In no particular order. And subject to change.<\/p>\n
– Finish writing my history of pagan philosophy book, before the end of March. (Also, think of a good name for it.) My publisher has been very patient, and I am grateful; but they shouldn’t have to wait forever, and neither should the readers.<\/p>\n
– Start writing a third novel. Because if I had to decide whether I wanted to live in Rivendell, or in Hogwart’s Castle, or in the Tardis, I would choose to live in Fellwater Grove.<\/p>\n
– Start writing the next big nonfiction project. I’ve already begun assembling notes. Here’s a hint: I’ll be back to my old favourite topics, environmentalism and social justice. And adding cosmology!<\/p>\n
– Finish the Expanded edition of “Clear and Present Thinking.”<\/p>\n
– Assemble a team and raise funds to make a computer-based version of my tabletop strategy game, Iron Age<\/a>. That team will include programmers (obviously), but also artists, musicians, designers, and marketing specialists. I may need to raise a six-digit figure. I smell another crowd-funding campaign!<\/p>\n – Find a better strategy for marketing my books<\/a>. I’m doing almost everything that was recommended by all the marketing advisors I’ve read or consulted. But the “30,000 copies sold” promised to me by those advisors, including a few who I count as friends, has not happened. <\/p>\n – Attend Druid Camp 2013<\/a>, in the Forest of Dean, United Kingdom.<\/p>\n – Create a PPE<\/a> program at my college.<\/p>\n – Begin the process of getting my college certified as an IB World School<\/a>.<\/p>\n – Get more exercise. Maybe shed around 10 pounds or so.<\/p>\n – Visit friends and family in southwestern Ontario more often.<\/p>\n – Learn more dinner recipes.<\/p>\n – Purchase land on which to design and construct a temple. (Actually, that is a 20-year goal of mine.)<\/p>\n – Learn to speak French. Much as I’m reluctant to agree with something uttered by a PQ politician, Premier Pauline Marois is basically correct when she says that people who live and work in Quebec should learn to speak French.<\/p>\n – Visit some part of the world where I’ve never been before, on holiday, if funds permit. (Preferably Europe, where I love the landscape and architecture.)<\/p>\n – Improve my guitar technique, and compose more songs. Learn to play 12-string (in Standard Tuning!). Purchase an Irish Bouzouki and learn to play that too. <\/p>\n – Be a better friend to those whom I care about. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In no particular order. And subject to change. – Finish writing my history of pagan philosophy book, before the end of March. (Also, think of a good name for it.) My publisher has been very patient, and I am grateful; … Continue reading