One... two... eleven?

I'm off work today. I think I have pinkeye. I'm hoping I don't. But just in case; I called in sick. A colleague had it a week ago, and I don't want to risk maybe passing it on if it is that. (Besides, the weather is perfect for staying in bed. Now if only I can resist the temptation to rub my eye...)

It's not going to be a wasted day though... Eventually I'm going to drag myself out of bed and go sort through a couple of boxes, clean up a bit and try to get some writing done. 

Speaking of writing, that's yet another reason for starting this blog... I write a lot of stories. A lot. But finishing them seems to be a problem for me. Go figure. The problem is, I start with a story, which is planned as a novel, get a quarter of the way through, and then hit a dead end. So I sit with nothing for a couple of days, until a new idea for a story hits. And then I'm off again. Full speed ahead. Into a brick wall. And at the end of it; I'm left with a great big stack of unfinished stories. Speaking for myself, there's nothing I hate more than starting to read something; getting involved in the story; and then it just... ends. In the middle of nowhere. So for me to do it to myself, and to the poor friends and family that I force into reading my never-quite-finished stories... it's just unfair. 

Which is why my New Year's Resolution has two parts: To finish what I start. And to not start something until I'm finished. I plan on finishing every single thing I've ever started to write, and if I can't; then I'll save the idea until later and rework it into something I can use. Until everything I currently have in progress is finished, I won't be starting any new stories. This could take a while, since I currently have over ten stories that have yet to be completed. Some were meant to be novels, others were just long short stories that ran out of steam. 

And so, without further ado, I present the list of In Progress titles:

1. Silvermane - Currently sitting on about five completed chapters. It's supposed to be a short novel of about twenty/twenty-five chapters.
2. S.P.O.O.K.S - Currently on four long chapters. I'm aiming for twenty-five/thirty. I already know how it's going to end. 
3. Devourer - Also on about five chapters, this is meant to be a short horror story. I still have no idea how it's going to end. 
4. Dragons' Rising - On eight chapters; this is the very first novel I started. I know how I want it to end. Getting there is proving a problem. I'm aiming for thirty chapters. 
5. Once Upon a Wicked Witch - Currently on two chapters. It's a long short story of about ten chapters. 
6. Witch's Blood: Inherited Magic - On two chapters, it's also meant to be a short story of about ten chapters. 
7. My 'special' project - A five book series; something is written for each of the books. I already have the ending for the final book. This is the project I've put the most work into so far, and the one I'm most paranoid about. I really want to finish it. 

So there you have it... 11 books I have to finish before I can start on something new. And how will the blog help? Well, I plan on having at least one post a week detailing progress on any of the above, with the idea that the shame of not having anything to report will spur me on in my efforts to finish them.

Wish me luck.