2014 highlights:
- launching my second novel, Te Kauhanga
- winning the Heartland Short Story competition and earning highly commended in the NZSA Central Districts competition
- conducting multiple interviews and writing many book reviews and blog posts including one about my ventures into minimalism
- collaborating on a video book trailer
- attending the Auckland Independent Book Festival
- participating in the Taumarunui Arts Festival
- meeting other writers, readers and creatives
- As Maple Koru Publishing, producing A.D. Thomas’ new book, Alphabetica
- generating new ideas for my next novels
- my Montreal Canadiens making it to the semi-finals of the Stanley Cup playoffs
- seeing Bruce Springsteen and Ed Kowalczyk perform in Auckland (and meeting Ed and giving him a copy of my novel, Redeeming Brother Murrihy)
- mountain biking the Timber Trail and starting new cycling adventures with my wife (including a terrific wipeout yesterday!)
- Attending a mindulness & meditation workshop in Wellington
- seeing my son off to university,
- spending another year with my daughter before she disappears too
Bring on 2015!
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