2021
We did it. We made it out of 2020.
My December break was hugely beneficial, and I am beyond ready to get back to work. I have been champing at the bit for days to dive back into the work I had to pause in order to recharge, but I'm very glad I took the time to do so.
As is tradition, I am super optimistic about what a new year can mean, but it's tempered with the nightmare that was 2020. I had big goals this time last year, and... I kind of did it?
This year, I will be keeping my resolution from last year not to talk about works in progress until they are nearly finished and I have something concrete to say about them (also to keep my motivation bottled up and percolating by not leaking bits too soon).
Something else I've learned is not to set goals that I don't have any real control over. It's nice to aim high, but saying something like 'this is the year I break out' is sort of foolish; I have no control over something like that. So what can I control? The work I do every day. I am going to do what I need to do every day, and eventually that will add up to entire novels. Then I put it out, take a deep breath, and start the next one.
That's it. I hope it will add up to a bigger number of books than I've ever gotten out in one year (2), but last year taught me that there could be plenty of reasons I can't. But as long as I have control over my productivity (and there's no meteor bearing down on us as I speak or something), my goal is simple: to be consistently productive, and satisfied with what I get done by the time I go to bed every day.
What I will say about what's in store for you is this: I have five books in varying stages of germination in my head right now. Five. One is Ashes Book V, the rest I will keep secret. So know that I don't lack for ideas, only time!
I will have a post about the status of the Ashes books specifically later on down the line, but for now I have plenty to do, and full batteries with which to do it.
I wish you all the happiest of New Years, and look forward to sharing new worlds, new extraordinary women and new stories with you.
Stay safe, and be excellent to each other.
My December break was hugely beneficial, and I am beyond ready to get back to work. I have been champing at the bit for days to dive back into the work I had to pause in order to recharge, but I'm very glad I took the time to do so.
As is tradition, I am super optimistic about what a new year can mean, but it's tempered with the nightmare that was 2020. I had big goals this time last year, and... I kind of did it?
This year, I will be keeping my resolution from last year not to talk about works in progress until they are nearly finished and I have something concrete to say about them (also to keep my motivation bottled up and percolating by not leaking bits too soon).
Something else I've learned is not to set goals that I don't have any real control over. It's nice to aim high, but saying something like 'this is the year I break out' is sort of foolish; I have no control over something like that. So what can I control? The work I do every day. I am going to do what I need to do every day, and eventually that will add up to entire novels. Then I put it out, take a deep breath, and start the next one.
That's it. I hope it will add up to a bigger number of books than I've ever gotten out in one year (2), but last year taught me that there could be plenty of reasons I can't. But as long as I have control over my productivity (and there's no meteor bearing down on us as I speak or something), my goal is simple: to be consistently productive, and satisfied with what I get done by the time I go to bed every day.
What I will say about what's in store for you is this: I have five books in varying stages of germination in my head right now. Five. One is Ashes Book V, the rest I will keep secret. So know that I don't lack for ideas, only time!
I will have a post about the status of the Ashes books specifically later on down the line, but for now I have plenty to do, and full batteries with which to do it.
I wish you all the happiest of New Years, and look forward to sharing new worlds, new extraordinary women and new stories with you.
Stay safe, and be excellent to each other.
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