2018 Retrospective
This is what I said I wanted to achieve this year, in terms of writing and publishing:
Publish the audiobook of Plague & Poison (done).
Publish another audiobook (done twice and nearly three times - I published Simon and the Birthday Wish and Dust & Water, and Stone & Silence is currently undergoing quality checks at the distributor).
Publish Simon and the Birthday Wish in ebook and paperback (done).
Complete the first draft of The Dragons of Asdanund, the sequel to The Mirrors of Elangir (not done - I didn't even start it until the end of October, because of all the work on audiobooks and the illustrations for Simon and the Birthday Wish ).
And here are some noteworthy things that weren't on the list in January:
I wrote about 38,000 words of new fiction, though I haven't published any of it yet. Most of this was my "War of the Gods" story. The rest was two short stories, the start of The Dragons of Asdanund and the start of a sequel to Simon and the Birthday Wish, which has the working title of Simon and the Christmas Plot.
I was a guest on Lucas Spangler's First Chapter podcast, reading from Escape Velocity and talking about my writing and the inspiration behind it. See this post from August for details of where to listen to it.
I was a guest on two authors' blogs, Eric Klein and Lauren Alder. I also interviewed Lauren here.
I took part in a few things for The One Million Project, which aims to raise a million pounds for charity. My short story History Lesson appeared in one of three anthologies they published in February. See this post for details. I was a beta reader for another of their books, So, you Say I Can't Vote! Frances Connelly: The Working Class Woman's Route To The Vote. See this post for more about that. And I was a judge in the fantasy category for a contest they ran on Wattpad. See here for lists of the entrants and winners.
Our local writers' group has kept busy with book signings and other events around the town, raising money for various charities. We took part in the town's annual festival in the summer. We won second prize in the walking section of the parade (that's walking as opposed to being on a vehicle), and we came third (out of twelve) in the quiz.
Phew! Come back in a couple of days to see my goals for 2019!
Publish the audiobook of Plague & Poison (done).
Publish another audiobook (done twice and nearly three times - I published Simon and the Birthday Wish and Dust & Water, and Stone & Silence is currently undergoing quality checks at the distributor).
Publish Simon and the Birthday Wish in ebook and paperback (done).
Complete the first draft of The Dragons of Asdanund, the sequel to The Mirrors of Elangir (not done - I didn't even start it until the end of October, because of all the work on audiobooks and the illustrations for Simon and the Birthday Wish ).
And here are some noteworthy things that weren't on the list in January:
I wrote about 38,000 words of new fiction, though I haven't published any of it yet. Most of this was my "War of the Gods" story. The rest was two short stories, the start of The Dragons of Asdanund and the start of a sequel to Simon and the Birthday Wish, which has the working title of Simon and the Christmas Plot.
I was a guest on Lucas Spangler's First Chapter podcast, reading from Escape Velocity and talking about my writing and the inspiration behind it. See this post from August for details of where to listen to it.
I was a guest on two authors' blogs, Eric Klein and Lauren Alder. I also interviewed Lauren here.
I took part in a few things for The One Million Project, which aims to raise a million pounds for charity. My short story History Lesson appeared in one of three anthologies they published in February. See this post for details. I was a beta reader for another of their books, So, you Say I Can't Vote! Frances Connelly: The Working Class Woman's Route To The Vote. See this post for more about that. And I was a judge in the fantasy category for a contest they ran on Wattpad. See here for lists of the entrants and winners.
Our local writers' group has kept busy with book signings and other events around the town, raising money for various charities. We took part in the town's annual festival in the summer. We won second prize in the walking section of the parade (that's walking as opposed to being on a vehicle), and we came third (out of twelve) in the quiz.
Phew! Come back in a couple of days to see my goals for 2019!
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