With just two finals left this semester will be done before I know it. This has been making me anxious. Mostly because it means that my schedule next week and going forward will be up to me and it would be nice if I could manage to not waste this free time. After all how many 30 something’s get a real summer break? I know I never thought it would be possible once I was neck deep in the soul sucking 9 to 5 grind. To that end I’ve been thinking that it’s time to brainstorm and come up with a list of goals for this summer. So without further ado (and in no particular order), here is the list:

1. Write book 3 of Stephen’s trilogy
2. Do my own Let’s Play series with the Terraria 1.3 patch
3. Do video readings for some of my short fiction
4. Finish re-edits for Transformation & Induction
5. Edit and publish Avatars & Identity
6. Complete at least one Let’s Play + VG Writing Series (Fuzzy Adventures)
7. Compile, edit, and publish the class fiction and poetry book
8. Find and check out local writing meetup and social groups
9. Design BFG Publishing website
10. Shampoo the carpet
11. Move my desk
12. Re-organize this blog
13. Write more short fiction & poetry (At least 1 poem & 1 short story/flash fiction per week)
14. Send stuff to magazines/publishers every week
15. Continue the Live Writing series or combine with some of the above

Whew. Looking at this list I realize that I have my work cut out for me this summer. This to-do list is in addition to the usual goofing around and just having fun that will be required to stay sane. I’m also going to have to prioritize if I want to get even half of this done. The Fuzzy Adventures series is something I’ve been thinking about most of this semester. I love video games and I love writing & reading. I wanted to combine those somehow. That’s when I struck on the idea for re-visiting some of the games that I loved so much as a kid and doing a combination let’s play with an episodic writing series. The basic idea is that I’ll play a game in sections and write a story to go along with it, also in sections. Basically I’d have a separate area of this blog devoted to these series with each game getting it’s own sub-section. Each blog entry would be an episode of the story and video both. I’ve got a short list of games I’m considering, but I’ll probably start with something short like Castlevania: Symphony of the Night instead of an epic length game like Final Fantasy 6.

I’m thinking the other thing I’ll need to help keep me on track is some kind of daily schedule. I’m not very good at sticking to schedules that I come up with on my own but I might need to give it a shot. Anyway, glad I finally got all of these thoughts down. The list reminded me that I’m missing a couple of key pieces of hardware that I’ll need for a number of these ideas. Amazon ho!