Let's spin around the world backwords, or something.

Another year gone. And it was a pretty good one, so it's hard to complain.

Firstly, I started writing for publication on December 20th, 2003, so this marks the end of my fifth year of seriously trying to make a go at it. My production has dipped steadily ever since the first year. This year was my lowest ever, at about 43,800 words, or 1,000 less than la…