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I’m proud of what I accomplished this year:


- I finished my first original novel.
- I got my first “real” fiction publication in an award-winning international magazine.
- I got my first publication of a short original comic in an online magazine.
- I collaborated with a long-admired artist on a cover for a zine collection of my stories.
- I relaunched my book review blog and started receiving advance review copies.
- I published two research articles that I’ve wanted to write for years.
- I won a substantial travel grant and presented at an international conference.
- I did not stab anyone in the face, though I dearly wanted to at times.

I worked hard and hustled hard, and I’ve seen major improvements in my writing and visual art.

At the same time, 2024 hasn’t been my year. I’ve been overwhelmed with rejections; and, due to the slow collapse of social media, nothing I’ve been able to publish has found an audience. Although I’ve been careful not to acknowledge it, I experienced sustained online harassment in March and November. I’m so tired and afraid all the time that I haven’t been able to eat, and I’ve lost a lot of weight. I wish I could be more positive about this, but it’s been a tough year.

But what can you do. It is what it is.




People like to say that “you create your own luck,” and I’m doing my best. Still, I hope some actual luck comes my way in 2025. Good luck to all of us in the new year. I hope we all make it.

Date: 2024-12-31 01:33 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] vriddy
Congratulations on all the wonderful achievements!! And terribly sorry to hear about the harassment, that's awful... I'm really sorry you've been going through that, and hope that 2025 treats you better.

Date: 2024-12-31 05:40 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] lassarina
Congratulations on all of this, perhaps especially the not-stabbing. Herculean effort, some days.

Wishing a joyous and creative new year to you, whatever form that takes.

Date: 2025-01-01 03:00 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] corpsebrigadier
Absolutely stellar job on the absence of stabbing in your life, and my condolences for having to endure targeted harassment. Congrats, though, on everything you've managed to accomplish. I hope 2025 is much kinder to you and has some of the luck you seek.

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