in a funky way.)
• Upload the next two novels in The Animal Guild Series, once the covers are complete and I’ve attempted to locate more of those sneaky little typos. Look for Outcasts by February and The Hikum later in the year.
• Rough-outline the (possible) sequel to the novel I’m writing now, since I keep having wild and crazy plot ideas for the characters.  
• Finish outlining the next novel in The Animal Guild Series, which has languished for 15+ years. (Yes, you now know that I’m as old as a bristlecone pine). This novel will merge the Seven Secrets goings on with the guilders. I think. (But see below.)

Here are my less mundane, more spiritual resolutions:

• To be kind to all.
• To make no assumptions about anyone or anything.
• To have no expectations of anyone or anything.
• To think about others (be they “human” animals or other animals) and to not have everything be “all about me.” As the Buddha taught, there is no Self (or something like that).

Finally, here are my ultimate, best-of-the-best, top-of-the-line, epic, killer resolutions:

• To be as wise as Kelly.
• To have the courage of Hercules.
• To be as energetic as Morgen.
• To have the impudence of Fist.
• To have the strength of Munk.
• To be as goofy as Kip.
• To be as tolerant as Bhorg.
• To soar in my dreams like Valon.
• To be as generous as Renard.
• And to have the heart of Corto.
• But not to weigh as much as Rethus.

Keep faith with your resolutions!