My Own Personal New Year's Day

October 31st: Yesterday. My birthday. Portland.

November 1st: Today. A new year. Boston.

I've had a really good year. And I can trace it all back to this day, exactly one year ago, when I started National Novel Writing Month. NaNoWriMo kick started my life in some strange ways. In the past year I...

  • wrote a 50,000 word novel in 16 days.
  • wrote a published article about Ruby recieved my first writing check.
  • organized a 72 person album recording month and recorded my own 32 minute album.
  • began writing a Ruby book for Apress and finished three chapters so far.

I know it's poor taste to brag, and I guess that's what this post is, but I'm really proud of my year and it feels right to commemorate it. I won't have a chance to do National Novel Writing Month this time around (I'm too busy with my Ruby book), but I'll be cheering all my Nanowrimo friends on.

It's been one heck of year. Wish me luck on this next one, and if you're in Boston, drop me a line!

posted on: 11/01/2006 | path: /life