2021 in review.

[ellenmillion]

2021...was certainly a year.

I have a lot of complicated feelings, looking back on it, and the year was definitely not without its challenges. (*laughs in understatement*)

I spent most of the year feeling like I was getting nothing done, but I still somehow wrote more than 275,000 words.

I published four books, three collections, six novellas (some were reprints!), six short stories (mostly reprints), was in two anthologies, put Shifting Sands Resort in hardcover, ran and fulfilled a T-shirt kickstarter, drew 30 tiny unicorns for #junicorn, and designed several postcards and bookmarks (and a tattoo!).

I also designed covers for other people and taught a nine-year-old new math and past participles. (Which entailed LEARNING past participles.)

I feel like I've leveled up as a writer and an artist...maybe even as a person. I'm not sorry to see 2021 out the door, but ultimately, I'm proud of what I did with it.

(I can post this now because I am planning to do absolutely fuck all with the rest of the year. I'll do goals later.)



(PS: Sorry if this is repetitive from Facebook, but I know some people are understandably not there! I've updated the graphic a few times as I remembered things...)

Comments

[minoanmiss]

That's a Montage!

[ellenmillion]

It deserves a training montage soundtrack with a full orchestra.

[yhlee]

You are AMAZING.

[ellenmillion]

No, YOU.

[dhampyresa]

I still somehow wrote more than 275,000 words.
I published four books, three collections, six novellas (some were reprints!), six short stories (mostly reprints), was in two anthologies, put Shifting Sands Resort in hardcover, ran and fulfilled a T-shirt kickstarter, drew 30 tiny unicorns for #junicorn, and designed several postcards and bookmarks (and a tattoo!).

H O W

And congrats!

[ellenmillion]

HOW? It didn't feel like I was accomplishing ANYTHING at the time.

Thank you!

[asakiyume]

Very impressive! Congratulations!

[ellenmillion]

Thank you!!

[osprey_archer]

275,000 words is SO MANY WORDS! You rocked this year!

[ellenmillion]

Where did they COME from? *looks around in shock*

Thank you!!

[itsamellama]

Yo, congrats, that is so much!!! :D You did things and got through ze year!! *cheer cheer*

[ellenmillion]

It didn't feel like a lot at the time, but boy, it adds up!