In which I make a hard left.

That's the phrase I wrote out a couple of months ago in my personal journal in reference to my plan on shaking things up in 2015, and I'm looking forward to it. I've already mentioned over at my two WordPress blogs yesterday (I go into more detail at Welcome to Bridgetown) that I'm giving myself one hell of a busy creative year, with end results to boot.

Part of this "hard left" idea is not only to ramp up the output, but also to get myself out of my comfort zone in terms of what I create. I spent a good portion of 2014 trying out different ways to write, but also stripping away the self-built barriers I'd put up over the years. This was all stuff I tried in my daily words, in my journal and in my poetry, so it wasn't shared anywhere, but that was the point--this was all practice. Every time I got to a point where I was about to censor myself or shy away from a problematic scene, I forced myself to hit it straight on instead. This wasn't just in writing, either...my two other loves, music and art, got a bit of a workout as well. I wanted my music and art to be more than just "fun things to do"...I wanted to improve there as well. I spent a lot of spare time, even if it was just a few minutes a day, noodling around on one of my guitars, learning a song or creating portions of one.

So what do I have in store for the new year, anyway?
--As mentioned at WtBT and WiS, two possible self-published ebooks!
--Daily words (as always)
--Daily journal (as always)
--Posting more consistently on my blogs--this includes Ye Olde EllJay as well.
--Recording song demos
--New writing projects
--Posting artwork on Tumblr (or maybe even DeviantArt--I am there, I just keep forgetting I am!)
--Coffee and pie
--A two-week vacation midyear that we're totally looking forward to.
--Who knows?

Either way...it's gonna be busy, but it'll be an adventure!