{"id":8474,"date":"2015-12-31T12:45:56","date_gmt":"2015-12-31T20:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crimeandtheforcesofevil.com\/blog\/?p=8474"},"modified":"2015-12-31T12:45:56","modified_gmt":"2015-12-31T20:45:56","slug":"so-long-2015-lets-talk-about-what-went-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crimeandtheforcesofevil.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/31\/so-long-2015-lets-talk-about-what-went-right\/","title":{"rendered":"So long, 2015; let&#039;s talk about what went right."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve seen a lot of people talk about 2015 as a terrible, just-survive-it kind of year, and hoping next year will be better.<\/p>\n<p>For us, 2015 has been a pretty <eM>good<\/em> year, and not just because nobody had to overnight at the hospital. No, it wasn&#8217;t all great; some things were pretty terrible, and I could dwell on them, and would, given half a chance. It&#8217;s in a supervillain&#8217;s nature, I think. But I&#8217;d rather start 2016 concentrating on what&#8217;s gone <em>right<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>So, in that spirit &#8211; what&#8217;s gone <em>well<\/em> for you in 2015? What&#8217;s gone <em>right?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s my list. Taking it month by month:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>January: After all those delays, <a href=\"https:\/\/crimeandtheforcesofevil.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/omg-number-80\/\"><i>Bone Walker<\/i> shipped<\/a>, with <a href=\"https:\/\/crimeandtheforcesofevil.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/live-from-conflikt\/\">a big release show at Conflikt<\/a>;\n<li>February: <a href=\"https:\/\/crimeandtheforcesofevil.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/yay-its-bassmas\/\">BASSMAS<\/a>! Plus, I could announce <a href=\"https:\/\/crimeandtheforcesofevil.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/gates-and-orphans\/\">announce my first GoH (Toastmaster) invitation<\/a>;\n<li>March: Legend of Korra fandom had <a href=\"https:\/\/crimeandtheforcesofevil.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/pretty-much-the-best-eccc-evar\/\">the best possible ECCC fan meetup photo<\/a>;\n<li>March and April both: The Sad Puppies mess was terrible, fair enough, but <a href=\"https:\/\/crimeandtheforcesofevil.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/collection-the-sfwa-sexism-and-racism-posts\/\">I won&#8217;t turn down the traffic from the articles I wrote<\/a>;\n<li>May: it turned out that <a href=\"https:\/\/crimeandtheforcesofevil.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/mobile-view-goes-over-well\/\">having a proper mobile view really matters<\/a> on the blog;\n<li>June: Playing concerts in 119&deg;F weather was terrible, <a href=\"https:\/\/crimeandtheforcesofevil.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/and-were-back\/\">but we got good stories out of it<\/a>;\n<li>July: the Seattle Peoples&#8217; Front <a href=\"https:\/\/crimeandtheforcesofevil.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/i-see-the-seattle-peoples-front-have-struck-again\/\">struck again with great success<\/a>;\n<li>August: the Spokane Worldcon came and went <a href=\"https:\/\/crimeandtheforcesofevil.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/this-is-some-serious-street-preacher-stupid-right-here\/\">with some degree of hilarity<\/a>, and then, of course;\n<li>September: we got <a href=\"https:\/\/crimeandtheforcesofevil.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/holy-shit-you-guys\/\">nominated to the Grammy jury<\/a>, and, to our astonishment&#8230;\n<li>October: &#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/crimeandtheforcesofevil.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/for-your-consideration\/\"><em>past<\/eM> that jury and to the Long List<\/a>, making us officially nominees. Then I made <a href=\"https:\/\/crimeandtheforcesofevil.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/happy-halloween-from-vault-tec\/\">Regional Sales Director at Vault-Tec<\/a>;\n<li>November: &#8230;and went to Orycon for the first time in so long it was <a href=\"https:\/\/crimeandtheforcesofevil.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/hey-orycon-guess-who-has-the-high-ground\/\">really my first Orycon again<\/a>. Then we topped off&#8230;\n<li>December: &#8230;by recording a new single (can&#8217;t link yet, sorry), <em>and<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/crimeandtheforcesofevil.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/aint-no-rest-for-the-wicked\/\">making our first guest appearance in someone else&#8217;s music video<\/a>.<\/ul>\n<p>So for us, on balance? A good year.<\/p>\n<p>Your turn. What&#8217;s gone <em>well<\/eM> for you in 2015? Go!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>Genuinely the last call<\/b>: <i>Use cyber2015 at checkout before midnight, December 31st, for 20% off all music, including<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/music.crimeandtheforcesofevil.com\/album\/bone-walker\">Bone Walker<\/a>, <i>the long-list Grammy Award nominated album.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve seen a lot of people talk about 2015 as a terrible, just-survive-it kind of year, and hoping next year will be better. For us, 2015 has been a pretty good year, and not just because nobody had to overnight at the hospital. No, it wasn&#8217;t all great; some things were pretty terrible, and I [&#038;hellip<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crimeandtheforcesofevil.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crimeandtheforcesofevil.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crimeandtheforcesofevil.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crimeandtheforcesofevil.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crimeandtheforcesofevil.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/crimeandtheforcesofevil.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8474\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crimeandtheforcesofevil.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crimeandtheforcesofevil.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crimeandtheforcesofevil.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}