Happy New Year 2024! What's In Store for Escape With a Writer?

 

Happy 2024!!

I, for one,am happy to turn the page on the calendar to a whole New Year and hope formany great opportunities to come my way! 

This pastyear has seen too much heartache and a crazy rollercoaster ride in both my personaland career lives:

·       I left a relationship and job thatwere not working and moved across Canada with 2 cats and my worldlypossessions - in a new car I hoped I wouldn’t have to buy but love.

·       I published All That Shimmers in May2024, and was part of 3 Aconite Café Anthologies where I created a newcharacter named Dash Allman, a beach bum PI who adores the late Jimmy Buffett.

·       I was thrilled when the publisher I’dworked with for 10 years suggested I train with her and take over publisherduties since she turned 80 last year. After getting every password she used andaccess to EVERYTHING, as well as getting my own business cards proclaiming meAssociate Publisher…she first suggested I get a part-time job. A month later,after getting a part-time job, she told me to get a full-time job and that shehad never offered me a job. 

·      I began plans to build my ownpublishing imprint to release my newest books on my own terms and control.Lucky for me, I have some great self-published authors who were thrilled togive advice and help me out.

·       Thing One – my oldest – had a friendcreate a logo that I LOVE!

·       I already had a name thanks to myblog:  Escape With a Writer.

·       I had a book in a shelf that I’vebeen editing and having Beta readers help out with so I can launch it February14, 2024. Personally, Valentine’s Day hasn’t meant much for me in a very longtime. I’m bringing back the love!

·       My contract with my current publisherends at the end of April 2024. Where thingsgo from there, we’ll see.

The shortversion of it all, is that I’m taking back my life and creating the career I’vedreamed of since I was a kid. Reaching for the stars! Whether that takes me to new heights, or crashesand burns, remains to be seen.

Either way, I’mfocusing on doing what I love.

I hope youspend 2024 doing the same - Following your passions!

Lots more to come!!

Diane Bator

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