This is a quick catch up.  I hope I'll actually post an update more than once a week.  We shall see, won't we? ;)

• MAGIC ON THE STORM - book 4 of the Allie Beckstrom novels. I just got in some ARC's of the book and will be finding some fun ways to get them into reader's hands.  Stay tuned!
• DEADMAN'S MOON - the Steampunk Western novel has been set aside for now so I can write the next Allie Beckstrom novel.  I'll pick up the steampunk again, hopefully in May.
• MAGIC AT THE GATE - book 5 of the Allie Beckstrom novels.  I'm re-reading that to prepare for writing book 6, as yet untitled, but I'm betting dollars to donuts it's going to start with the word MAGIC. ;)
• MAGIC something something something, or Book 6 of Allie Beckstrom series - Will be finalizing outline on that tonight and tomorrow
• Short story collection - I handed in stories for the collection.  About 80K words worth.  Yay!
• Web page update - I'm working on getting the info over to my fantastic web guy.  Hopefully will get to that by tomorrow
• Knitting - I have ripped out this one part of the fingerless gloves I'm knitting a dozen times.  Good?  I'm a professional ripper-outter now.  Bad? I've re-knitted a glove's worth of stitches and have nothing to show for it, Lol!  Hopeful? I think I have it figured out now and can *finally* go forward!  Pictures when I have them.

So the Deadline Dames two week anniversary is done!  If you want to check in and see if you won a prize, or just see what the Dames had to say, click here.  We had a great time celebrating our first year together, and hope everyone who stopped by the site had some fun too!

But now that January is over, I'm reassessing how well I did on my 2010 goals.

Um...yeah.

The good news?  This year has just begun.  Plenty of time left to adjust my sails.

Have I failed?  Succeeded?  Let's break it down a little.  Here are my goals:

• Exercise: Started out strong and faded.  I'll get back on it in the morning with a walk. I have picked up healthier eating habits, so that's good.
• Blogging 3x a week: Didn't even start out strong. This post counts as number 1.  Let's see if I can keep it up!
• Tweet/Facebook daily: Yes! (whew, I got one.)
• Reply to Tweets/email at least weekly: I'm really struggling to find time to do this.  So that's a big zero. I may have to put a plan in place to address this.
• Turn in a project I can't announce: Well, let's start with announcing it, shall we?

Fairwood Press editor Patrick Swenson will be publishing a collection of my short stories in autumn 2010!  I'm so excited about this project!!! I don't have everything done on it yet, but I've been working on title ideas and sorting through files.  I'll let you know more as I learn more.

• Stick to my writing schedule so I can get a night off a week: That worked for two weeks.  Then real life took over my schedule.  You know what, Real Life?  Bite me.  I'm taking back my time and getting that evening off no matter how much you stomp your big real life booties.
• Write three novels: I'm not ahead of that curve yet.  Not quite behind in my word count goals, but too close to the edge.  So I'm going to set some plans in place to address that too.  I'd rather be ahead a little than constantly behind.  The first step I'll take for getting back on track is to post this blog, then write another chapter or two before I call it a night.

So how about you?  How was your January?