2012 looking ahead

Well, the year will be over in a few short hours, from where I'm sitting.

I won't be sorry to see it go--on the whole, 2011 sucked. While some good stuff happened this year, most of it was off-set by the bad stuff that also happened this year.

So, while I intended to sort of sum up this year I've decided instead to talk about what I'm looking forward to in the coming year.

I'm developing an idea for a novel I had a few days ago. Still have a long way to go on it--still creating characters, deciding on the plot, all that--but I can tell you it'll be a science fiction/detective story, set in the not-too-distant future. Sort of a dystopian thing. When I finish it I'll probably self-publish it, as there would be no point in even trying to submit it to a regular book publisher.

I also had an idea for another song cycle that has nothing to do with the novel idea but is also a science fiction story--I'm calling it People of Earth . . . It's about an alien takeover. Or is it? It'll probably be six or eight songs, many of them instrumentals. I may write a little story to sort of explain it. Or I may not bother--I may just let the listener decide what the story is about.

I'm moving to Douglasville near the end of March, so that is about to become the next Big Thing in my life. More than likely most of my literary and musical pursuits will have to wait until I've got that behind me, as I hate having to stop in the middle of something and try to pick it up again later, and there's going to be a period where I'm just not going to be able to concentrate on anything else until this is done.

I've got mixed feelings about this move thing--I've lived in Savannah for years. But, maybe it's time for a change. Most of my friends have already moved on. There really isn't anyone left here in town that I'm all that close to anymore. Plus, the area I'll be moving too looks kind of interesting, just on Google Maps. I haven't actually been up there yet.

As far as the New Year's Eve thing tonight, I'm probably going to be sleeping. I lived in the Historic District of Savannah for years and have many New Years celebrations under my belt--now I'm more interested in relaxing, sleeping, chilling out, than I am going out and getting pissed as my Brit friends would say.

So, what are you looking forward to in the coming year?